Today, Oxera announces the appointment of Dr. Philipp Schliffke, Anna Maria Ruhr-Doose and Sina Rummelhagen who join in Hamburg from the firm Hamburg Economics. Dr. Philipp Schliffke joins Oxera as a Partner to lead the team in Hamburg… Read More
Oxera continues to grow its senior team with the announcement that James May has been promoted to Principal. James’ promotion demonstrates Oxera’s ever-growing presence in competition litigation and class actions across Europe and beyond. James will be focusing on stand-alone and follow-on antitrust litigation, building on… Read More
On 12 October 2022, the District Court of Den Bosch in the Netherlands issued a landmark judgment awarding significant damages to two TV manufacturers as a result of a global cartel in the production of cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) between 1995 and 2007. The Court relied fully on the… Read More
Today, TISA and Oxera announce the launch of their joint research on Stocks and Shares ISAs (S&S ISAs) funded by Abrdn, Coutts and Nationwide Building Society. The research was commissioned to understand people’s motivations for buying S&S ISAs, what the barriers to investing in them might be, and the implications… Read More
Oxera continues to grow its senior team with the announcement that Bastian Gottschling joins as a Partner in Frankfurt. Bastian Gottschling is an experienced expert in energy economics, financial valuation and damages quantification. He provides economic dispute support in investment arbitration, commercial disputes and tax disputes. His appointment further strengthens… Read More
Oxera has appointed Robert Catherall to its senior Transport team. Rob has held multiple senior positions at the UK Department for Transport (DfT) and has 15 years’ experience in the civil service.He was nominated by Sir Peter Hendy (Chair of Network Rail and the Secretary of State’s COVID Travel… Read More
Oxera continues to grow its senior team with the announcement that Johan Keetelaar is to join as a Senior Advisor Holding a Master’s degree in Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam, Johan is a renowned expert in the economics of digital, media, transport and telecoms markets.As Europe’s landmark digital… Read More
European economics and finance consultancy Oxera submitted economic expert reports and testified during the trial to assist the Tribunal in its decision-making. The appeal resulted in the overturning of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Decision that Compare the Market’s historical use of wide most-favoured-nation clauses in home insurance was anti-competitive. Read More
Oxera has prepared a report as part of a class action examining losses to UK-based individuals who owned the cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) due to alleged coordinated behaviour by cryptoexchanges. Oxera’s report is produced as part of a claim on behalf of UK-based individuals who owned BSV, and focuses… Read More
Oxera has undertaken an independent review of Ofgem’s regulation of the energy supply market on behalf of the Board. For more details, see Ofgem’s press release and our report here. Read More
Oxera has announced its most recent round of promotions to Principal grade. Shreya Gupta specialises in economic and financial valuation issues in intellectual property disputes. She leads teams working on high-profile disputes involving damages quantification and competition issues.Ilaria Fanton is a senior… Read More
Oxera has identified a range of potential market design mechanisms that would support the deployment of vital negative emissions technologies in the UK. Oxera has developed four policy options for the integration of negative emissions technologies in the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Options would support the roll-out of vital negative… Read More
Philip will work alongside Oxera’s Chair, Dr Luis Correia da Silva, to support the Board’s ambition to continue to expand Oxera’s market presence, and in particular the firm’s specialisms in climate, energy and competition policy. After joining the European Commission in the early 1970s where he was Chef de Cabinet… Read More
Dr Luis Correia da Silva has been appointed as Oxera’s next Chair. Luis follows on from Professor Anthony Julius, whose successful term began when Oxera became a partnership in 2013. Working alongside Oxera’s Managing Partner, Dr Gunnar Niels,… Read More
Oxera has announced the appointment of Dr Gunnar Niels as its next Managing Partner. Gunnar succeeds Dr Helen Jenkins following completion of her successful five-year term. Helen will continue to play an important role in Oxera’s leadership team. Gunnar has been… Read More
Oxera’s analysis of proposed amendments to the Digital Markets Act by the European Parliament and the European Council finds that while many of the changes could provide benefits for some businesses, they often overlook the negative impact on end-users. In early 2022, the European Commission (‘the Commission’), European Parliament… Read More