Finance, Securities and Financial Institutions

Resolution Economics offers expertise in the valuation of companies, securities and assets (including intangibles); risk management; corporate control and governance issues; complex damages; and regulatory analyses. We frequently apply our expertise to assess damages claims in securities class action lawsuits. We have extensive experience with solvency and bankruptcy analyses, and issues of fraud, malpractice, and anticompetitive behavior. We have assisted attorneys and corporate clients with all phases of litigation, including development and review of pretrial discovery, creation of economic and financial models, and expert testimony.

Resolution Economics has extensive experience in applying economic and statistical analysis to the development and interpretation of financial models and related research. Examples include analyses of: option values for public and private firms; the business and stock price impact of tender offers; the stock price impact of gaining or losing investment bank analyst coverage; solvency analyses using option-based and accounting-based models; damages sustained due to artificially imposed capital constraints; the stock price impact, and potential damage from, announcements and news (e.g., 10b5); the nature and impact of exchange traded commodities/metals futures and forward transactions including hedging strategies and techniques; allegations of commodities market manipulation and insider trading; and, the potential profitability of off-shore tax strategies.

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