Boston, MA
Expertise
- Antitrust
- Securities
- International Arbitration
- Economic Damages
- Intellectual Property
- Price fixing
- Collusion
- Class Certification
- Environmental Economics
- Market Manipulation
Industries
- Energy
- Financial Services
- Mining
- Chemicals
- Technology
- Platforms
- Pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing
- Electronics
- Communications
- Sports
Prominent Cases
- In re: Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation
- Akorn v. Fera Pharmaceuticals et al.
- In re: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. et al.
- Bryant et al. v. Intercontinental Terminals Company et al.
- Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners v. MBIA Insurance
- In re: Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litigation
Designations
- Ph.D.
- MBA
- BE
Education
- Ph.D. Business Administration, Harvard Business School
- MBA, Harvard Business School
- BE, Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney
Experience
- 24 Years of Relevant Experience
Biography
Dr. Rich Bergin has over 20 years of experience in complex economic analysis, quantifying economic impacts, and calculating damages across antitrust, securities, and international arbitration matters. He specializes in applying rigorous economic analysis to high-stakes litigation, including monopolization cases, price-fixing allegations, securities fraud, and sports economics disputes.
As Senior Managing Director at B. Riley Advisory Services, he leads economic analyses for advisory services. Dr. Bergin's expertise spans valuation, class certification, statistical modeling, econometrics, and the assessment of economic damages across multiple industries, including energy, mining, financial services, pharmaceuticals, technology platforms, and sports.
Previously, he co-led Alvarez & Marsal's Economic Consulting practice and worked as a chemical engineer at Shell for five years. He also holds a Ph.D. and MBA from Harvard Business School, where he attended as a Fulbright Scholar and was named a Baker Scholar. Dr. Bergin currently serves as Vice-Chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER)'s Enforcement & Litigation Committee.
B. Riley Advisory Services works with lenders, law firms, private equity sponsors and companies of all types. Our Advisory Services are a unique mix of Valuation and Appraisal Services including asset-based lending (ABL) Valuations; Restructuring and Turnaround Management; Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support; Operations Management; Compliance, Risk & Resilience Services; and Transaction Support Services including Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings Reviews. B. Riley Advisory Services is the trade name for GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, Great American Group Advisory & Valuation Services, LLC, Great American Group Machinery & Equipment, LLC, and Great American Group Intellectual Property Advisors, LLC.