Economics Securities Expert Witness Pavithra Kumar

Dr. Pavithra Kumar has over 16 years of experience in Economic Consulting and specializes in the application of economic and financial theory to questions arising in business disputes, securities / derivatives, transfer pricing and corporate finance litigation. She has expertise in damages quantification spanning a variety of contexts and industries, business valuation (including startups and companies across several niche industries), securities and structured finance litigation. Dr. Kumar is proficient in the use of sophisticated statistical modeling and econometric techniques, including event studies, analysis of options, swaps and other complex structured products.

Litigation Support - Dr. Kumar has been engaged several times as a testifying expert in securities, valuation and damages-related matters, and as consulting expert in a wider range of litigation including tax and transfer pricing, financial antitrust, statistical sampling and wage and hour-related suits. She has issued expert reports and participated in several intensive expert witness testimony training courses (including one-on-one deposition and trial coaching).

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Dr. Kumar’s work has contributed to several high-profile wins, including a multibillion-dollar hotel acquisition dispute in which she led teams supporting academic experts in their assessments of the post-transaction performance of the acquired hotels and the resultant decline in value. In other matters, she has led teams in the preparation of economic, financial, and statistical analyses through all stages of the litigation process.

In previous consulting roles, Dr. Kumar led cross-office teams in cases spanning securities class action, transfer pricing, M&A and business valuation-related matters, damages estimation in a variety of contexts, including trademark infringement, securities class actions and private equity disputes, and ERISA suits. She has supported industry experts in fields including sports and entertainment and fiduciary process, and academic experts in areas including corporate governance, assessment of inter-company transactions, class certification and market efficiency, securities lending, banking and solvency.