Antitrust and Competition
Anticompetitive conduct, such as cartels and abuse of dominant position, produces economic effects that can be examined in administrative proceedings and in damages actions.
Context of application
Quantifying these effects requires comparing what actually happened with what would have happened absent the conduct: prices, volumes and margins under different scenarios. The robustness of the resulting calculation depends on the data available and on how well the chosen method is justified.
When this analysis is needed
- Damages actions arising from cartel conduct.
- Disputes over an overcharge passed on to buyers.
- Administrative proceedings involving the calculation of contributions or fines.
- Contractual disputes alleging abuse of a dominant position.
Questions typically analyzed
- Quantification of losses and damages.
- Lost profits and lost revenue.
- Analysis of prices, volumes and margins under comparative scenarios.
- Framing and analysis of expert questions.
- Analysis and review of expert reports.
How SGEx Approaches This
SGEx organizes the price and sales data series, assesses whether the comparison methods used are appropriate, and presents its results together with a clear statement of any data limitations.
SGEx does not provide legal advice. Its contribution is technical: organizing the economic, financial, accounting and asset-related facts so that lawyers, companies and parties can understand the substantive dimension of the controversy.
Possible Work and Deliverables
The format is defined according to the case, the proceeding and the purpose of the work.
- Damages quantification opinion
- Review of economic reports
- Expert questions
- Expert report
- Expert assistance to parties
Other SGEx Solutions
Services, specialties, contexts and industries connected to this topic under SGEx's relationship matrix.
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- Economic and Financial Expert AnalysisAnalysis of values, cash flows, economic assumptions and financial models in disputes and decisions that turn on quantification.
- Disputes, Litigation and ControversiesEconomic, financial and accounting expert support in judicial, arbitral, administrative and pre-litigation controversies.
- ArbitrationTechnical analysis, quantification and expert assistance in arbitral proceedings involving economic, financial and accounting issues.
- Accounting Expert ExaminationIndependent expert examination of accounting records, financial statements and calculations, prepared for judicial, arbitral and administrative proceedings.
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- Damages, Losses and Economic QuantificationLost profits, actual damages, lost revenue, indemnities and the liquidation of court judgments.
- Expert Assistance to PartiesExpert assistance to parties in court-appointed expert examinations and arbitrations: framing expert questions, opinions, review of reports and attendance at proceedings.
- Administrative ProceedingsAccounting and financial expert evidence in administrative tax, sanctioning, regulatory and oversight proceedings, from the defence to the appeal stage.
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