Cornerstone Research provides economic and financial consulting and expert testimony in all phases of complex disputes and regulatory investigations. The firm works with an extensive network of prominent academics and industry practitioners to identify the best-qualified expert for each assignment. With a reputation for high quality and effectiveness, Cornerstone Research has consistently delivered rigorous, state-of-the-art analysis since 1989. The firm has more than 1,000 professionals in nine offices across the United States, UK, and EU.

Clifford Chance’s market-leading disputes and enforcement practice advises on a wide range of market abuse and market conduct issues around the world. Their work includes:

• Advising firms and individuals subject to enforcement investigations and regulatory or criminal proceedings
• Conducting internal investigations
• Reviewing and advising on systems and controls, including policies, procedures and surveillance
• Litigation arising from alleged market misconduct.

The firm has exceptional depth of experience with many partners and associates having spent time working within prosecutors or regulators dealing with market conduct issues.

Unique among the major international law firms, Clifford Chance has a specialist forensic team (comprising of experienced accountants and forensic technologists) based in London and New York. The team is experienced in analysing and investigating conduct issues in various financial markets (public markets, over-the-counter and digital asset markets), and involving various commodities and financial products (equities, derivatives, forex, UK Gilts, crypto currencies).  The Forensic team utilises a suite of forensic and data analysis tools (MS SQL server / MySQL) and data visualisation tools (Tableau, i2, PowerBI) to robustly analyse and visualize complex datasets. The Forensic team can also work alongside expert witnesses and third-party consultants.