Associate Principal (European Competition practice)

Overview

As Associate Principal at CRA’s Antitrust and Competition Economics practice in London, you lead complex economic analyses for litigation and regulatory matters. You work with academics, attorneys, and clients to shape conclusions and present expert opinions. You design and oversee economic and financial models, manage junior staff, and ensure rigorous, clear communication of findings. This role combines high-level quantitative work with client-facing leadership and mentorship, within a collaborative, career-building environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with academics, attorneys, and clients on finance, strategy, and economics issues
• Conduct research in a team setting to support client deliverables and expert reports
• Act as primary client contact and contribute to presenting conclusions and recommendations
• Conceptualize issues and design complex economic/financial models to analyze data
• Oversee statistical analyses using Stata, SAS, R, or Python
• Manage and mentor junior analysts, ensuring high-quality analyses
• Coordinate with witnesses in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses for mergers and competition matters
• Contribute to recruiting and training of new colleagues

Key requirements

• Graduate degree with strong achievement in economics or related discipline (Masters or PhD)
• 6-9 years of economics/antitrust consulting experience preferred
• Strong understanding of economic concepts and quantitative/qualitative methods
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Experience managing and developing teams of junior colleagues
• Executive client presence and interaction skills

• Executive-level client engagement
• strong communication
• team leadership and mentorship
• Merger simulation
• Upward pricing pressure analysis
• Econometrics

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