Orjan Sandewall

Dr. Orjan Sandewall is a Vice President in Compass Lexecon’s London office.

He has more than 10 years’ experience of consulting and academic research in economics, and has worked on competition investigations, disputes, regulatory matters, and mergers across numerous sectors and jurisdictions. He has applied a wide range of quantitative techniques in front of competition authorities, regulators and courts.

Some recent cases he has been involved in include merger cases such as Huws Gray/Grafton (CMA), S&P/IHS Markit (EU and CMA), E.On/Innogy (EU Phase II), Bayer/Monsanto (EU Phase II) and Deutsche Börse/LSE (EU phase II), as well as numerous confidential litigation cases and merger risk assessments. Some earlier notable cases include BAA Airports (CC), High Court litigation following on from the OFT Decision in Gaviscon, the Libor test case, the US$1.6 billion settlement of Bank of America/MBIA and the FCA investigation into investment and corporate banking.

Prior to joining Compass Lexecon, Orjan was a member of the competition policy teams at two other economic consultancies and also carried out doctoral research. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law from King’s College London. His academic research has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, and Labour Economics.