Compass Lexecon Leads Lexology Index’s 2026 Competition Guide with Largest Roster of Featured Consulting Experts

Compass Lexecon’s competition experts have been recognized in the Lexology Index: Competition 2026 guide. The guide, co-published with Global Competition Review, features individuals considered to be the best consultants, expert witnesses, and advisers in the world, highlighting their expert knowledge and testimony in complex antitrust matters, as well as the superb advice they provide to lawyers and clients on intricate matters of competition economics.

Compass Lexecon stands out as the firm with the most consulting experts featured, with 65 professionals recognized in the guide. That number includes twelve Global Elite Thought Leaders, eight Thought Leaders, nineteen Highly Recommended Leaders, nine Recommended Leaders, and seventeen Future Leaders (of which three are also recognized as Thought Leaders Under 45).

The following twelve Compass Lexecon experts were recognized as Global Elite Thought Leaders, a distinction reserved for professionals considered to be in the top 5% of practitioners:

• B. Douglas Bernheim, Senior Consultant – Bay Area
• Dennis Carlton, Senior Managing Director – Washington, DC and Chicago
• Fernando Coloma Ríos, Senior Vice President – Santiago
• Justin Coombs, Executive Vice President and Head of International Executive Committee – London and Singapore
• Lorenzo Coppi, Senior Managing Director and Member of International Board – London, Milan, Brussels and Rome
• Neil Dryden, Senior Managing Director and Member of International Board – London and Brussels
• Thilo Klein, Executive Vice President and Member of International Board – London, Berlin and Düsseldorf
• Christopher Milde, Senior Vice President – Berlin
• Jorge Padilla, Chair of International Board – Madrid, London and Brussels
• Alejandro Requejo, Executive Vice President – Madrid
• David Sevy, Executive Vice President and Vice Chair of International Board – Paris and Brussels
• Elena Zoido, Executive Vice President and Member of International Board – Madrid

The eight Compass Lexecon experts recognized as Thought Leaders are:

• Gustavo Bamberger, Executive Vice President – Chicago
• Georg Clemens, Senior Economist – Düsseldorf
• Linda Gratz, Vice President – Berlin and Düsseldorf
• Jeremiah Juts, Senior Vice President – Paris
• Nicola Mazzarotto, Executive Vice President - London
• Paul Reynolds, Senior Consultant – London and Perth
• Pekka Sääskilahti, Executive Vice President – Helsinki
• Stefano Trento, Senior Vice President – London and Madrid

The 19 Compass Lexecon experts recognized as Highly Recommended Leaders are:

• Jonathan Arnold, Senior Consultant – Chicago
• Luis Cabral, Senior Consultant – New York
• Martina Caldana, Senior Vice President and Member of International Executive Committee – Rome, Milan, Brussels and London
• Mary Coleman, Senior Managing Director and Head of US Antitrust practice – Boston
• Roman Fischer, Senior Vice President – Brussels
• Antón García, Senior Vice President – Madrid
• Guillermo Israilevich, Executive Vice President – Washington, DC
• Ciara Kalmus, Senior Vice President – London
• Patricia Lorenzo, Senior Vice President and Member of International Executive Committee – Madrid
• Valérie Meunier, Senior Vice President – Paris
• Boaz Moselle, Executive Vice President and Member of International Board – London
• Lau Nilausen, Senior Vice President – London
• Carlos Noton, Senior Consultant – Santiago
• Michele Polo, Academic Affiliate – Milan
• Peter Reiss, Senior Consultant – Los Angeles
• Theresa Sullivan, Executive Vice President – Washington, DC
• Otto Toivanen, Academic Affiliate – Helsinki
• Lotta Väänänen, Senior Vice President – Helsinki
• David Weiskopf, Executive Vice President – Washington, DC

The nine Compass Lexecon experts recognized as Recommended Leaders are:

• Peter Bönisch, Vice President – Berlin
• Jonathan Bowater, Executive Vice President – Washington, DC
• Kenneth Elzinga, Senior Consultant – Washington, DC
• Urs Haegler, Senior Consultant – London
• Soledad Pereiras, Senior Vice President – Madrid
• Matthias Pflanz, Senior Consultant – London
• William Rogerson, Senior Consultant – Chicago
• Fabien Roques, Executive Vice President – Paris and Brussels
• Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, Executive Vice President and Head of Greater China – New York and Beijing

The three Compass Lexecon experts recognized as Thought Leaders Under 45 are:

• Michele Avagliano, Senior Vice President – London, Milan and Rome
• Bernardo Sarmento, Senior Vice President – Lisbon and Brussels
• Angelos Stenimachitis, Vice President – London and Brussels

Finally, the 14 Compass Lexecon experts recognized as Future Leaders are:

• Thomas Bowman, Senior Vice President – London
• Giacomo Capodaglio, Senior Economist – Milan
• Gwilhem Charbonnier, Vice President – Lisbon and London
• Verdi Choo, Senior Economist – Singapore
• Francisco Franchetti, Vice President – Madrid
• Jasper Haller, Vice President – Berlin
• Cecilia Nardini, Senior Vice President – London and Brussels
• Mario Polus, Senior Economist – Berlin
• Kadambari Prasad, Senior Vice President – London
• Segye Shin, Senior Vice President – London
• Daniel Urdaneta, Senior Economist – Santiago
• Zita Vasas, Senior Vice President – London and Brussels
• Roberto Venturini, Vice President – Brussels
• Antoine Victoria, Senior Vice President – Paris and Brussels

Congratulations to all those recognized!