Analysis Group Adds Leading Experts as Affiliates and Increases Senior Staff

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analysis Group, a leading provider of economic, financial, and business expertise to law firms, corporations, and government agencies, is pleased to announce the affiliations of four new experts and the promotions and appointments of professional staff.

“We are delighted to welcome these new affiliates who bring outstanding expertise in health economics, telecommunications, leveraged finance, and corporate governance to our firm in service to our clients. And we are equally pleased to recognize our new senior staff members for their superior work and commitment to client service,” said President and CEO Martha S. Samuelson.

Analysis Group’s newly affiliated experts include:

Thomas C. Buchmueller, Ph.D., an expert in health economics and risk management who has published extensively on the topics of health insurance, medical care utilization, and health care reform. Dr. Buchmueller serves as the Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance and Professor of Business Economics at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and as Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth, Ph.D., a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission who has served as an expert in numerous high-profile matters, including Liberty Media v. IAC/InterActiveCorp. and the XM/Sirius Satellite Radio merger.

A specialist in leveraged finance for more than 25 years, Robert C. Grien, who is Managing Director and Head of the Finance and Restructuring Advisory Group at TM Capital. Mr. Grien has served as an expert in a major bankruptcy litigation in which he evaluated whether a proposed plan of reorganization violated provisions of a credit agreement.

Guhan Subramanian, the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at Harvard Law School and the H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at Harvard Business School. Professor Subramanian is an expert on corporate governance and has served as an expert witness in several major public company deals, including Oracle’s $10.3 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft and Exelon’s $7.5 billion hostile takeover bid for NRG Energy.

Analysis Group’s senior staff now includes:

New Vice Presidents – In our Boston office, Lucia Antràs, Ph.D., specializes in microeconomics, labor economics, econometrics, pharmacoeconomics, and health outcomes research; Matthew Barrett, Ph.D., focuses on business strategy cases, primarily in the pharmaceutical and media industries; Stephen E. Cacciola, Ph.D., has worked on matters involving class certification, market definition, allegations of price fixing, and allegations of exclusionary conduct; Michael Holland has assessed the impact of competition on fees charged by investment managers and quantified economies of scale in asset management; William Leaf-Herrmann, Ph.D., joins Analysis Group from SDG Life Sciences, bringing more than 15 years’ experience as a business strategist in the life sciences, automotive, chemical, and financial services industries; Nikita Piankov, Ph.D., has supported experts in mutual fund market timing matters, a number of health care projects involving assessment of drug safety and efficacy profiles, and various antitrust matters, including Microsoft; Todd Schatzki, Ph.D., specializes in energy and environmental economics, policy, and finance, and has worked with clients in the context of policy and market development, regulatory proceedings, and litigation; and Aaron Yeater has valued intellectual property assets, analyzed the operations of financial services firms, and supported experts in the preparation of damages analyses for Microsoft and in other high-profile technology sector antitrust litigations. Lauren R. Kindler, in our Dallas office, helped evaluate the plaintiff’s econometric model and damages calculations in the Colgate v. Procter & Gamble false advertising litigation, and provided economic analysis in support of expert testimony in TiVo v. EchoStar. In our New York office, Serge Cherny specializes in issues related to bankruptcy and complex valuation, having assessed the values of companies and securities and evaluated issues related to the restatement of debt in bankruptcy. Donna Lau Brooks, in our San Francisco office, has consulted on matters involving wholesale power markets in connection with electric utility industry restructuring, market-based rate authority, and electric utility mergers and acquisitions. And in our Washington office, Daria Z. Killebrew consults to the electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products industries, and has supported experts in antitrust, intellectual property, finance, and securities matters.

New Managers and Senior Economists – In Boston, Kristen B. Comeaux; Ellison Dial; Eric Dufresne; Brian Ellman; Natalie K. Goodpaster, Ph.D.; Xinyu Ji; Mark J. Lewis, Ph.D.; Kristina S. Shampanier, Ph.D.; James E. Signorovitch, Ph.D.; and Mihran A. Yenikomshian; in Montreal, Marissa Ginn, Ph.D.; and Annie Guérin; in New York, Minh P. Bui, Ph.D.; in San Francisco, Eric Korman; and in Washington, Felix Reichling, Ph.D.

Analysis Group, Inc. provides economic, financial, and business strategy consulting to leading law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. We assist law firms with all aspects of litigation and advise corporations and government clients on business issues that require expert analysis and interpretation of economic and financial data.

Founded in 1981, with more than 475 professional staff, Analysis Group has offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, and Washington.

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