Plaintiffs sued on behalf of themselves and a putative class of investors who bought or sold futures contracts based on the Korean KOSPI 200 stock index during overnight trading in 2012. The class that Plaintiffs sought to represent consisted of...

Xiao Zhang is a Senior Economist with Compass Lexecon based in Washington, DC. He specializes in complex finance litigation involving valuation of businesses and assets, financial distress, capital markets, investments, intellectual property, damages, and securities class action. His experience covers...

Economists John Davies, Valérie Meunier, Gianmarco Calanchi and Angelos Stenimachitis recently authored an article for the US Antitrust Bulletin discussing the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the missed opportunity by the European Commission (EC) to introduce a market investigation tool....

Written by Rashid Muhamedrahimov and Ethan Soo Summary As the competition landscape is constantly evolving, the question still remains: Is there a need to revamp the way we measure closeness of competition? There are many standardised ways to measure how...

Vice President, Salvatore Piccolo, alongside professors Gülen Karakoç and Marco Pagnozzi, wrote an article for the International Journal of Industrial Organization. The article investigates incentives and anticompetitive practices of incumbents in vertically related markets, as well as the effects of...

Robert Oandasan is a Vice President with Compass Lexecon based in Washington, DC. He has experience analyzing economic issues related to antitrust litigation, damages, and M&A regulatory review and litigation. He has consulted for clients in a variety of industries...

On September 12, 2022, the $8.6B merger of NortonLifeLock (NLOK, Tempe, AZ) and Avast PLC (AVASF, Prague, Czechia) cleared merger control in all global jurisdictions following reviews from the US DOJ and the UK CMA. A Compass Lexecon team led by...

Economists Frederic Palomino, Soledad Pereiras and Nadine Watson participated in a Q&A with Financier Worldwide on competition law and sustainability. The authors discuss the key trends in sustainability initiatives in competition law, how authorities can strike a balance between promoting...

Compass Lexecon is delighted to welcome Roman Fischer and former colleague Zita Vasas as Vice Presidents based in Brussels and France respectively. Zita Vasas has more than 10 years of experience as a competition economist, including at Hungary’s Competition Authority,...

Court Relies Heavily on Testimony of Compass Lexecon Expert Professor Dennis W. Carlton Compass Lexecon was retained by clients Illumina and GRAIL to provide economic analysis and expert testimony in support of a landmark vertical merger between the two companies...