Portrait of Tamrat Shone

Tamrat Shone : Senior Consultant

Tamrat is a member of Oxera’s Competition and Litigation Support teams. He has particular expertise in competition-related disputes, having advised firms and competition authorities in cases relating to damages, horizontal and vertical agreements, abuse of dominance, and state aid. Tamrat has extensive experience working across a variety of industries including energy, financial services, communications, transport, and retail. An experienced consultant, Tamrat has assisted in the preparation of expert testimonies presented to the High Court, ICC, LCIA, Canadian Competition Tribunal, and Hong Kong Competition Tribunal.

Before joining Oxera, Tamrat completed an MSc in Economics at the London School of Economics. He also has experience in banking, having previously worked at Macquarie as an analyst in its Investment Banking Division.

Tamrat speaks English, and French.

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7776 6697

Tamrat's specialisms include:

Selected
professional experience

  • Merger advice to Transport Canada, Canada’s transport regulator, in relation to Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Transat A.T. Inc. (2020–)

  • Advising a global financial institution in the context of claims in the High Court arising out of alleged FX manipulation (2019–)

  • Advising a multinational corporation regarding allegations of an abuse of dominance, in the context of a confidential arbitration under LCIA rules (2019)

  • Advising a major financial services company in the context of investigations by multiple competition authorities into its exclusive agreements (2018–19)

  • Estimation of damages resulting from a cartel in roll-on/roll-off shipping (2018–20)

  • Assisting in the preparation of expert evidence for the Hong Kong Competition Commission in a construction sector case at the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal (2018)

Qualifications

  • MSc Economics, London School of Economics, UK

  • BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Warwick, UK