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Bates White’s Matthew Long and Karl Snow speak at LSI’s Subprime Lending Crisis conference
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2008—Bates White Partner, Matthew M. Long, co-chaired and introduced Law Seminars International’s “Subprime Lending Crisis” conference in New York NY on March 18 and 19, 2008.
Mr. Long spoke on the conference’s opening panel: “Market Overview: The Issues and How We Got Here,” which covered the structure of primary and secondary markets, events leading to the current crisis, key primary and secondary market players,
and types of disputes. The opening panel also provided a view of the future.
Karl N. Snow, Ph.D., Bates White Principal, also participated in the conference. Dr. Snow appeared on the panel: “Key Economic Issues in Proving the Case.” He discussed the structures of various subprime-related securities and explored the
key modeling issues in valuing these securities in the current economic environment.
Matthew M. Long has extensive expertise in the consumer finance industry and executive-level experience managing consumer finance businesses and applying advance analytical procedures to consumer finance products. He has also consulted to multiple consumer finance companies, including one of the largest mortgage originators. In this capacity, Mr. Long provided
advice on risk analysis, pricing disparities, risk-based pricing, loan economics, and other statistical analysis. He has also provided due diligence, discounted cash-flow analysis, and other valuation-related analysis to investors in the consumer finance business.
In addition to his consumer finance expertise, Mr. Long is an expert in financial, strategic, and economic issues surrounding product liability litigation.
Karl N. Snow has more than 15 years of experience working in academia, in the investment banking and mortgage finance industries, and as an economic consultant specializing in labor and employment issues.
Dr. Snow has evaluated claims of race, national origin, gender, and age discrimination in a wide variety of employment practices, including salary, total compensation, bonuses, promotions, performance ratings, hiring, and dismissals. He has also consulted on a wide range of additional employment issues, including many types of claims based on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and related state laws.
Dr. Snow has extensive expertise in calculating economic damages and in estimating the value of financial securities. He has submitted expert reports in federal court and worked with clients across a
wide range of industries. Dr. Snow has also taught courses and presented workshops on finance and economic topics at academic institutions in Europe and the United States.
About Bates White
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and business strategy to leading law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.
We provide our clients with a unique combination of quantitative and analytical expertise
and an understanding of business issues across a range of industries.
Bates White has offices in Washington, DC and San Diego, CA.
For more information, visit: www.bateswhite.com
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