Senior Competition Economist (Experienced) (London)

Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony, turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts, we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased, conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis, we empower justice—for all—from case strategy to victory.

Our Competition litigation consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage. Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has acted as plaintiffs' experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years.

We are looking for an experienced Competition Economist to join our team. This role will manage client relationships and will lead multiple project teams of economic consultants investigating corporate and financial wrongdoing to achieve project goals for those clients. This role can be based in either our London or New York office.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of economic consulting projects involving competition economics.
• Oversee antitrust projects and manage a project team of economic consultants.
• Conduct detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations as part of the delivery of Fideres’ consulting mandates.
• Write comprehensive reports that summarise the key findings of our analysis in a simple, succinct manner.
• Proactively manage client relationships.
• Help manage the team to ensure innovative ideas are researched and delivered for our project pipeline.
• Present and explain proposals to potential clients.
• Help track and allocate resources to achieve business unit goals.
• Coach the team on Fideres’s processes, writing styles and analytical methodologies.
• Maintain up-to-date records in Fideres’s CRM and Project Management systems.

Key Skills and Attributes

• Proven experience at a competition agency, in a sector regulator, or in an economic consultancy.
• A PhD in Economics is essential.
• Experience of dealing directly with clients (such as law firms and/or regulators).
• The ability to communicate effectively on complex issues in simple terms.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills; proficiency in Python or R would be desirable.
• Strong project organisation skills, able to meet deadlines.
• A high level of integrity with a creative and curious mind.
• An interest in coaching, developing and collaborating with others.
• An appetite for networking and connecting people and problems.

Work Eligibility Requirements for U.S Applicants Only

Applicants must have the right to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S employment Visa at this time.

Why Fideres

Fideres’s vision is to become the leader in litigation-only economic consulting globally, free of corporate conflicts. Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France and Germany. We are looking for candidates who are committed to Fideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.

What We Offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities. We offer flexible working hours and hybrid remote working, competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits. We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

Applying

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