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Bin Zhou

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Bin Zhou

Senior Consultant

Cambridge
Bin.Zhou@brattle.com
Voice: +1.617.864.7900
     

Education

Brandeis University, Ph.D. in International Economics and Finance; Washington State University, M.A. in Economics; Fudan University, China, B.A. in Economics
 

Biography

Dr. Bin Zhou is a member of Brattle’s Finance Practice. He has over ten years consulting experience in financial institutions (banking and insurance), utility, energy, and telecomm industries. He specializes in the application of finance, accounting, and taxation to a variety of consulting and litigation settings.

He served as a consulting expert in several high-profile securities and bankruptcy litigation matters and supported academic experts in various stages of the litigation. His work has been primarily focused on economic analysis of structured finance transactions, financial statement analysis, causation, and damages. His recent experience also includes evaluating a failed hedge fund’s investment management and hedging strategies, analyzing economic substance of leasing transactions, and investigating the impact of a proposed tax on affiliate offshore reinsurance.
 

Selected Publications

  • "Risk-Adjusted Damages Calculation in Breach of Contract Disputes: A Case Study," by Frank C. Graves, Bin Zhou, Melvin Brosterman, and Quinlan Murphy, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 2010.
  • "The Impact Of HR 3424 On The US Insurance Market," by Michael I. Cragg and Bin Zhou, Insurance Law360, July 22, 2010.
  • "The Impact on the U.S. Insurance Market of H.R. 3424 on Offshore Affiliate Reinsurance: An Updated Economic Analysis," by Michael I. Cragg, J. David Cummins, and Bin Zhou, The Brattle Group, Inc., July 8, 2010.
  • "The Impact on the U.S. Insurance Market of a Tax on Offshore Affiliate Reinsurance: An Economic Analysis," by Michael I. Cragg, J. David Cummins, and Bin Zhou, The Brattle Group, Inc., May 1, 2009.
  • Litigation Facing the Private Equity Industry 2009 No. 1 (Finance).
  • "Economics of Supervisory Goodwill," by Bin Zhou and Stewart C. Myers, Presented at MIT Sloan School of Management, The Brattle Group, Inc., March 17, 2003.
  • "Cost of Capital Estimation for Unregulated Generation: Methodology and Estimates," by Bin Zhou, The Brattle Group, Inc., May 22-23, 2001.
  • "New Advances in Capital Budgeting for Generation Assets: Survey and Interpretation," by Bin Zhou, Electricity Power and Research Institute Fall Seminar, November 14, 2000.
 

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