Fideres is a leading provider of economic analysis to competition regulators, law firms and their clients, from preliminary investigation to expert testimony.
We identify wrongful conduct in order to allow our clients to take action
We work alongside law firms through all stages of litigation providing:
§ Valuations/damages analysis
§ Expert records
§ Class certification reports
§ Plan of allocation and settlement distribution
§ Expert witness testimony
We have years of experience in managing and analysing complex datasets
We conduct financial event studies for security fraud cases to establish causality and estimate price artificially.
We assess damages, on individual portfolios (LIFO/FIFO) and on a class basis using accepted damages methodologies.
We analyse efficiency of the stocks and ADRs using Cammer and Krogman factors to determine any potential issues that may arise at class certification stage.
We produce expert reports addressing all aspects of securities fraud claims including:
§ Estimation of stock price artificialities
§ Materiality of corrective disclosures
§ Assessment of market efficiency
We support law firms in designing plans of settlement distribution
We investigate cases of market manipulation. Previous cases include:
§ OTC markets manipulation
§ Futures and options markets manipulations
§ Financial benchmark manipulation
We act as experts on cases involving the sale of derivatives and structured products. We opine on issues of conflict of interests, inadequate risk disclosure and appropriateness of hedging strategies.
We have the track record and in-house expertise to evaluate whether defendants and claimants' behavior conformed to custom and prudent market practice.
We identify direct and indirect discrimination behaviours in the public and private sector that lead to economic unfairness. We investigate discrimination bias arising from the use of algorithms, artificial intelligence and pricing policies that cause a disparate impact on protected minorities.
Our anti-discrimination practice focuses on:
We use our data science, statistics and economics expertise alongside our passion for fairness and confronting injustice, to identify and bring discrimination issues into the public eye.
Develop preliminary damages model to estimate excess transaction costs caused by the alleged collusion.
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