ESMT and Bates White, LLC, form international antitrust partnership
Press release
Berlin, April 18, 2007
On the ESMT side, the partnership is led by ESMT’s new subsidiary consulting firm ESMT Competition Analysis, which provides consulting services and expert advice in competition cases. Through the synergies of this alliance, ESMT Competition Analysis and Bates White will enhance their capabilities and opportunities to address clients’ concerns arising in international and transnational antitrust matters within the purview of EU and U.S. regulatory authorities. Dr. Lars-Hendrik Röller, President of ESMT, will play a key role in the collaboration.
Lars-Hendrik Röller said, “With Bates White we found a distinguished partner with a proven track record of first class research-based consulting in U.S. antitrust and competition cases. The partnership will create business opportunities with a transnational outreach and will strengthen ESMT’s international research profile.”
About ESMT Competition Analysis ESMT Competition Analysis is working on central topics in the field of competition policy and regulation. These include case-related work on European competition matters, e.g. merger, antitrust or state aid cases, economic analysis within regulatory procedures and studies for international organizations on competition policy issues. Located in Berlin, ESMT Competition Analysis is a subsidiary of ESMT European School of Management and Technology.
About Bates White Bates White is a consulting firm offering services in economics, finance, and business strategy to leading law firms, FORTUNE 500 companies, and government agencies. Bates White provides clients with a unique combination of quantitative and analytical expertise, and an understanding of business issues across a range of industries. Bates White has offices in Washington, D.C., and San Diego, California, USA.
About ESMT ESMT European School of Management and Technology was founded in October 2002 on the initiative of 25 leading German companies and associations with the aim of establishing an international management school with a distinctly European focus. ESMT has provided executive education since 2003 and started an international fulltime MBA program in 2006. ESMT is located in Berlin with further campuses in Munich and Cologne. As a private institution of higher education, ESMT is fully accredited by German authorities.
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