Cornerstone Research promotes seven to SVP, 15 to principal
Cornerstone Research, a San Francisco-headquartered economic and financial consulting firm, has promoted seven team members to senior vice president and 15 to principal.
The promotions span every major practice at the firm, including securities litigation, antitrust and competition, mergers and acquisitions, and data science.
The new senior vice presidents:
Eric Bickford is head of the New York office and co-head of the firm’s private equity and venture capital practice. He conducts financial and economic analysis in a range of commercial litigation matters.
Abe Chernin (Chicago) co-heads the fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency practice. He specializes in consumer finance, consumer class actions, fintech, and banking.
Sara Gilley (Chicago) co-heads the securities litigation practice and co-manages research related to SEC enforcement actions. She advises on federal and state class actions, corporate investigations, and government enforcement activity.
Kivanc Kirgiz (Washington, DC) specializes in antitrust, merger analysis, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, energy, and international trade matters.
Bob Majure (Washington, DC) co-heads the merger investigations practice. He focuses on analyzing competition and advocating for sound enforcement across numerous high-profile cases.
Jennifer McCabe (Washington, DC) analyzes financial and economic issues in civil litigation and regulatory enforcement matters.
Dina Older Aguilar (San Francisco) co-heads the healthcare practice. She specializes in economic analyses of class certification, liability, and damages, as well as M&A.
"We congratulate these seven exceptional leaders on their promotions to senior vice president. Many of these individuals have spent the majority, and in some cases the entirety, of their careers with Cornerstone Research,” said Rahul Guha, CEO of Cornerstone Research. “Their contributions have been instrumental in driving our success, and we are grateful for their dedication, expertise, and commitment to living our values every day."
The firm’s new principals are:
Sheldon Blake Anderson (Washington), Sally Bai (Chicago), Chris Bruegge (Silicon Valley), John Connolly (New York), Sinan Corus (London), Maréma Diop (Los Angeles), Laurien Gilbert (Washington), Nathaniel Hipsman (Washington), Ian Hoffman (Washington), Mariano Irace (Washington), James Myatt (Chicago), Jakub Mydlarz (New York), Kevin Oswald (Los Angeles), Brendan Travers (New York), and David Zuluaga (New York).
“The promotion of these fifteen individuals to principal is a significant career milestone, recognizing their outstanding contributions to our clients and experts, support of their colleagues, and commitment to our firm’s core values,” Guha said. “We look forward to their continued impact in their new roles.”
Founded in 1989, Cornerstone provides economic and financial analysis and expert testimony to law firms, corporations, and government agencies involved in complex litigation and regulatory proceedings.
The firm has more than 1,000 professionals across nine offices in the US, UK, and Europe.
