Iris Jiang specializes in accounting and finance. She has led large teams working with prominent testifying experts to address a variety of topics, including the following.
Capital market accounting issues
- Use of accounting information in securities valuation
- Independence of equity research analysts
- Accounting treatment of complex transactions, such as securitizations, off-balance sheet financing, and consolidations
Complex asset pricing issues
- Pricing of corporate securities as contingent claims
- Valuation of structured products, such as collateralized debt obligations
- Fair value measurement in illiquid markets
Investment in equity and debt markets
- Market efficiency for stocks and corporate bonds
- Securities returns in response to information releases
- Trading behavior and market microstructure
- Private equity investments
Business valuation
- Capital structure and cost of capital
- Valuation in corporate transactions, such as acquisitions and spin-offs
- Solvency analysis for companies in financial distress, restructuring, or bankruptcy
Dr. Jiang’s industry experience includes banking and other financial institutions, real estate, telecommunications, energy, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. She has worked on reliance, loss causation, and damages issues, and has experience with different stages of litigation, from class certification to trial, as well as arbitrations and regulatory inquiries.
