2026 PhD ABD graduates Senior Associate Antitrust Competition Economics practice
Charles River AssociatesBrussels, Belgium
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Posted December 18, 2025
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Job Description
The Senior Associate at CRA will work on high-profile competition law cases, applying economic analysis, statistical modeling, and research skills to support legal and regulatory proceedings across Europe, while mentoring junior staff and contributing to practice development.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and conceptualize economic issues using rigorous models and data analysis
- Supervise, train, and mentor research staff
- Develop and present client deliverables such as expert reports and white papers
- Act as a primary contact for legal, industry, or government clients on relevant issues
- Program, build models, and perform statistical and econometric analyses using various software tools
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of analyses and opinions
- Contribute to practice development activities including training, recruiting, and knowledge sharing
Requirements
- PhD degree in economics with a completion date of December 2025 Summer 2026 and an academic focus on Applied Microeconomics or Applied Microeconometrics, with specializations like industrial organization, labor, health, behavioural and public economics, or other quantitative areas
- Strong knowledge of economic concepts and a range of research and quantitative skills
- Experience in programming and data analysis using Excel, Stata, Python, R, SQL, SAS, ArcGIS ArcPy, or Cloud computing platforms such as Databricks Spark, Google Cloud, Azure, or AWS
- Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to explain, economic, financial and or accounting concepts, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
- Curious and analytical thinkers who bring creative approaches to non-standard problems
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Eagerness to learn new skills and programming languages
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and leadership
- Strong teamwork and collaboration capabilities
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills
Benefits & Perks
competitive salary
performance bonus
comprehensive total rewards package
formal and informal skills development programs including 100 hours of training annually
career mentoring and performance coaching
internal firm development activities
wellness programming supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being
in-house immigration support for foreign nationals and international business travelers
work location flexibility with a hybrid work environment (3-4 days in the office per week)
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