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FTI Consulting's (NYSE: FCN) subsidiary Compass Lexecon announced the appointment of Dr. Faten Sabry as Senior Managing Director. Dr. Sabry brings extensive expertise in valuation of fixed income securities, derivatives, and illiquid assets, with experience in testifying before U.S., UK, and Canadian courts.
Dr. Sabry specializes in complex securities analysis, including CDOs, distressed debt exchanges, and mortgage-backed securities. She has evaluated rating agencies' models and conducted risk management assessments. Her research has been published in notable journals including the Journal of Structured Finance and Journal of Fixed Income.
This strategic hire adds to Compass Lexecon's global team of over 700 professionals, following the addition of 20 experts and economists in the past six months. The firm specializes in antitrust, bankruptcy litigation, derivatives, international arbitration, and financial markets analysis.
Compass Lexecon, a subsidiary of FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN), has announced the affiliation of Professor Julian Wright, the Lim Chong Yah Professor from the National University of Singapore's Department of Economics. This addition strengthens the firm's academic roster, following 20 affiliate additions in the past six months.
Professor Wright, an expert in digital platforms economics, joins Compass Lexecon's global team of over 700 employees. His expertise encompasses competition policy and strategy issues, particularly in marketplaces, app stores, booking platforms, search platforms, and payment platforms. His recent research focuses on data and artificial intelligence competition policy issues.
As a Co-Editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization and experienced expert witness, Professor Wright has published in prestigious academic journals and served as a consultant on competition and regulatory issues. He currently serves on the Singapore Competition Appeal Board and Energy Market Authority Board.
FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has scheduled the release of its first quarter 2025 financial results before market opening on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The company will host a conference call with senior management at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day to discuss the quarterly performance.
The conference call will be available through a live webcast on the company's investor relations website, where a replay will remain accessible for 90 days following the event.
Econic Partners, a leading economic consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Israel as Founding Partner. Dr. Israel, with nearly 20 years of experience at Compass Lexecon, is recognized as one of the world's foremost competition economists.
Jonathan Orszag, Founding Partner of Econic, praised Israel's ability to analyze complex economic issues while explaining them simply. The appointment strengthens Econic's position in U.S. competition economics practices.
Notable industry leaders endorsed the appointment, including David Gelfand from Cleary Gottlieb, Marguerite Sullivan from Latham & Watkins, and Koren Wong-Ervin from Jones Day, highlighting Dr. Israel's expertise in antitrust cases, deposition performance, and ability to handle complex competition matters.
Compass Lexecon, a subsidiary of FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN), has significantly expanded its academic expertise by adding 20 new academic affiliates over the past six months. These additions strengthen the firm's capabilities across multiple practice areas, including Antitrust & Competition, Healthcare, Securities & Financial Markets, and Valuation.
The new affiliates bring specialized expertise in emerging fields such as AI, machine learning, advanced econometrics, and big data analysis. Notable additions include Dr. Matthew Gentzkow, recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal, and Dr. John List from the University of Chicago. The healthcare practice gained three experts in health economics and data analytics, while the Securities & Financial Markets practice welcomed specialists in corporate finance, venture capital, and financial markets.
Many of these affiliates have previous experience with key government agencies including the FTC, FCC, and SEC, enhancing the firm's regulatory expertise and expert testimony capabilities.
FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has significantly expanded its Healthcare & Human Services industry practice in Australia with seven strategic hires, including six Senior Managing Directors and one Managing Director. This expansion follows February 2025's practice launch and brings the total healthcare team to 28 professionals.
The new appointments include Senior Managing Directors Tricia Tebbutt, John Forsythe, Chris Mason, Luke Mitchell, Adam Norden, and Rowan Strain, along with Managing Director Daniel Buzacott. These professionals bring extensive expertise in digital health, health operations, analytics, transformation, and health strategy across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
The practice focuses on system reform, sustainability, operations transformation, and digitisation. The team will support Australia's healthcare system in addressing challenges related to innovation, technology integration, growing community needs, and financial pressures.
FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) has expanded its Board of Directors from 9 to 11 members with the election of two new independent directors, effective March 25, 2025. The new appointees are Eric T. Steigerwalt, current President and CEO of Brighthouse Financial, and Janet H. Zelenka, former EVP, CFO and CIO of Stericycle.
Steigerwalt, 63, brings extensive experience from Brighthouse Financial, one of the largest U.S. providers of annuities and life insurance, where he has served as President and CEO since its 2017 spinoff from MetLife. Zelenka, 66, previously held executive positions at Stericycle until its acquisition by WM in November 2024, and currently serves on the boards of IDEAL Industries and U.S. Venture Holdings as Audit Committee Chair.
According to The General Counsel Report 2025 by FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) and Relativity, over two-thirds of general counsel are interested in implementing generative AI in legal departments. The report reveals that 65% of legal departments plan to invest in new technology, with 30% specifically targeting generative AI implementations.
The study, based on interviews with chief legal officers and a survey of over 200 general counsel across 12 countries, shows that 44% of legal teams are now using generative AI, up from 28% in 2024 and 20% in 2023. Key findings include:
- 75% report increased workloads in evaluating new technologies
- 75% lack a technology roadmap
- 79% increasingly rely on outside counsel
- 85% feel minimally prepared for generative AI risks
Regional variations show Latin American general counsel are most comfortable with AI in e-discovery (86%), while Asia Pacific shows the lowest comfort level (55%). Legal departments express openness to AI use in legal research, document review, and contract analysis, though concerns persist about technology viability, reliability, and cost.
FTI Consulting's Technology segment has launched new capabilities within IQ.AI for Review, expanding its artificial intelligence solutions suite. The enhancement aims to accelerate document review processes in investigations, antitrust matters, and data breach cases.
The new capabilities provide cost savings and faster timelines across document review lifecycle, including first-pass review, quality control, and privilege checks. The system excels in handling challenging document formats, multilanguage content, and multimedia files that typically require manual review.
Initially launched in 2024, IQ.AI combines proprietary workflows with custom-developed tools using various large language models through Microsoft Azure and AWS Bedrock. The update includes three additional features:
- IQ.AI for Emerging Data Sources: Enhances data processing from chat threads and cloud applications
- IQ.AI for Enrichment: Automates review of complex materials including multilingual documents
- IQ.AI for Contracts: Enables efficient contract review and risk analysis
FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN) announced that Dr. Matthew Backus has joined its Compass Lexecon subsidiary as an affiliate. Dr. Backus, a professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and Economics Department, brings expertise in antitrust, microeconomics, and industrial organization.
His research spans multiple industries including financial, manufacturing, retail, and technology sectors, with publications in prestigious journals like Econometrica and The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Backus is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, with research supported by the National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.