Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony, turning data into courtroom advantage. As integral litigation experts, we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased, conflict‑free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis, we empower justice—for all—from case strategy to victory.
By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation‑based economic analysis, we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.
Our Competition Litigation Consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid‑19 have led to national press coverage.
Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has worked on many of the most significant global cases involving securities fraud, market manipulation and financial cartels of the past decade, contributing expert opinions, and advising global law firms, institutional investors and regulators.
About this Role
We are looking for entry to senior‑level Competition Economists to join our team, on either a permanent or 12‑month fixed term basis. Our economic consultants work in project teams to combine their economics knowledge with data analysis to produce specialised consulting reports for our clients.
This role can be based in Madrid or London.
Key Accountabilities
Some notable responsibilities will depend on experience but may include include:
- Analysing new cases and determining the appropriately tests and approaches to employ
- Conducting detailed statistical analysis of market manipulation allegations as part of the delivery of Fideres’ expert consulting mandates
- Writing comprehensive reports that summarize the key findings of our analysis in a simple, succinct manner
- Verbally presenting key findings to clients in a manner that allows them to understand both the results and how they impact their own clients
- Depending on experience, running meetings and presentations with some supervision
- Responding to client requests in a timely and helpful fashion
- Remaining on top of any changes to work scopes, deadlines, etc.
- Keeping on top of market developments to generate new case ideas
- Maintaining accurate records of all billable hours spent on each project
Key Skills and Attributes
The successful candidate will have:
- Masters in Economics or the equivalent qualification, with evidence of knowledge and study of competition economics. A PhD in Economics would be highly desirable
- Knowledge of key competition economics topics
- The ability to write insightful reports, in particular the ability to express (verbal and written) complex issues in simple terms, understandable by non-specialists
- Strong analytical skills, able to get to the core issue of complex problems
- Competence in at least one data analysis software, either Python or R
- Integrity, and a creative, curious mind
- Strong PC skills including Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and Bloomberg
- Lots of initiative and consistently looking to improve processes
- Responsive to client needs and able to deliver solutions that meet those needs
- Focused on delivery and committed to seeing projects through to their close
- Not afraid to express an opinion and offer new solutions
Why Fideres
Fideres’s vision is to become the leader in litigation‑only economic consulting globally, free of corporate conflicts.
Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France and Germany.
We are looking for candidates, who are committed to Fideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.
What We Offer
You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.
We offer competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.
We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.
Applying
To apply, you will need to submit your CV and cover letter via 'Apply'. Please note that we consider a thoughtful and well considered cover letter to be an integral part of our application process.
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