Abe Chernin

Abe Chernin has almost twenty years of experience supporting clients on complex matters. Mr. Chernin’s primary areas of focus include consumer finance, consumer class actions, FinTech, and banking. He also has extensive experience with real estate, private equity and venture capital, corporate and asset valuation, and general damages.

Consumer finance and banking

Mr. Chernin has provided expertise for mortgage originators, servicers, and appraisers; credit card companies; student lenders; small dollar lenders; insurers; and retail and consumer banks. Across numerous consulting engagements, Mr. Chernin has analyzed business practices, credit decisions, payment/ACH issues, loss causation, damages, class certification issues, professional liability claims, and regulatory investigations. These projects have required careful evaluation of large datasets, sizable document production, or both.

Consumer class actions

Mr. Chernin has extensive experience with consumer class actions. In these contexts, he has consulted on matters alleging false advertising, breach of contract, negligence, invasion of privacy, and unfair business practices. To analyze these issues, he has supported both industry-specific and economic experts opining on consumer behavior, class certification, and damages issues.

 Real estate

Mr. Chernin consults on a wide variety of commercial and residential real estate transactions. He has significant experience with equity and debt project financing, real estate investments, asset and portfolio valuation, and structured asset-backed securities. Mr. Chernin has assessed development projects in the context of industry standards and evaluated damages claims. His work on real estate investment trusts (REITs) includes extensive consulting on cases involving valuation, financial statements, and industry trends.

FinTech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency

Mr. Chernin coheads Cornerstone Research’s FinTech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency practice. He works on matters related to crypto token categorization, cryptocurrency exchanges, other forms of equity crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, and commercial uses for blockchain technology.

Prior to joining Cornerstone Research, Mr. Chernin worked in the capital markets section of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and at Citigroup Asset Management.