Our Economic Consulting practice is renowned for using the most advanced statistical methods in risk management and securities litigation.
FTI Consulting experts have testified on securities issues globally, including in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe and Asia. Our areas of specialisation include:
- Consulting and testifying in securities cases involving market efficiency, causation, materiality, class certification and damages
- Providing assistance and testimony in tax litigation cases relating to economic effects, economic substance, risk management, transfer pricing and valuation
- Testifying in areas such as mutual fund market timing, options backdating, IPO allocations, contested mergers and class action litigation brought under financial laws.
- Reviewing financial structures and products such as derivatives, securitisations and securitised products, collateralised debt obligations, credit derivatives, special purpose vehicles, finite risk and financial reinsurance and elevated-risk complex structured finance activities
Our economists have authored articles on the use of financial economics in financial litigation that have been cited favourably by numerous courts, including the US Supreme Court.