Managing Consultant, Antitrust

Berkeley Research Group•Washington DC, DC

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About The Position

BRG provides independent advice, data analytics, authoritative studies, expert testimony, investigations, and regulatory and dispute consulting to Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, major law firms, and regulatory bodies around the world. BRG experts provide sophisticated economic, financial, and analytical advice across a wide range of disciplines, including antitrust and competition policy, complex damages, finance, healthcare, intellectual property, restructuring, valuation, and workforce issues. In addition, the firm assists clients in major industry sectors with compliance, business process improvement, and strategy consulting. BRG’s economic practice is rapidly growing. We are looking for a strong qualitative and research-oriented professional that has an interest in answering real-world applied economics questions, including in the areas of Intellectual Property, Antitrust, International Arbitration, and more generally, applied economics. This position requires a highly motivated problem solver with robust analytical ability, strong organizational skills, and a desire to advance within the organization. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in litigation or economic consulting. The work will involve both execution and oversight of engagement work streams that may be either quantitative or qualitative in nature, with responsibilities to include development of economic theories of harm; analysis of relevant economic literature; and review and synthesis of large bodies of litigation-related evidence , management of existing client relationships, development and presentation of client deliverables, management of junior staff, quality control, industry research, and expansion of business. Supporting the development and presentation of client deliverables including writing expert reports, summarizing expert opinions, conclusions, and recommendations andpreparing expert testimony for both deposition and trial. Execution and oversight of engagement work streams that may be either quantitative or qualitative in nature, with responsibilities to include development of economic theories of harm; analysis of economic literature; and review and synthesis of large bodies of litigation-related evidence, management of existing client relationships, development and presentation of client deliverables, management of junior staff, quality control, industry research, and expansion of business. Working with some of the most highly regarded antitrust testifying experts in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters Supervising, training and mentoring other consults and analysts in a supportive, team-oriented environment Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses and opinions

Requirements

Masters and/or a PhD in economics with specific expertise in the fields of industrial organization, applied microeconomics or econometrics
More than four (4+) years of experience in litigation consulting specifically in antitrust matters
Experience in reviewing depositions and past expert reports
Experience in directing teams in reviewing litigation related documents using systems such as Relativity and Disco.
Experience in having done economic, statistical, or financial analysis and research with proven capabilities with tools such as MS Excel and analytical software/relational database program(s) (e.g., SAS, Stata, MS SQL Server, R, MS Access, SPSS)
Excellent, demonstrated verbal and written communication skills
Ability to manage workstreams and other consultants
Commitment to producing high quality analysis and attention to details
Desire to work within a team environment