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Jessica Resch is a partner and co-founder of Independent Economics & Finance LLP.  She is a finance and economics consultant with 15 years of experience focusing on finance and valuation in the context of litigation and arbitration. Jessica’s consulting work focuses on quantification of economic damages for arbitration and commercial litigation, advising on economic issues in international arbitration, including investment treaty arbitration, advising on complex valuation issues including cost of capital, valuation discounts and premia, state aid in the banking and financial services industry, in both the UK and Europe and preparation of expert damages reports, trial and hearing preparation and expert report rebuttal.

She has provided expert valuation and damages advice on cases involving disputes over complex financial instruments, oil and gas contracts, government expropriation and shareholder disputes throughout in the UK, Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East and South America in both commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. Jessica has also provided damages assessments in UK High Court litigations.

Jessica has experience in consulting on both financial economics and accounting issues in the context of litigation. She holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance and a master’s in finance from the London Business School.