An Wang, PhD

An Wang is a Manager in the Finance Practice, specializing in financial modeling, securities valuation, and damages estimation. He has significant experience working with large amounts of data, performing financial modeling, and presenting economic analyses to address complex economic problems in both consulting and litigation that involves market manipulation in various securities and financial markets.

PhD, Economics, University of Maryland

MA, Economics, University of Maryland

BA, Economics, University of Maryland

BS, Finance, China Agricultural University

• Led team supporting testifying expert in litigation regarding alleged collusive conduct among Defendant financial institutions in setting benchmark interest rates in all phases of report, rebuttal report, reply report, and deposition.
• On behalf of a federal regulatory agency, supported the expert in analyzing potential disparities in price markups and illegal add-on fees imposed by a retailer on minority consumers relative to non-minority consumers. 
• Supported the expert on behalf of Mayagüez in Mayagüez, S.A. v. Citigroup, Inc. and Citibank, N.A., a case involving a Columbian sugar producer that uses foreign exchange trading to hedge against fluctuations in the US dollar-to-Colombian peso exchange rate. 
• On behalf of the debtor in In re Bestwall LLC pending in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, provided support for complex database construction and supported the expert’s declarations and testimony.
• Supported the expert in assisting Synchrony Financial’s response to a Notice and Opportunity to Respond and Advise letter from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which alleged that retail sales employees misrepresented the terms of deferred interest promotions offered on store-branded credit cards issued by Synchrony. 
• On behalf of Wyndham Vacation Resorts et al. in several timeshare rental business disputes, performed unjust enrichment analysis and supported the experts in compiling reports.
• Supported the expert advising the Special Committee to the Debtors in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
• On behalf of TWC Product and Technology, LLC, supported the expert in responding to a complaint filed by the People of the State of California, alleging that The Weather Channel (TWC) mobile app misled users by failing to provide transparent details about how TWC used app users’ location data. Analyzed the response of The Weather Channel app users to various events as well as TWC's disclosures and changes to permission prompts related to the use and sharing of location data.
• Performed data and economic analysis on trading activities and positions of financial instruments in a large front running case in financial markets. Provided consulting support in identifying abnormal trading behaviors and economic analysis on intraday market liquidity.