Cornerstone Research

Cornerstone Research provides economic and financial consulting and expert testimony in all phases of complex disputes and regulatory investigations. The firm supports clients with rigorous, objective analysis. Working with an extensive network of prominent academics, former regulators, and industry practitioners, we identify the most qualified experts for every case.

Cornerstone Research has earned a reputation for consistent high quality and effectiveness by delivering rigorous, state-of-the-art analysis for more than thirty years. Our global network of outside and in-house experts includes leaders from academia and industry, who are recognised for their depth of knowledge, accomplishments and research. Communication skills, prior experience with litigation, and prominent affiliations attest to our experts’ ability to explain complexities to triers of fact. These prominent academics and industry practitioners often affiliate with Cornerstone Research to facilitate the best outcomes as they value our robust approach to research, analysis and trial preparation.

Founded in 1989, Cornerstone Research has always been guided by its core values—commitment to clients, experts, staff and to delivering consistently high-quality service.

Practice areas include accounting; antitrust and competition; bankruptcy and financial distress litigation; bio statistics and statistics; consumer fraud and product liability; corporate and government investigations; corporate governance; corporate transaction litigation; data privacy and data breach; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); environmental, social and governance; intellectual property; international arbitration and litigation; international trade; labour, discrimination and algorithmic bias; securities; tax controversy; technology, digital economy, and artificial intelligence; and valuation.

As an industry leader in advanced tools, techniques and infrastructure, Cornerstone Research’s Data Science Center provides clients with efficient and secure large-scale data analytics. The Data Science Center brings together our secure analytics infrastructure and in-house team of programming specialists focused on delivering right-sized solutions. As a pioneer in this space, the firm supports clients with sophisticated data analytics techniques, in-house processing, and programming capabilities. These capabilities include artificial intelligence and machine learning; text analytics, content analysis and sentiment analysis; web data and social media; statistics, simulations and optimisation; data visualisation; geospatial analytics and mapping; and big data analysis and production.

Cornerstone Research has worked in US venues, including state and federal courts; with regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice; and on internal investigations with company executives, boards of directors, local government bodies and investor groups. The firm has worked in European venues such as the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK Competition and Markets Authority, and the European Commission. The firm also has experience in a wide range of international arbitration venues, courts, and before regulatory bodies in Canada, Europe and Asia.