Economic Consulting
The numbers behind the dispute
Know What It’s Worth
Aperture quantifies economic damages and provides independent financial opinions that hold up under scrutiny, from early case assessment through expert testimony at trial. We also value businesses and intellectual property and advise on licensing and royalty matters outside of litigation. Our CPAs, CVAs, ASAs, and ABV- and MBA-credentialed experts give law firms, corporations, and insurers objective analysis, delivered on time and built to stand up in court.
Intellectual Property Damages & Valuation
Intellectual property is one of Aperture’s deepest strengths. Our nationally recognized patent-damages experts have supported major jury verdicts in federal courts nationwide, and we quantify damages and value IP across patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights. Work includes reasonable royalty and apportionment, lost profits, price erosion, disgorgement, and FRAND analysis, plus royalty-rate and licensing strategy, monetization programs, royalty audits, and IP valuation.
Commercial Damages & Disputes
Lost profits, lost business value, and business interruption. Includes breach of contract and fraud, franchise and shareholder disputes, securities fraud, class actions, business valuation, and employment damages.
Bankruptcy Litigation
Financial analysis in bankruptcy and insolvency disputes. Includes solvency, fraudulent conveyance, reasonably equivalent value, and preference analysis.
Construction & Government Contract Disputes
Construction claims and project cost audits. Includes delay, disruption, and quantum analysis; equitable adjustment and termination claims; and government contract pricing and cost recovery.
Forensic Accounting & Financial Modeling
The analysis beneath the other practice areas. Includes forensic accounting and tracing, fraud investigations, and damages and scenario modeling.
Related practices: See Administrative Law for telecommunications, utility, and energy regulatory matters, and Built Environment for construction matters involving technical causation.
Our Capabilities
Asset valuation
Brokerage services
Competitive assessments and market share analysis
Due diligence for buy/sell transactions
Due diligence for litigation financing purposes
Economic analysis to determine value attributed to subject technology
Economic and financial modeling
Market analysis and assessment for applicable products and participants
Market research and assessment of applicable reasonable royalty rates
Negotiation assistance and participation
Negotiation strategy development and implementation
Pre-litigation economic damage assessments
Preparation and review of licensing offers and agreements
Preparation of offering memorandums or letters of intent (LOI)
Valuation analysis and deal pricing scenarios
Fraudulent conveyance
Solvency
Reasonably equivalent value
Preference
Alter Ego / Agency
Anti-Trust
Bankruptcy / Reorganization
Breach of Contract
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Business Interruption
Benefit of the Bargain
Business Valuation
Data Analytics
Dealer / Franchise Termination and Add Point
Expert Witness Testimony
Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) Quantification
Forensic Accounting, Financial, and Economic Analyses
Franchise Disputes
Fraud and Misrepresentation
Fraudulent Transfer
Labor Disputes
Legal and Professional Malpractice
Lost Profits
Purchase Price / Earn-out
Real Estate Disputes
Shareholder Disputes
Solvency / Insolvency
Tortious Interference
Unjust Enrichment
Wrongful Termination
Construction Claims and Project Audits
Construction Project Activity Audits
Adjusting Partially Terminated Contracts
Contractual Damages Claims
Cost Recovery Issues
Expert Witness Testimony
Requests for Equitable Adjustment
Termination for Convenience or by Default
Convoyed and Derivative Sales
Copyright Infringement
Corrective Advertising
Cost Savings
Defendants Profits
Expert Witness Testimony
False Advertising
Feasibility of Design Around Alternatives
Lost Profits
Market Share Damages
Patent Infringement
Price Erosion
Reasonable Royalty
Trade Dress Infringement
Trade Secret Misappropriation
Trademark Infringement
Unjust Enrichment
Employment Discrimination
Expert Witness Testimony
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Wrongful Termination
Financial Reporting
Due diligence for buy/sell transactions
Due diligence for litigation financing
Impairment studies on goodwill and other intangible assets as required under FAS 142
Purchase price allocations as required under FAS 141(R)
Litigation Services
Business Damages
Buy-sell agreements
Family Law and marital dissolution
Review and analysis of expert reports for rebuttal testimony or cross-examination purposes
Shareholder disputes
Tax-related disputes
Tax Compliance
Charitable donations
Valuation of closely-held and restricted stock for estate planning and tax compliance purposes
Key Experts
Related Insights
Aperture’s Economic Damages Expert Provided Patent Damages Testimony on Behalf of SSI Technologies
Frequently Asked Questions
A business valuation expert is needed when the matter requires an opinion about the value of a company, ownership interest, intellectual property, or lost business value. Forensic accounting focuses more broadly on tracing, testing records, investigating transactions, and quantifying financial activity. Many disputes require both. Aperture’s economic consulting experts combine valuation, forensic accounting, economic modeling, and damages analysis so the scope can match the actual financial questions.
Aperture’s economic consulting work includes breach of contract, shareholder and franchise disputes, fraud, business interruption, bankruptcy, solvency, purchase-price and earn-out disputes, real estate matters, employment damages, family law, and lost profits. The valuation method and financial model should fit the legal measure of damages, the available records, the company’s industry, and the specific interest or asset being valued.
Yes. Aperture’s economic consulting practice values patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights and analyzes damages such as reasonable royalty, lost profits, price erosion, disgorgement, apportionment, and FRAND issues. The expert may also evaluate licensing history, comparable agreements, market conditions, technology contribution, and royalty strategy. The exact analysis depends on the asserted rights, damages theory, and evidence available.
Yes. Aperture’s experts provide pre-litigation economic damage assessments, financial modeling, due diligence, and advisory work in addition to testimony. Early analysis can test the damages theory, identify missing financial records, estimate a plausible range of exposure, and show which assumptions drive the result. That information may guide pleadings, discovery, settlement strategy, litigation funding review, or the decision to pursue a full expert report.
Yes. Business valuation services can support transactions, licensing negotiations, due diligence, deal pricing, financial modeling, market assessments, asset valuations, and financial reporting or tax-related needs. Business owners and stakeholders may use these services when evaluating a sale, acquisition, financing opportunity, licensing agreement, or other strategic decision. Aperture’s experts can define the appropriate valuation date, purpose, standard of value, intended users, and deliverable for the engagement.