Brattle economic experts assist legal teams in financial services investigations that pose the risk of criminal prosecution.
Well before considering the need for experts to analyze financial market conduct, fraud claims, and damages, Brattle economists assist legal teams in investigations that are document, financial, and accounting data-intensive to develop the facts and assess the weight of evidence of potential misconduct.
We provide clear, detailed analyses to executives, corporate boards, special committees, investigators, and litigators that retain us to help answer key questions posed in investigations. Brattle provides consulting expertise from start to finish in investigations, as well as economic expert testimony in enforcement proceedings and litigation if cases proceed beyond the investigation stage.
Brattle experts provide testimony and economic analysis on a wide range of issues including:
- Analysis of trading and hedging activity
- Forensic analysis
- Big data analysis and document analytics
- Fiduciary duties, custom and practice
- Regulatory compliance with conduct and disclosure rules
- Economic damages and causation