Head of Antitrust Research 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. By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation‑based economic analysis, we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.

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 worked on many of the most significant global cases involving securities fraud, market manipulation and financial cartels of the past decade, contributing expert opinions, and advising global law firms, institutional investors and regulators.

About this Role: We are looking for an experienced Competition Economist to join our Research team. This role will work closely with our senior team to manage small teams of competition economists conducting preliminary research into new case ideas and new theories of harm. Our Research team is responsible for conducting early‑stage economic analysis of potential anticompetitive conduct. Our ability to support law firms globally in the crucial case development phase differentiates Fideres from all other economic consultancies. Our pro‑active approach to identifying and assessing the economic effects of conduct in markets across the economy using the information available makes this role attractive to those seeking a purpose driven role mixing strong analytical skills with creativity.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage a portfolio of competition economics research projects.
• Collaborate with project teams to brainstorm novel solutions to the economic problems in front of you.
• Work closely with our leadership team to develop and manage a robust pipeline of commercial research ideas.
• Lead a research team to ensure those innovative ideas are researched and delivered, including assessing theories of harm, market definition and developing preliminary damages models.
• Manage the robust economic analysis of antitrust allegations as part of the delivery of the research pipeline, ensuring full quality control.
• Write and manage the production of comprehensive and concise reports that summarise the key findings of our analysis and research.
• Write and develop a pipeline of periodic blogs and articles exploring new and developing competition economic themes, write articles for publication on behalf of Fideres in the press.
• Assess the quality of pitching material produced by the team, keeping the client in mind.
• Present and explain proposals to potential clients in a manner that allows them to understand both the results and how they impact their own clients.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Proven experience at a competition agency, in a sector regulator, or in an economic consultancy in an equivalent role.
• MSc in Economics or the equivalent qualification. A PhD would be highly desirable but is not essential.
• Passion for competition policy, and a strong desire to address corporate misconduct and correct market distortions.
• Knowledge of key competition economics topics.
• A passion for economic research.
• The ability to write insightful reports and articles, in particular the ability to express (verbal and written) complex issues in simple terms, understandable by non‑specialists.
• Strong analytical skills, able to get to the core issue of complex problems.
• Competence in R required. Some knowledge of Python is preferred.
• Integrity, and a creative, curious mind.
• Lots of initiative and consistently looking to improve processes.
• Responsive to client needs and able to deliver solutions that meet those needs.
• Focused on delivery and committed to seeing projects through to their close.
• Not afraid to express an opinion and offer new ideas.

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 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.

Transparent Pay: We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role, we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices. We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications, apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon‑holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy. We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday, monthly social events, private medical insurance, a gym subsidy, equal family leave for all employees, along with other benefits.