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Principal European Competition practice

Charles River Associates
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
Posted December 18, 2025
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Job Description

The role involves providing economic advice on competition policy, mergers, and regulatory issues, analyzing complex cases using advanced economic tools, and working closely with clients, legal teams, and industry experts to support competition proceedings and investigations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide economic advice on competition policy, regulation, mergers, and investigations
  • Develop and present client deliverables including expert reports and analyses
  • Design and implement complex economic and financial models to analyze data
  • Manage research processes and supervise junior analysts
  • Ensure accuracy and integrity of economic analyses and opinions
  • Collaborate with academics, attorneys, and clients on economic and strategic issues
  • Assist in preparing for judicial proceedings and testify as an economic expert
  • Contribute to recruiting, training, and mentoring colleagues

Requirements

  • A graduate degree program with strong achievement, specifically a Masters or PhD with focused study in economics or another quantitative discipline
  • Extensive and relevant experience of 7-11 years, preferably in economics or antitrust consulting
  • Demonstrated understanding of economic concepts, competition regulatory authorities, and quantitative and qualitative analysis methods
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Experience managing and developing teams of junior colleagues
  • Executive client presence and interaction skills
  • Ability to independently conceptualize and identify issues, and design complex economic and financial models to analyze economic and financial data
  • Experience working with those testifying in judicial proceedings to provide economic analyses of mergers and other competition matters before major competition authorities of the world
  • Ability to assist in the development and presentation of client deliverables including expert reports summarizing opinions, conclusions, and recommendations
  • Experience managing the research process, supervising, training, and mentoring junior analysts
  • Work location flexibility, with the expectation of spending at least 3 to 4 days a week working in the office, including travel to other CRA offices or client meetings

Benefits & Perks

Work environment with flexible work location, allowing 3 to 4 days a week in the office with travel as needed
Internal training programs focused on creative problem solving, communications, and leadership skills
Extracurricular activities including leadership roles in recruiting, training, and community volunteer activities

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