Senior Competition Economist (Experienced)
FIDERES
£150,000 / year
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Description
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
- Masters in Economics or the equivalent qualification, with evidence of knowledge and study of competition economics. A PhD in Economics would be highly desirable
- 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.
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.
Our Benefits
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.
Continuous Learning
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.
Benefits
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.
Application Process
Applying
To apply, please send us your CV via the application form below. Cover letters are optional but encouraged, as they help us understand why you're interested in the role.
Pre-Interview Assessments
Depending on the role you are applying for, you may be asked to complete a pre-interview assessment relevant to the role. This allows us to see if you have some of the necessary technical skills required for the role, and it can also give you an idea of some of the skills that would be required.
Interviews
For the majority of our roles, we have a three stage interview process. The main purpose of our interviews is to further assess your technical skills, your communication skills (team and client) and make sure that you have sufficiently researched what we do and the role itself. More generally it is a chance for us to get to know each other better.
A typical interview process would look a bit like this:
- First Interview: Technical with a team member
- Second Interview: Cultural fit interview
- Final Interview: Technical interview
E-Verify Participation Notice for U.S. Applicants
After you accept an offer of employment and complete Form I-9, we will use E-Verify to confirm your eligibility to work in the United States. E-Verify is never used to pre-screen candidates or as a factor in hiring decisions. All U.S. applicants should review the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters, which can be found on our Careers page at E-Verify Participation - Fideres
Questions
If you have any questions about our process, please contact us at careers@fideres.com.
Benefits
- First Interview: Technical with a team member
- Second Interview: Cultural fit interview
- Final Interview: Technical interview
About this role
Fideres is a litigation-focused economic consulting firm seeking an experienced Competition Economist to lead antitrust projects and manage client relationships from its New York office. You would oversee a portfolio of investigations into corporate wrongdoing, directing teams of economic consultants through complex competition cases while maintaining direct contact with law firm and regulatory clients. The role balances hands-on analytical work—conducting detailed economic analysis, writing findings reports, and presenting proposals—with team leadership, resource allocation, and mentoring junior consultants on Fideres's methodologies.
This position suits someone with a background in competition economics, ideally from a competition agency, sector regulator, or economic consultancy, combined with a master's degree in economics (PhD preferred) and proven experience managing client relationships. You'll need strong communication skills to distill complex economic issues for legal and regulatory audiences, solid quantitative abilities, and project management discipline. The role offers either permanent placement or a 12-month fixed term, with a salary range of $150,000 to $220,000 plus discretionary bonus.
Fideres emphasizes rapid career progression, continuous learning budgets, and a conflict-free consulting model focused solely on litigation. The firm is expanding internationally across multiple offices and values integrity, curiosity, and collaborative problem-solving. Standard benefits include private medical insurance, gym subsidies, flexible holiday, and equal family leave.
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