Leonardo Giacchino and Rory Walck Lead AU Course on International Arbitration Damages
12 Jun 14
BETHESDA, M.D., June 12, 2014— From June 9-12, Dr. Leonardo Giacchino, partner and founder of Solutions Economics LLC, led a four-day intensive course at American University’s Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration, entitled “Damages and Compensation in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration,” with Rory Walck, partner and co-founder of Global Financial Analytics LLC, as a guest speaker on the accounting and financial aspects of arbitration. The course provided practical knowledge to understand the determination of damages and compensation in arbitration.
Dr. Giacchino, who as of June 2014 is an Adjunct Professor at American University, and Mr. Walck presented valuation topics in a practical and non-technical manner, guiding the participants through case scenarios to teach economic, financial and accounting concepts and principles in international arbitration. Through practical examples, participants learned to understand the rationale of each valuation method to determine a compensation amount in an international arbitration. For more information on the course, click here.
Dr. Leonardo Giacchino provides valuation and economic analysis and advisory services in litigation matters. He has worked in more than 30 countries on over 100 projects addressing economic, financial and regulatory issues. He is also the coauthor (with Dr. Jonathan Lesser) of Fundamentals of Energy Regulation (PUR, 2007) and Principles of Utilities Corporate Finance (PUR, 2011).
Rory Walck has thirty-eight years of experience in business management, public accounting and financial consulting. He has given expert witness testimony in state and federal courts, before domestic and international arbitration tribunals, at regulatory proceedings and in depositions in more than sixty matters.