NERA Economic Consulting

renzo.comolli@nera.com
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Education

PhD, MPhil, and MA in economics, Yale University
MSc in economics, London School of Economics
BA in economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

Experience

Dr. Comolli's expertise includes valuation, finance, securities, and product liability estimation. He has provided economic analysis for dozens of expert reports and testimonies given to US, UK, Canadian, and Italian courts and regulatory authorities. He has been independently retained as a consulting expert in several complex financial matters.

In valuation, his experience includes:

• Valuation of companies and subsidiaries
• Valuation of contracts and contract clauses
• Analysis of disclosures related to merger proposals
• Estimation of damages for tortious interference with merger agreements

In finance and securities, his experience includes:

• Financial contracts and credit derivatives
• Option valuation, including employee stock options
• Stock, convertible bonds, and other securities
• Rule 10b-5 and Section 11 claims: market efficiency, materiality, price impact, and loss causation and damages
• Insider trading claims

In product liability, as well as related bankruptcy and insurance issues, his experience includes:

• Estimation of liability connected to medical devices and asbestos
• Insolvency and fraudulent conveyance
• Insurance coverage and British solvent schemes of arrangement

Dr. Comolli received his PhD in economics from Yale University, where his research focused on statistical methods to estimate wage differentials and employment discrimination. While at Yale, he served as Teaching Fellow for Game Theory, Microeconomics, and American Economic History. His research in decision theory has appeared in the International Review of Economics and Business. His publications have been cited as authorities in several legal briefs and in academic articles. He has served as peer reviewer for academic journals and the National Science Foundation.

Languages

English
Italian