Principal (European Competition practice)

The role

A Principal in the European Competition practice provides economic analyses of mergers and competition matters. You will work with experts to provide advice on competition policy and regulation for legal advisors, corporations, and governments.

What you will do

• Work closely with leading academics and consult with attorneys and clients on finance, strategy and economics issues
• Conduct research in a team-oriented environment
• Act as a primary point of contact for clients
• Shape, develop and present client deliverables including expert reports
• Independently conceptualise and identify issues
• Design complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data
• Oversee analysis in statistical analysis programs such as Stata, SAS, R or Python
• Manage the research process
• Supervise, train and mentor teams
• Drive practice-building activities

Required qualifications

• Good first degree in economics
• Postgraduate degree qualification (MSc/MPhil or PhD/DPhil) from well-regarded institutions with focused study in economics or a related specialisation (microeconomics, industrial organisation, and/or
• 10+ years of extensive and relevant experience
• Ability to manage more junior colleagues
• Extensive client contact at an early stage
• Fluency in English
• Extensive executive client presence
• Proven revenue creation and interaction skills
• Demonstrated understanding of economic concepts, competition/regulatory authorities and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Experience managing and developing teams of junior colleagues

Nice to have

• competition policy/economic consulting experience preferred

Benefits

• Access to internal training programs focused on creative problem solving, communications, and leading and managing colleagues, teams and cases

About the company

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world.