Nguyet Nguyen

Dr. Nguyen is a financial economist with expertise in derivatives products, securities pricing, market microstructure, financial investigations, asset valuation, and damages.

She has extensive experience advising on complex derivatives matters, including the valuation of bespoke and illiquid instruments, analysis of trading behavior and portfolio allocation decisions, and the application of statistical and econometric tools in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. In securities matters, Dr. Nguyen frequently applies statistical tools to analyze large financial datasets, examine trading behavior using high-frequency pricing data, estimate price impact, and assess market efficiency, materiality, and loss causation.

Dr. Nguyen’s representative engagements include valuing incentive stock options, such as employee and founder stock options of start-up firms with unique contractual and liquidation terms; analyzing alleged stock price manipulation, such as short-and-distort schemes; and estimating price impacts associated with bankruptcy liquidations. In addition, she has led several teams supporting the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in consultations related to IBOR fallbacks and US Treasury clearing.

She has also consulted on disputes involving private investments, including the valuation of high-growth early-stage companies, unicorn start-ups, or contested M&A transactions, as well as venture capital and private equity customs and practices. Across her consulting engagements, Dr. Nguyen has supported matters at all stages of the litigation process, from initial case assessment and regulatory investigation through mediation, depositions, and trial testimony.