Bates White: Economic Consulting

Bates White and ESMT Competition Analysis: an international antitrust partnership

Bates White and ESMT (European School of Management and Technology), based in Berlin, Germany, maintain an exclusive cooperative partnership to provide antitrust services in the United States and the European Union. Bates White’s partnership with ESMT includes collaboration with the institution’s subsidiary consulting firm, ESMT Competition Analysis, which provides economic analysis for antitrust, merger, and cartel litigation.

Our partnership

The Bates White/ESMT Competition Analysis partnership combines complementary experience to offer tailored solutions for antitrust and regulatory economics matters in the United States and Europe. The deep synergies of our firms provide an exceptional alliance offering clients a balance of theoretical rigor, appropriate empirical analysis, and enforcement experience. We align resources, processes, and technology to deliver complex, cross-border projects efficiently. Key to the partnership philosophy is an unwavering commitment to develop long-term client relationships and trust through collaboration.

International recognition

Our leadership teams in the United States and Europe comprise internationally recognized economists and experts with senior-level agency experience at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the European Commission’s DG Competition. Our partnership includes seven nominees to the International Who’s Who of Competition Economists and two spots in Global Competition Review’s survey of leading competition economics firms, The Economics 20.

ESMT Competition Analysis

Founded in 2002 by 25 leading international corporations, the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) is a research-based, postgraduate professional school of management education, with focus on European competition, management, and technology. The ESMT program emphasizes international, practice-oriented management education within the European scholarly tradition, providing executive education and a full-time MBA program.

ESMT Competition Analysis is a subsidiary consulting firm of ESMT, providing antitrust litigation services, research, and expert advice in the field of competition policy and regulation. The ESMT Competition Analysis philosophy mirrors the international management school’s research-based, high-impact approach. Its experts have academic and industry expertise, as well as extensive European Union competition policy experience. ESMT Competition Analysis services include:

• Unique research and expert advice in the field of competition policy and regulation
• Economic analysis and expert advice in merger, antitrust, cartel, and state aid cases
• Studies for international organizations on competition policy issues