Law Firms and Legal Departments

EXPERIENCE MATTERS

Selected Assignments for Law Firms and Legal Departments

Services for Law Firms and Legal Departments

• Testifying Expert Witnesses
  • Expert Reports, Court Testimony, and Trial Preparation on both liability and damages by seasoned experts with many years of market background as well as academic credentials and testifying experience.
• Consulting Expert Services and Pre-litigation Support Analysis
  • Crisis management, pre-litigation analysis and advice, trial strategy analysis and review by experts with expensive hands on OTC Derivatives and Structured Finance trading, structuring, risk management, valuation, and risk governance experience.
• Valuations of Complex Financial Products and Transactions
  • Valuation of complex or less liquid instruments is a core compentency of CMRA. We have valued thousands of OTC derivatives ranging from plain-vanilla swaps to CDS to exotic options and synthetic CDO cubed transactions.
• Transactions and Derivatives Terminations and Unwinds Advisory Services
  • Independent evaluation of OTC Derivative and Structured Finance pricing, structuring, documentation, collateral valuation
  • Transaction pricing and risk evaluation
  • Assistance in effective execution
• Internal and Regulatory Investigations
  • Experienced in conducting internal investigations and in conducting investigations/reviews for the Fed, SEC, FINRA, NYSBD, DOL, GAO, etc.
• Crisis Management and Mitigation (Derivatives and Structured Finance 911)
  • Swat team to assist in quickly assessing problems, evaluating alternatives and solving problems by experienced experts in order to rapidly assess the pitfalls and maximize the value of OTC derivatives and structured finance transactions and collateral issues including close out under the ISDA master agreement and global portfolio analysis assessment, cross default, valuation benchmarking and options available with respect to timing and valuation of entire portfolios including CDOs, CDS, energy, FX, rates, all ISDA transaction types and complex quantitative and legal risk management assessment.
• Risk Governance Advisory
  • Advice on policies, committee structure and charters, Risk Appetite Statements, and Benchmarking of Board Risk Practices
  • Risk Education