Mr. David T. Plastino

David T. Plastino, CPA, ABV is a principal with The Brattle Group, Inc. in Boston, where he serves as practice leader of its Bankruptcy & Restructuring department and co-leader of its Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing group. He is an expert in financial economics, with more than 20 years of finance and consulting experience. Mr. Plastino leads engagements related to bankruptcy, restructuring, tax controversy and complex litigation. He regularly advises on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and the formation and restructuring of joint ventures. He also specializes in economic and financial analyses, with a particular emphasis on corporate valuation, securities analysis and complex financial modeling. Mr. Plastino has experience analyzing, valuing and assessing the credit quality of companies, and regularly advises on the economics of related-party transactions. His clients include leading nonprofits, corporations, investment funds, law firms and government entities. In addition to his consulting practice, Mr. Plastino is a lecturer in finance at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, where he teaches an advanced course in corporate financial management. His research interests focus on the modeling and valuation of privately held companies and illiquid securities. He has published numerous articles and regularly presents to attorneys, corporate managers, law students and academics. Prior to joining Brattle, Mr. Plastino spent several years in the national tax department of a Big Four accounting firm and more than 13 years at a boutique corporate finance and litigation consulting firm. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College and his M.B.A. and M.S.I.S. from the Boston University Graduate School of Management.