Senior Competition Economist (Experienced) New York

Fideres Partners LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development budget

Competitive holiday allowance

Private medical insurance

Gym subsidy

Equal family leave

Job summary

Fideres Partners LLP located in New York is seeking a Competition Economist to handle multiple economic consulting projects. This role involves managing client relationships and leading project teams focused on antitrust analysis. A PhD in Economics is required along with proven experience in economic consultancy.

The base salary ranges from $150,000 to $220,000, complemented by competitive benefits and a focus on career development in a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience at a competition agency, in a sector regulator, or in an economic consultancy.
• Experience of dealing directly with clients, such as law firms and/or regulators.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, proficiency in Python or R desirable.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing antitrust projects and managing a project team of economic consultants.
• Conducting detailed economic analysis of antitrust allegations.
• Writing comprehensive reports that summarize key findings.

Skills

Competition agency experience

Client communication

Analytical skills

Project organization

Python or R proficiency

Education

PhD in Economics

Job description

New York

About Us

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 team, on either a permanent or 12-month fixed term basis. 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 our New York office.

Key Accountabilities

In this role you will manage a portfolio of 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 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 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

The base salary range for this role is between $150,000 and $220,000, with a competitive discretionary bonus typically included in the overall package.

Work Eligibility Requirements for U.S Applicants Only

All U.S 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.

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.