Our expertise

Our expertise is based on strong foundations in economics and econometrics, many years of experience in applying this academic knowledge to competition matters and in working with large and diverse teams.

Dr Katharina Sailer is the director of econda. She brings more than 20 years experience in applying economics to competition matters.

She has advised in cartel cases, in merger control, in market investigations, and in other cases of anticompetitive behaviour across a large number of different industries and before different competition authorities and courts.

She is well versed in theoretical economic questions, complex data analysis and sophisticated econometric analysis.

  • Follow-on litigation: Trucks (EU), automotive (several cases, EU), rail tracks (DE), elevators and escalators (AT), road construction (CH, UK)

    Merger investigations: Banking merger (CCPC, IE), BKartA (Phase I), Google/Motorola (EU), Unilever/Sara Lee (EU), Lufthansa/SN Brussels (EU)

    Market investigations: Groceries Inquiry (UK), Private Healthcare Remittal (UK), Retail Banking (UK)

    Anticompetitive behaviour: Luxury cosmetics (several), Software (EU), TV advertising (DE)

  • Katharina has published and presented on network and information economics, on auctions, on merger control thresholds, on demand estimation and merger simulation, on follow-on litigation and on vertical agreements.

  • Katharina holds a Ph.D. from the University of Munich and a Diploma from the University of Cologne, both in economics. She has conducted research on competition economic questions at the Kiel Institute for World Economics and the London School of Economics.

    She has previous experience with Charles River Associates, Compass Lexecon, the UK Competition Authority and L.E.K. Consulting.