Econic Partners is proud to announce that Professor Georges Siotis and Professor Jesús Carro have affiliated with the firm as Senior Consultants and Academic Affiliates. Both are Associate Professors of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and bring decades of experience in competition policy, industrial organization, and applied econometrics.
Their affiliations further strengthen Econic Partners’ commitment to combining academic rigor with practical, litigation tested economic analysis in matters across Europe and beyond.
Enrique Andreu, a Founding Partner of Econic Partners, said, “We are delighted to welcome Georges Siotis and Jesús Carro to Econic Partners. They bring exceptional academic depth and rigorous empirical and sectorial expertise, with a rare ability to translate cutting edge economic research into practical, defensible analysis. Their work will materially strengthen our ability to support clients across our global platform.”
Professor Siotis commented, “Econic Partners has assembled an outstanding team of world-class economists and practitioners. I very much look forward to collaborating with this team as an academic affiliate.”
Professor Carro added, “It’s an incredible opportunity to join Econic and contribute to a team that is clearly setting a new standard for excellence in the industry. I look forward to integrating my background in econometrics into the firm’s strategic toolkit, bolstering the empirical precision and quantitative rigor that are already hallmarks of its collective expertise.”
About Georges Siotis
Georges Siotis is a Senior Consultant and Academic Affiliate at Econic Partners and Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he teaches EU Competition Policy, Empirical Industrial Organization, and European Economic Governance.
Professor Siotis’s academic research focuses on the empirical analyses of competitive processes, with a particular focus on the Commission’s Pharmaceutical Reform proposal. Previously, he served as a member of DG Competition’s Chief Economist Team, where he actively participated in high profile mergers, antitrust and State Aid cases. In addition, he served as the Senior Economic Advisor and Technical Assistance Coordinator in the EU Commission’s Task Force for Greece (TFGR).
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About Jesús Carro
Jesús Carro is a Senior Consultant and Academic Affiliate at Econic Partners, and Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain. Professor Carro has experience providing expert advice on identifying and estimating the effect of competition infringements. His expertise involves applying sophisticated econometric techniques for the purpose of damage estimation.
Professor Carro’s research focuses on microeconometrics, encompassing both theoretical contributions and applications in several fields, including the evaluation of public policies. Most of his research focuses on identifying causal effects in the context of structural estimation, where the unit of observation (firms, households) are characterized by significant unobserved heterogeneity. His contributions are highly cited by publications in peer-reviewed academic journals.
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