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Analysis Group Cohosts Panel on Risk and Loss Assessment in Emerging Economies at Paris Arbitration Week
Analysis Group Principal Jessica Resch joined a panel discussion on the assessment of risk and loss in emerging economies at the 2025 Paris Arbitration Week. The panel, which was cohosted by Analysis Group and Signature Litigation, brought together quantum experts and arbitration practitioners from the UK, France, and Kenya. The speakers discussed the risks – political, regulatory, economic, and climate – associated with emerging economies, the importance of those risks in valuation analyses, and the need for investors to stay engaged with local stakeholders to further their understanding and management of such risks. In addition to offering examples of the investment impact of various types of risk, panelists shared their perspectives on particular valuation methods and the ability of those methods to account for systemic and non-systemic risk.
The discussion also highlighted challenges associated with assessing loss in emerging economies, including the limited availability of data and the need for experts to provide transparent rationales for the assumptions underlying their adjustments to cash flow projections and discount rates. The conversation concluded with the panelists offering observations about the practical challenges of resolving disputes, especially for matters with particularly large damages claims.
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Jessica Resch
PrincipalJessica Resch is a testifying expert in complex disputes involving valuation, damages, and finance issues, with particular experience in international arbitration, commercial litigation, and shareholder disputes. She has been appointed as an expert in matters before international arbitral tribunals and national courts, including the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and has provided expert testimony on valuation and damages issues across a wide range of sectors and fact patterns. Her work is especially focused on complex valuation questions, including the assessment of cost of capital, discounts and premia, and the value of derivatives and distressed assets.
Ms. Resch’s case experience includes disputes involving oil and gas developments, project investments, shareholder and joint venture conflicts, failed transactions, breach of warranty claims, FSMA Section 90 and 90A securities litigation, and those relating to private equity, venture capital, and other funding arrangements. She has worked extensively on matters arising in difficult economic and operating environments, including periods of financial crisis, post-pandemic disruption, political instability, civil unrest, and heightened sovereign risk. Prior to joining Analysis Group, Ms. Resch was a partner and co-founder of an economics consulting firm.