Our economists specialise in providing expert economic advice on all aspects of competition law cases. We have advised on a wide range of industries, each raising its own unique competition issues. Drawing on robust economic analysis and quantitative techniques, we regularly advise clients on every stage of a competition investigation.

Our contributions vary from providing confidential advice to clients, to ensuring their submissions are consistent with sound economic principles, and to preparing expert reports. We are used to presenting economic analysis to the competition agencies, at public hearings and in court testimony. We also undertake research projects, workshops and training for European and domestic competition authorities.

The experience of the economists at RBB extends across a broad range of competition law settings, including:

	Mergers
	Our economists have worked for the merging parties in over 70 Phase II EC merger investigations, many more Phase I cases, and on numerous cases before national authorities.
	Cartels and horizontal agreements
	Analysis prepared by our economists has been deployed in EC and domestic cartel cases, as well as in other cases involving horizontal agreements, such as collaborative joint ventures and the collective selling of sports rights.
	Vertical agreements
	Our economists’ experience includes supporting the owners of some of the best known brands in defending their distribution and retailing arrangements. We have also advised on vertical agreements in a wide range of industrial sectors, in entertainment and in distribution.
	Dominance and monopoly inquiries
	We have been involved in several of the leading Article 102 and national abuse of dominance cases concerning issues including price discrimination, predation, excessive pricing, and market foreclosure.
	Litigation and damages
	The testimony of our experts has been regularly used in arbitration cases, in litigation proceedings before the courts involving claimed or decided breaches of competition law, and in reaching out-of-court settlements.
	Regulation
	RBB economists have worked with companies in the energy, telecoms, and transport sectors. Regulators have also employed this expertise in developing their own thinking on market liberalisation and reform.
	Other areas of applied microeconomics
	Based on the reputation we have earned as leading experts in the field of competition, we are increasingly being asked to advise clients on other contentious and high-stakes issues that depend on the kind of “what-if” assessments on which our competition work is based. This includes work on a variety of commercial damages and public policy assessments.