Pricing Expert Witnesses
Pricing disputes in commercial litigation typically arise when companies disagree about whether a price, pricing methodology, or pricing-related contractual term reflects fair market value, complies with tax and regulatory requirements, or was set consistent with competitive and contractual obligations. These disputes surface in transfer pricing disputes between related entities and tax authorities, in antitrust litigation over whether pricing conduct constitutes predatory pricing or unlawful price discrimination, and in contract disputes over whether a pricing formula, escalation clause, or rate-setting mechanism was properly applied. Because pricing decisions involve economic judgment about cost, demand, and competitive positioning that can be modeled in different defensible ways, reasonable pricing analysts applying accepted methods to the same facts can reach different conclusions. The central issue is typically whether the pricing methodology and underlying economic analysis at issue reflect the standard the contract, tax rule, or antitrust law requires.
A pricing expert helps attorneys evaluate that question by applying accepted economic and pricing methodologies to the transaction, tax position, or pricing dispute at issue. That might mean conducting a transfer pricing analysis using accepted comparable transaction methods to support or challenge an intercompany pricing arrangement, evaluating whether a company's pricing conduct is consistent with or departs from competitive market behavior in an antitrust matter, or applying contractual pricing formulas and escalation clauses to determine whether a rate was calculated correctly. These findings support positions on tax liability, antitrust liability, and contract damages, giving attorneys an economically grounded basis for litigation strategy.
Pricing cases benefit from experts whose specific background, whether transfer pricing and international tax, antitrust economics, or contract and rate-setting analysis, matches the precise pricing question at issue rather than pricing in general terms. Round Table Group's pricing network includes economists and industry professionals with expertise spanning transfer pricing, business valuation, and revenue management, several of whom have published extensively on commercial damages and regulatory pricing issues. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we help attorneys match a case's specific pricing issue to an expert whose credentials will withstand scrutiny. Let us help you find the right pricing expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.