Nicholas D. Hill, PhD
Nicholas Hill specializes in complex merger cases and antitrust litigation, delivering high-caliber economic analysis and expert testimony.
Nicholas Hill is an accomplished economic expert specializing in antitrust and competition economics. With extensive experience advising private clients, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), he has testified in federal court and the FTC’s administrative court. He has conducted detailed antitrust assessments in industries including agriculture, chemicals, consumer products, healthcare, media and entertainment, publishing, software, and transportation to name a few. His expertise has supported favorable outcomes for clients including merger approvals, divestitures, and settlement agreements from price-fixing to monopolization claims.
Prior to joining Bates White, Nicholas held key leadership roles, including Assistant Section Chief in the Economic Analysis Group of the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, where he was honored with the prestigious US Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. He also served as an economist in the Bureau of Economics at the FTC. Notably, Nicholas is the developer of the capacity closure model, a widely utilized tool for analyzing mergers in commodity industries.
Nicholas has been named to the Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) list of leading competition economists since 2020 and been recognized as a Global Elite Competition Thought Leader since 2022.
Education
PhD, Economics, Johns Hopkins University
MsC, Quantitative Development Economics, University of Warwick
BA, Economics and International Studies, University of Warwick
Practice areas
Engagement SpotlightHe analyzed the merger, concluding that it would likely harm authors of anticipated top-selling books, resulting in lower author compensation and worse terms.
