Bubb Research Partners

Economic analysis that finds
the questions others miss

Professor Bubb combines a J.D. from Yale Law School with a Ph.D. from Harvard—providing expert testimony that identifies the precise economic questions that matter to legal resolution.

15+

Years as Law Professor

J.D. + Ph.D.

Dual Legal & Economic Training

NY Bar

Licensed Attorney

Why Dual Expertise Matters

The Challenge

Complex commercial disputes turn on economic questions embedded within legal frameworks. Economists and lawyers bring different analytical frameworks to these disputes—a natural consequence of deep specialization in demanding fields. But these different frameworks can create gaps. Issues that would benefit from rigorous economic analysis may not be framed as economic questions. Methodological choices that seem standard to an economist may not align with what the legal context actually requires. The result: opportunities for analysis that could matter to resolution are never identified, or analysis that is performed misses the mark.

The Solution

Professor Bubb brings a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from the Department of Economics at Harvard. This background enables him to bridge the gap between legal and economic frameworks—identifying economic questions that might otherwise go unrecognized, structuring quantitative analysis around the appropriate factual predicates, and presenting findings that directly address what courts and arbitrators need to resolve. The outcome is economic testimony with both the analytical rigor expected by sophisticated opposing experts and the practical relevance demanded by judges and juries.

Areas of Expertise

Corporate Governance

Board decision-making process and fiduciary duties, director independence and committee structure, shareholder voting and proxy contests, executive compensation, corporate purpose and stakeholder governance.

M&A Disputes

Deal protection measures and Revlon duties, earnouts, material adverse change clauses, post-closing adjustments and indemnification, representations and warranties.

Securities Litigation

Disclosure adequacy and materiality, scienter and state of mind, loss causation methodology, forward-looking statement safe harbors.

Household Finance & Consumer Protection

Mortgage lending and underwriting practices, credit card pricing and fee structures, retirement plan design and ERISA, consumer decision-making and behavioral biases, UDAP/UDAAP and unfair practices claims, disclosure effectiveness and consumer understanding.

Financial Products & Structured Finance

RMBS, CLO, and CDO analysis, fund governance and fee disputes, option and derivative valuation.

Regulatory Policy & Compliance

Cost-benefit analysis of regulation, regulatory design and institutional structure, financial regulation and prudential standards, administrative procedure.

Representative Experience

  • Delaware Court of Chancery earnout dispute in $500M+ acquisition—analyzed bilateral moral hazard and post-closing control rights allocation

    Expert ReportDepositionTrial Testimony

  • Securities fraud suit —evaluated revenue projection methodology and economic relevance of provisions of technology development agreement

    Expert ReportTrial Testimony

  • Multi-billion dollar RMBS indemnification matter—identified $800M+ calculation error in opposing expert damages analysis

    Expert ReportDeposition

  • AAA arbitration on equity-linked instrument valuation—applied option pricing framework with comprehensive sensitivity analysis

    Expert ReportDeposition

Forums

  • Federal courts
  • State courts
  • Delaware Court of Chancery
  • Commercial arbitration

Deliverables

  • Expert reports
  • Rebuttal reports
  • Deposition testimony
  • Trial testimony
  • Settlement analysis

For a confidential consultation regarding expert witness engagement, please contact:

ryan@bubbresearch.com
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