The Brattle Group ( 
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)announced today that it is expanding its global and European economic 
consulting platform with a launch in Brussels that brings together several top 
EU economists. 

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The Brussels office will be led by Brattle Academic Advisor Kai-Uwe Kuhn and 
Principals Eliana Garces and Konstantin Ebinger, each of whom brings deep 
experience in competition cases presented before the European Commission and 
national antitrust authorities worldwide, as well as in follow-on damages 
litigation. Brattle's experts in Brussels will work closely with its worldwide 
network of consulting experts and academic affiliates.

"Brussels is the hub for high-profile competition matters throughout Europe, 
and our Brussels office will provide face-to-face service to the Brussels 
competition community," said Brattle President Alexis Maniatis. "Given that the 
European Commission has increasingly influenced competition policy matters, a 
strong presence in Brussels is a must for a modern global competition practice. 
We look forward to building on our existing footprint in Europe, which includes 
offices in London, Madrid, and Rome, and draws on the experience of our global 
competition teams across North America and in Australia," noted Maniatis.

    -- Professor Kuhn is a former chief economist at DG Competition, where he 
       led the economic analyses for many high-profile mergers and several of 
       the Commission's major antitrust cases (article 101 and 102). He is a 
       leading academic in the area of industrial organization and has 
       advised clients on a range of antitrust matters for the past 25 
       years.  

    -- Dr. Garces was a member of the Competition Chief Economist team at the 
       European Commission and a member of former Vice President Joaquin 
       Almunia's cabinet, the commissioner responsible for competition 
       policy. She also served as the deputy chief economist at DG Internal 
       Market and Industry. Dr. Garces is an experienced competition 
       economist, advising on a variety of matters throughout the EU and the 
       US. 

    -- Mr. Ebinger has more than 10 years of consulting experience in 
       competition and antitrust matters in Europe and the United States, 
       having advised on competition issues before the European Commission 
       and national competition authorities, as well as in follow-on damages 
       litigation.  

The opening of the Brussels office is another step in the growth of Brattle's 
worldwide competition practice. In Europe, the Brussels team will work closely 
with Brattle's existing experts and will also draw on resources in London, 
Madrid, and Rome. They include:

    -- Dr. Pinar Bagci of Brattle's London office, who has over 20 years of 
       experience advising on matters related to mergers, cartels, state aid, 
       and abuse of dominance in proceedings before EU and UK competition 
       authorities.  

    -- Dr. Pedro Marin of Brattle's London and Madrid offices, who has 
       advised companies in investigations concerning alleged cartel behavior 
       and abuse of dominance across the pharmaceutical, telecommunications, 
       and energy industries. He previously was in academia specializing in 
       empirical industrial organization and also spent several years in 
       government, where he advised the Spanish Prime Minister on 
       microeconomic and competition issues.  

    -- Dr. Francesco Lo Passo of Brattle's Rome office, who is an expert on 
       regulation, privatization, and restructuring processes. Before joining 
       Brattle, he worked for the Italian Treasury, the Italian financial 
       markets regulator Consob, and the OECD Advisory Group on 
       Privatization.

Brattle's competition team also includes James Keyte, the Director of Global 
Development, who advises on project execution. Mr. Keyte is the director of the 
Fordham Competition Law Institute, and a former antitrust litigation partner at 
the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

The Brattle Group analyzes complex economic, finance, and regulatory questions 
for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world.  We are 
distinguished by the clarity of our insights and the credibility of our 
experts, which include leading international academics and industry 
specialists.  For more information, please visit www.brattle.com.  

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