Berkeley Research Group

Berkeley Research Group, LLC (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps organizations with assistance in disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and strategy and operations.[2] BRG is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with offices across the United States and in Asia, Australia, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom.[3]

Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)
TypeLimited liability company
IndustryProfessional services
FoundedEmeryville, California, Chicago, Illinois (2010)
HeadquartersEmeryville, California, US
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
David Teece (Chairman)
Richard Boulton (UK Chairman)
David Kaplan (Vice chairman/Executive director)
Tri MacDonald (President)
Philip Rowley (Executive director/Chief Revenue Officer)
Dave M. Johnson (CFO)
Kimberly Starr (Chief Accounting Officer)
Eric Miller (General counsel)
Marvin Tenenbaum (Special Advisor to the Chairman)[1]
ServicesExpert testimony
Litigation and regulatory support
Consulting
Strategic advice
Document and data analytics
Number of employees
1,200 (2018)
Websitewww.thinkbrg.com

History

BRG was co-founded in February 2010 by a group including Dr. David Teece, who has served as its Chairman and principal executive officer.[2][4]

BRG provides economic, financial, and analytical advice for a range of disciplines, including antitrust and competition policy, class action certification, construction, corporate governance, damages analysis, energy, environment and natural resources, finance and valuation, financial reporting evaluation and fraud, forensic financial investigations, health analytics, information technology, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, international and domestic arbitration, labor and employment, public policy, and security issues. It also advises clients in industry sectors with compliance, business process improvement, and strategy consulting.[2] Major practice areas include:

BRG offers healthcare and life sciences industry expertise. In January 2011, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a state agency created by voters with Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, released an independent economic impact study authored by BRG professionals.[5] The report showed that the first $1.1 billion in grants created 25,000 job years and $200 million in new tax revenue through 2014.[6] Taxpayer funding generates 2,739 jobs annually.[7]

Special Advisor Dr. Laura D'Andrea Tyson and directors Dr. Kenneth Serwin and Dr. Eric Drabkin performed "The Benefits for the U.S. Economy of a Temporary Tax Reduction on the Repatriation of Foreign Subsidiary Earnings," a 2011 economic study commissioned by the New America Foundation.[8] The study assessed the effects of a one-time reduction in the tax rate applied to the repatriation of foreign subsidiary earnings on spending, output, and employment in the U.S. economy.[9] The study found that a temporary reduction to approximately 5.25 percent would lead to a significant increase in repatriations, making $942 billion available for domestic use by U.S. multinational corporations. In 2013, the same authors published "Implications of a Switch to a Territorial Tax System in the United States: A Critical Comparison to the Current System."[10] Citizens for Tax Justice wrote that the study "flies in the face of overwhelming evidence that today many of these profits are really earned in the U.S. but characterized as 'offshore' in order to obtain existing tax benefits that would be expanded under a territorial system."[11]

BRG publishes the publications BRG Review and ThinkSet which contain articles by BRG staff.[12][13]

Global Competition Review ranked BRG among the top 20 competition economics firms in the world in Economics 20, GCR's assessment of the world's leading economic consultancies, in both 2012[14] and 2013,[15] and in its top 21 for 2014,[16][17] 2015,[18][19] and 2017.[20][21] Global Investigations Review named BRG as one of the top ten investigations consultancies in the GIR 100 2018 guide.[22][23]

Criticisms

Charles H. Ferguson, author of Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America, criticized Berkeley Research Group for focusing primarily "on helping companies avoid or influence legislation, public debate, regulation, prosecution, class-action lawsuits, antitrust judgments, and taxes."[24]

See also

References
  1. "Berkeley Research Group Leadership". Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. "Company Overview of Berkeley Research Group, LLC". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  3. "BRG Office Locations". BRG. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  4. "David Teece co-founder, BRG". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. "CIRM Generating 25,000 Jobs and $200 million in Taxes for California with Grants Awarded So Far—with More to Come". California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. 2011-01-26. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  6. Alberro, Jose (March 2011). "Economic Impact of Research Funded by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine" (PDF). California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  7. Darce, Keith (2011-01-26). "Taxpayer funding for stem cell research generates 2,739 jobs annually". U-T San Diego. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  8. Tyson, Laura D'Andrea; Serwin, Kenneth; Drabkin, Eric J. (Fall 2011). "The Benefits for the U.S. Economy of a Temporary Tax Reduction on the Repatriation of Foreign Subsidiary Earnings" (PDF). BRG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  9. "Marketwire: New Study Finds Tax Holiday on Repatriated Corporate Earnings Would Increase GDP, Create Jobs". AOL Daily Finance. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  10. McKinnon, John (2013-11-08). "Study: Tax Change Could Bring $1 Trillion Back to U.S." Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  11. French, Lauren (2013-11-11). "Happening this week: Tax talks and a potentially key meeting — Forget the grand bargain". Politico. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  12. "Berkeley Research Group Introduces "BRG Review"". BusinessWire. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  13. "ThinkSet". BRG. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  14. "The Economics 20". Global Competition Review. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  15. "Economics 20" (PDF). Global Competition Review. January 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  16. "The Economics 21". Global Competition Review. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  17. "GCR 100 - 15th Edition". Global Competition Review. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  18. "GCR 100 - 16th Edition". Global Competition Review. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  19. "GCR 100 - 16th Edition". Global Competition Review. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  20. "GCR 100 - 17th Edition". Global Competition Review. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  21. "GCR 100 - 17th Edition". Global Competition Review. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  22. "GIR 100". Global Investigations Review. October 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  23. "BRG Again Among Top Investigation Consultancies in GIR's 2018 Guide". BRG. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  24. Ferguson, Charles (2012). Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America. Crown Business.
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