Jan Jindra

Dr. Jindra is a financial economist specializing in complex securities litigation and regulatory investigations.

He is a former Assistant Director at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and professor of finance, with 20 years of experience providing economic analyses, litigation support, and expert testimony in both civil and criminal proceedings. Dr. Jindra’s expert testimony and consulting work have focused on complex economic and financial issues that arise in the context of securities litigation, regulatory investigations, and white collar criminal prosecutions. His clients have included private counsel and staff attorneys at the SEC, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission.

Drawing on his consulting, regulatory, teaching, and academic research experience, Dr. Jindra has provided expert analyses on a wide range of economics and finance topics, including the valuation of private firms, the reasonableness of pro-forma forecasts of startup firms, and the impact of fraudulent valuation of complex securities on the value and performance of a hedge fund. He has also consulted on and directed investigations in matters involving the impact of information on securities prices, investor harm, insider trading, investment advisor fraud, market manipulation, and initial public offering (IPO) allocations. Dr. Jindra served as a testifying expert on behalf of the SEC and DOJ.

Dr. Jindra has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in finance academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Finance. His research focuses on valuation and asset pricing implications of various corporate decisions.