Pian Chen, PhD

Pian Chen leads teams in complex antitrust and finance litigation matters, delivering impactful economic analyses and high-quality expert work.

Pian Chen has over a decade of experience in litigation consulting and econometric modeling. She has led teams in developing sophisticated quantitative models to evaluate the impact of alleged anticompetitive conduct (e.g., price-fixing cartels, product hop and pay-to-delay generic entry) as well as to investigate illegal trading practices (e.g., spoofing, security fraud, and energy price manipulation). Pian has overseen teams responsible for reviewing discovery documents, analyzing complex data sets, creating compelling narratives, and producing expert reports for non-technical audience. In her work, she is passionate about applying cutting-edge econometric techniques to solve real-world problems and actively collaborating with her colleagues to share expertise and foster collective growth at Bates White.

Prior to joining Bates White, Pian taught econometrics at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and served as the Associate Director of Economic Modeling at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).