Senior Competition Economist (French Speaking)

FIDERES

Les Ulis

On-site

EUR 50,000 - 80,000

Full time

14 days+

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Flexible working hours

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Job summary

A leading company in litigation-based economic consulting is seeking a Senior Competition Economist who will manage consulting projects and client relationships. This bilingual role involves analyzing competitive economic issues and providing expert advice in high-stakes legal contexts. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills and experience in economic consultancy, with a commitment to innovative problem-solving.

Qualifications

Bilingual in French and English.
Experience at a competition agency or in economic consultancy.
Strong numerical capabilities.

Responsibilities

Manage client relationships and lead project teams.
Conduct detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations.
Write comprehensive reports summarizing key findings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project organization

Client communication

Education

PhD in Economics

Tools

Python

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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 acted as plaintiffs' experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years.

About this Role

We are looking for an experienced Competition Economist, bilingual in French and English, to join our team. This role will manage client relationships and will lead multiple project teams of economic consultants researching corporate and financial wrongdoing to achieve project goals for those clients.

This role can be based in London, Paris or Brussels.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will manage a portfolio of French and international economic consulting projects involving competition economics. As an experienced, commercial and relationship driven Competition Economist, you will collaborate with the project team to brainstorm novel solutions to the economic problems in front of you.

Some notable responsibilities:

Overseeing antitrust projects and managing a project team of economic consultants
Conducting detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations as part of the delivery of Fideres’ consulting mandates
Writing comprehensive reports that summarize the key findings of our analysis in a simple, succinct manner
Proactively managing client relationships
Helping to manage the team to ensure innovative ideas are researched and delivered for our project pipeline
Presenting and explaining proposals to potential clients
Helping to track and allocate resources to achieve business unit goals
Coaching 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

The successful candidate will have:

Proven experience at a competition agency, in a sector regulator, or in an economic consultancy
A PhD in Economics is preferred, ideally from a French University
Bilingual French and English
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 organization 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.

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