Exhibit 99.1**Separation and Release of Claims Agreement**     ThisSeparation and Release of Claims Agreement (“Agreement”), dated as of October 8,2007, is made by and between BearingPoint, Inc. (“BearingPoint” or the “Company”), and Robert R.Glatz (“Employee”) (collectively, the “Parties”).**Recitals**     1. WHEREAS, Employee is presently employed by BearingPoint and serves as Managing Director andExecutive Vice President.     2. WHEREAS, Employee and BearingPoint desire fully and finally to resolve any existing orpotential disputes arising out of Employee’s employment relationship with BearingPoint andEmployee’s separation from employment with the Company.     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual acts, payments and promises made herein,BearingPoint and Employee hereby agree as follows:**Agreement and Releases**     1. Termination of Employment. Effective October 31, 2007 (the “TerminationDate”), Employee’s employment with the Company shall terminate and he shall separate from allemployment positions and titles he holds with BearingPoint, including without limitation, hisposition as Managing Director and Executive Vice President.     2. Scope of Duties Prior to Termination Date. Prior to the Termination Date,Employee’s remaining time will be spent working at the direction of Ed Harbach and assisting withthe transition of duties and matters for which he is presently responsible; provided, however,Employee may participate in continuing education programs (“CE”), not to exceed a cumulative totalof three (3) business days, and may use any accrued, but unused personal leave (“paid time off” or“PTO”) prior to the Termination Date.     From time to time, prior to the Termination Date, it may be necessary for BearingPointemployees to contact Employee regarding matters about which Employee has relevant information orknowledge acquired during his employment with BearingPoint. Employee agrees to make himselfavailable and cooperate with the Company’s reasonable requests for assistance regarding suchmatters.
 

 
     3. Payment of Salary and Expenses. BearingPoint shall pay to Employee any earned, butunpaid portion of his salary, as of the Termination Date, no later than the date on whichsuch salary would normally be paid. Any outstanding reimbursable expenses as of theTermination Date will be paid to Employee upon submission and approval of those expenses inaccordance with the Company’s policies and customary practices.     4. Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”). Subject to, and in consideration of Employee’srelease of claims in Paragraph 9, BearingPoint agrees that on the Termination Date,Employee, in accordance with the proviso in the first sentence of Section 3 of Employee’s RSUAgreement (exclusive of any reference to “Good Reason”), shall vest in the 30,000 RSUs otherwisescheduled to vest on August 22, 2008, thereby bringing Employee’s total number of vested RSUs, asof October 31, 2007, to 270,000. Effective October 31, 2007, Employee shall forfeit the remaining30,000 RSUs of his original RSU Award. The terms, conditions and restrictions set forth inEmployee’s RSU Agreement, including, but not limited to, the terms, conditions and restrictionsrelating to vesting, termination, forfeiture, settlement, sale, taxation and change in control,shall continue to apply after the Termination Date.     5. Additional Consideration. Employee specifically acknowledges and agrees that theconsideration set forth in this Paragraph 5 exceeds anything of value to which he iscurrently entitled. a. Severance Pay. Subject to, and in consideration ofEmployee’s release of claims in Paragraph 9, BearingPoint shall remita severance payment to Employee, on or before October 31, 2007, but in noevent prior to expiration of the Revocation Period set forth inParagraph 10, in the total amount of ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND 00/100($1,000,000.00) (the “Payment”), less required and authorized withholdings anddeductions. The Payment shall be made as a one-time, lump sum paymentthrough the normal payroll cycle for October 31, 2007. The Paymentshall be inclusive of any compensation owed to Employee for accrued but unusedpersonal leave (“paid time off” or “PTO”) as of the Termination Date. i. BearingPoint will issue one Form W-2 toEmployee for the 2007 tax year which shall include, among othersums, the Payment amount of ONE MILLION DOLLARS AND 00/100($1,000,000.00).
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 ii. The Payment shall be delivered pursuant to the direct depositinstructions currently on file with the Company. In the event ofEmployee’s death prior to the date on which the Payment is scheduledto be made, BearingPoint agrees the Payment shall be remitted toEmployee’s estate.  iii. Employee agrees and acknowledges thisPayment constitutes full and final satisfaction of any andall actual or potential disputes arising out of Employee’semployment relationship with the Company and the termination ofthat relationship.  iv. In the event Employee should contend inany litigation, arbitration or other adversary proceeding that thisAgreement, or any portion of it, is invalid or unenforceable, thenas a precondition to making such contention, Employee hereby agreesto first refund in full to the Company all amounts received underthis Paragraph 5. b. Covenants. Subject to, and in further considerationof Employee’s release of claims in Paragraph 9, BearingPoint herebyagrees to release Employee from those obligations set forth in Paragraphs 3(a)through 3(c) of Employee’s Managing Director Agreement. BearingPoint furtheragrees to release Employee from any obligation not to solicit for employmentor hire, Employee’s spouse (Judy Ethell), or otherwise cause the terminationof her employment with BearingPoint. Any and all remaining obligations ofEmployee set forth in Paragraph 3(d) of the Managing Director Agreement, andany related remedies, shall remain unchanged by this Agreement.     6. Taxes. All amounts paid to Employee pursuant to this Agreement (other thanreimbursed expenses) and all amounts withheld by BearingPoint for the account of Employee, pursuantto the next sentence, will, for income tax purposes, be includible in the gross taxable income ofEmployee for the appropriate tax year. To the extent required by applicable law, BearingPointshall withhold or cause to be withheld from the Payment the amount of any applicable federal, stateor local taxes. Employee will be solely responsible for all personal taxes, interest andpenalties, if any, which are or may become due on amounts paid to him under this Agreement andagrees to defend, indemnify and hold BearingPoint harmless for any tax claims due on such amountsas a result of any action, inaction or omission by Employee.
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     7. Costs. The Parties shall each bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees incurred inconnection with this Agreement.     8. No Further Compensation. Employee acknowledges and agrees he is not entitled toreceive any further monetary compensation, in the form of cash, equity or otherwise, from theCompany and that the only future payments, equity and benefits he is entitled to receive from theCompany are those specified in this Agreement.     9. Complete Release of Claims. The Parties agree the consideration provided forherein represents settlement in full of all outstanding obligations that are, or could be argued tobe, owed by one Party to the other Party. Employee, on behalf of himself and his respective heirs,family members, executors and assigns, and BearingPoint, including its present and future officers,employees, agents, directors, executives, investors, shareholders, administrators, affiliates,divisions, subsidiaries, parents, assigns, predecessor and successor corporations, hereby fully andforever release each other from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, suspectedor unsuspected, they may possess arising from any omissions, acts, events or facts that haveoccurred up until and including the date on which the Parties execute this Agreement including,without limitation: a. any and all claims relating to or arising from Employee’semployment relationship with the Company and the termination of thatrelationship;  b. any and all claims, including any potential benefits orcompensation related thereto, that Employee is entitled or has grounds toterminate employment for “Good Reason,” as that term is defined in hisEmployment Letter dated August 22, 2005;  c. any and all claims of wrongful discharge of employment;constructive discharge, termination for “good reason;” termination ofemployment following a change in control; termination of employment inanticipation of a change in control; termination in violation of publicpolicy; discrimination; breach of contract, both express and implied; breachof the covenant of good faith and fair dealing; promissory estoppel; negligentor intentional infliction of emotional distress; negligent or intentionalmisrepresentation; negligent or intentional interference with contract orprospective economic advantage; unfair business practices; defamation; libel;slander; negligence; personal
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   injury; assault; battery; invasion of privacy;false imprisonment; conversion, and any other claim for tort or wrongfultreatment;  d. any and all claims for violation of any federal, state ormunicipal statute, including, but not limited to, Title VII of the CivilRights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the AgeDiscrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), the Americans withDisabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the Uniformed ServicesEmployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), the Vietnam EraVeterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (“VEVRAA”), any federal or stateFalse Claims Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Worker Adjustment andRetraining Notification Act (“WARN”), and all amendments to each Act as wellas the regulations issued thereunder;  e. any and all claims arising out of any other federal, state orlocal laws and regulations relating to employment or employmentdiscrimination;  f. any and all claims relating to, or arising from, Employee’sright to receive or purchase, or actual receipt or purchase, of shares ofstock of the Company, including, without limitation, any claims of fraud,misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty under applicablestate corporate law, and securities fraud under any state or federal law;  g. any and claims for violation of the federal, or any state,constitution; and  h. any and all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs.     The Parties agree the release set forth in this Paragraph 9 shall remain in effect inall respects as a complete general release as to the matters released herein. Further, the Partiesagree this release does not extend to: (i) any claims related to breach of this Agreement, (ii) anyclaims BearingPoint and Employee’s spouse (Judy Ethell), in her personal and individual capacity,may have against each other, or (iii) any obligations of Employee or the Company pursuant to hisManaging Director Agreement or RSU Agreement, not modified by this Agreement, that govern theemployment relationship through the Termination Date or otherwise survive termination ofEmployee’s employment with the Company.
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     10. Acknowledgement of Waiver of Claims under ADEA. Employee expressly acknowledgeshe is waiving and releasing any rights he may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Actof 1967 (“ADEA”) and that this waiver and release is knowing and voluntary. Employee acknowledgesthe consideration given for this waiver of claims under the ADEA is inaddition to anything of value to which he was already entitled. Employee furtheracknowledges: (a) he has been by this writing that he should consult with an attorney prior toexecuting this Agreement; (b) he has carefully read and fully understands all of the provisions ofthis Agreement; (c) he is, through this Agreement, releasing the Company from any and all claims hemay have against it; (d) he understands and agrees that this waiver and release does not apply toany claims that may arise under the ADEA after the date he executes this Agreement; (e) he has atleast twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this Agreement; (f) he has seven (7) daysfollowing his execution of this Agreement to revoke the Agreement (the “RevocationPeriod”); and (g) this Agreement shall not be effective until the Revocation Period hasexpired. Any revocation should be in writing and delivered to the attention of: Laurent C. Lutz,BearingPoint, Inc., O’Hare Plaza, 8725 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois, 60631.     11. Covenant Not to Sue. Employee agrees and covenants not to directly or indirectlyinstitute, file, solicit, advise, or participate in the commencement and/or prosecution of anylawsuit, charge or complaint against BearingPoint, in any court or administrative agency, withregard to any claims, demands, liabilities or obligations: (i) arising out of his employment withBearingPoint, his separation therefrom, or (ii) arising from acts or omissions taken or made priorto the date of this Agreement. Employee further agrees that except as required by law, he will noteither directly or indirectly assist in, cooperate or consult with, or encourage any other partiesor their attorneys to commence or prosecute any present or future lawsuit against BearingPoint inconnection with any claims released herein.     Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit Employee from filing a charge with,or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by, the Equal Employment OpportunityCommission (“EEOC”) or a comparable state or local agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employeeagrees to waive his right to recover monetary damages in any charge, complaint or lawsuit filed byEmployee or anyone else on his behalf.
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     12. Confidential Information. (a) Employee acknowledges that he has learned and maycontinue to learn “Confidential Information” (as defined below) relating to BearingPoint.In consideration of this Agreement, Employee agrees he will not disclose or use, or authorize anythird party to disclose or use, any such Confidential Information, without prior writtenapproval of the Company. As used in this Paragraph 12 and throughout this Agreement,“Confidential Information” shall mean information, including trade secrets, disclosed orknown to Employee during his employment with the Company, about BearingPoint and/or its affiliates,the Company’s methods, business plans, operations, products, processes and services, including, butnot limited to, information relating to research, development, inventions, programs, systems,finances and financial statements, marketing plans and strategies, merchandising, pricingstrategies, merchandise sources, clients sources, system designs, procedure manuals, automated dataprograms, financial projections, computer software, terms and conditions of business arrangementswith clients or suppliers, personnel procedures, supply and service resources, names and addressesof clients, names of professional advisors, and all other information pertaining to clients andsuppliers of the Company, including, but not limited to assets, business interests, personal dataand all other information pertaining to the Company, clients or suppliers whatsoever, including allaccompanying documentation therefor. All information disclosed to Employee, or to which Employeehad access or will have access during the period of his employment with the Company, for whichthere is any reasonable basis to believe is, or which appears to be treated by the Company asConfidential Information, shall be presumed to be Confidential Informationhereunder. The provisions of this Paragraph 12 shall not apply to a particular portion ofthe Confidential Information when: (a) it enters the public domain through no fault ofEmployee, (b) it is in Employee’s possession free of any confidentiality obligation, or (c) it wasdeveloped independently of and without reference to any Confidential Information or otherinformation disclosed in confidence to any third party.     (b) Employee agrees that all documents of any nature pertaining to activities of the Companyor its affiliates, or that include any Confidential Information, in his possession now orat any time during the terms of his employment with the Company, including without limitation,memoranda, notebooks, notes, data sheets, records and computer programs (however stored), are andshall be the property of the Company (“BearingPoint Property”).     (c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that Employee has been in the consulting business forover 25 years, including over 22 years in the business prior to joining the Company, and as aresult, Employee has accumulated information and knowledge regarding the consulting industry.Therefore, for clarification, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict Employee
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from usinginformation or knowledge regarding the consulting industry that Employee possessed prior to hisemployment with the Company and nothing inthis Agreement shall restrict Employeefrom using the “residuals” from the ConfidentialInformation so long as he maintains the confidentiality of the Confidential Informationas required herein. The term “residuals” means Confidential Information in non-tangibleform (i.e., ideas, know-how or techniques that are not written or in other documentary form such astape or disk) which may be retained by Employee as a result of his access to the ConfidentialInformation during his employment with the Company. Nothing contained in this Agreement shallpreclude or limit Employee from performing services which may be similar to those performed byEmployee on behalf of the Company without reliance on the Company’s ConfidentialInformation.     13. Remedies for Breach. Employee hereby acknowledges that a violation of any of thecovenants set forth in Paragraphs11 or 12 of this Agreement will causeirreparable damage to BearingPoint and, accordingly, agrees BearingPoint, in addition to liquidateddamages in an amount equal to ten (10) percent of the amount of the payments made pursuant toParagraph 5(a) above, for each occurrence of a proven breach, shall be entitledas a matter of right to an injunction, issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, restrainingany violation or further violation of such covenants by Employee; such right to an injunction,however, shall be in addition to the liquidated damages provided for above; provided, however,under no circumstances shall the total damages required to be paid under this Paragraph 13 exceedone hundred percent (100%) of the total amount received by Employee under Paragraph 5(a) above.     14. Return of BearingPoint Property. Employee agrees he will return allConfidential Information to the Company prior to the Termination Date (includingall copies of Confidential Information no matter how stored), and all other property of theCompany, including, but not limited to, keys, access cards, computers, electronic equipment,notebooks, files, policies, papers, furniture and corporate credit cards.     15. No Admission. Each of Employee and the Company understands and acknowledges thatby entering into this Agreement, neither Employee nor the Company admits to any unlawful conduct orwrongdoing in connection with Employee’s employment by the Company or the termination thereof.     16. No Pending Lawsuits. Employee represents he has no lawsuits, claims, complaints,charges, actions, or administrative filings pending in his name, or on behalf of any other personor entity, against BearingPoint or any other person or entity referred to herein.
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     17. Nature of Agreement. This Agreement and all its provisions are contractual, notmere recitals, and shall continue in permanent force and effect unless revoked as provided herein.     18. Cooperation. Following the Termination Date, Employee agrees to makehimself available and cooperate with the Company’s reasonable requests for assistance regardingmatters about which Employee has relevant personal information or knowledge acquired during hisemployment with BearingPoint.     19. No Right to Future Employment. Employee agrees not to seek further employment orany other working relationship with BearingPoint and acknowledges he does not possess any rights orclaims to any future employment with the Company.     20. Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given or madeunder this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be given or made when delivered inperson, when sent by United States registered or certified mail, or postage prepaid, or when faxedor emailed to a party at the address, facsimile number or email address specified below:   If to the Company: BearingPoint, Inc.