We support clients to tackle their most complex problems, utilising economic insights to guide strategic choices and create value.
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"We help clients navigate merger control, market investigations and subsidy control with clear economic evidence."
We are a team of expert competition advisors, often working alongside lawyers to help clients navigate potential competition concerns and get deals over the line. We provide specialist analytical support grounded in data, rigorous evidence and clear economic reasoning.
We bring a strong track record across:
Merger control: we provide clients with merger red-flag reviews and full merger filings including analysis of market definition and competitive effects; advising on competition and regulatory risk embedded in due diligence; and strategic advice on navigating merger control and other regulatory hurdles.
Market investigations and market studies: we get to the key structures and dynamics of competition to inform the authority’s view from the early phases of an investigation.
Subsidy control / State aid: using a broad set of economic, financial, and accounting skills, we support companies and public authorities on Commercial Market Operator assessments and - if the CMO test is not satisfied - whether it is possible to demonstrate that the subsidy would be permitted.
Regulatory disputes: we support clients through every stage of the regulatory process, delivering rigorous economic and financial analysis to engage with regulators, manage risk and respond effectively in complex UK and cross-border cases.
Abuse of dominance: we use sophisticated economic analysis to distinguish between pro-competitive and anti-competitive effects, and assess any impact on final consumers.
Cartels and information exchange: we use economic analysis to assess whether there is any evidence of cartel effects, and/or for use as evidence in any subsequent appeals and/or damages litigation.
Damages: we provide economic support that can be further supported by financial and forensic expertise to assist clients in complex competition disputes.
Our senior team combines experience from former regulators (CMA, Ofcom, FCA, PSR) alongside practitioners with prior experience at leading consultancies such as Frontier, CRA and Oxera.
We have in-depth sector knowledge in a wide range of sectors including but not limited to financial services, utilities, TMT, and pharma.
"We help clients translate macroeconomic trends into commercial advantage"
Our team draws on market-leading macroeconomic insight to support clients through periods of domestic and global uncertainty; leaving them better prepared for whatever comes next.
Assumption testing: We test and validate critical macroeconomic assumptions (e.g. cost inflation) to ensure business strategies are evidence based and can remain resilient through periods of elevated economic uncertainty.
Performance forecasting: We develop top-down forecasts for key business metrics, conducting scenario-analysis to consider how changes in the macroeconomic landscape will influence operational performance.
Deal Diligence: We support a wider suite of Due Diligence capability within the firm by reviewing the economic and political context of a Deal - testing key assumptions and assessing long-term implications for value.
Economic insight: We deliver briefings to the C-suite, translating complex trends into clear, tailored guidance for confident board-level decision-making.
"We help you understand, quantify and enhance the impact of your programmes and activity."
Bringing together impact assessment, evaluation, social impact quantification and behavioural economics, Impact Measurement & Optimisation provides a joined-up economics offer that helps organisations understand, evidence and enhance the value they create.
Impact assessments: We help clients measure and articulate their economic contribution, providing robust evidence on how a business, policy or investment supports growth, employment and wider public priorities.
Evaluation and social impact quantification: We assess whether a policy, programme or intervention has delivered the intended results and value for money, while also quantifying the wider social and environmental value created beyond traditional economic metrics.
Behavioural economics: We apply behavioural insight to understand what drives decision-making and use that evidence to design and optimise behavioural change interventions.
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"We help turn regulatory complexity into long-term value."
Our team works at the intersection of regulation, policy and commercial decision-making by supporting clients to respond to regulatory and policy change, shape policy outcomes and unlock value in regulated markets. We help organisations navigate these complex regulatory and policy environments by combining rigorous economic analysis with strategic insight to take practical, considered action. We bring deep experience advising regulators, regulated entities, corporate clients, and infrastructure investors giving us a rounded understanding of regulatory priorities and decision-making processes from all perspectives.
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