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When policy shifts, markets move and data gets noisy, you need economic analysis you can trust - and use. Economic consulting turns complexity into decision‑ready insight: quantifying impacts, evaluating trade‑offs, and showing the clearest route through disputes, regulation, strategy and policy design.

Our team blends economic expertise with sector knowledge across energy, water, transport, digital, finance and the public sector. From competition damages to price controls, impact assessments to climate‑risk modelling - if the issue is complex, high‑stakes or politically sensitive, we help you navigate it with clarity and confidence.

How we can help

When you’re facing high‑stakes disputes or fast‑moving competition issues, you need economic insight you can trust and evidence that stands up to scrutiny. We support you through every stage of disputes and competition matters. Our expertise ranges from established sectors like utilities to nascent markets like cryptocurrency.

Whether you're dealing with damages claims, market investigations or subsidy control, our team brings deep experience in litigation and regulatory submissions. We translate complex data into arguments that are credible, compelling and robust, helping you move forward with confidence.

When misrepresentation is suspected, the consequences for you can be significant. As a leading expert firm for securities litigation (FSMA 90/90A) claims in the UK and Europe, we are trusted by law firms and litigation funders to make strong, evidence-based arguments.

We deliver precise, court-ready economic analysis that cuts through complexity. We turn trading data, disclosures, and valuation evidence into clear answers on price impact and damages.

Regulation is becoming more complex, more scrutinised and more critical to get right. Whether you're a regulated company or a policymaker shaping frameworks, you need insight that gives you clarity, confidence and control.

We help you understand the regulatory forces shaping your sector: price controls, new investment frameworks, incentive design. Whether you’re preparing for a determination, challenging a position or building a strategy, you gain a partner who strengthens your case and helps you turn concepts into hard numbers.

Strategic decisions shouldn’t feel like information overload. We help you make smarter strategic, transactional and operational choices by turning rigorous economic analysis into practical guidance.

Using valuation, scenario analysis, options appraisal and game theory, we give you clarity on how climate policy, pricing decisions, trade dynamics or market shifts will affect your organisation, and what to do next.

When the stakes are high, you need decisions that stand up to scrutiny. We help you understand the economic, social and organisational impacts of policies, investments and operations, even when data is limited or uncertainty is high.

From policy evaluation to strategic investment appraisal, we turn evidence into clear, actionable insight, giving you the confidence to choose the path that delivers lasting value.

You’re facing a policy environment that’s shifting fast, driven by new technologies, Net Zero pressures and global uncertainty. We help you feel in control of complex choices, providing clarity on risks, opportunities and real‑world impacts of every policy option.

Whether you’re shaping new policy, testing ideas or assessing stakeholder impacts, our recommendations are robust, defensible and ready for scrutiny.

Turning climate risk into strategic insight

Turning climate risk into strategic insight

The challenge
The company needed to know how climate change could affect their businesses, the risks they faced, and how to meet complex reporting requirements.
The solution
We delivered climate risk scenario analysis, identifying key physical and transition risks, and then modelling their impacts to support compliance and strategic decisions.
The result
Clients received a clear, robust assessment of climate risks, revealing blind spots and enabling practical action to strengthen resilience and mitigate climate-related risks.
Measuring what works in trade remedies policy

Measuring what works in trade remedies policy

The challenge
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) needed to evaluate the impact of anti-dumping remedies on trade flows and UK businesses, despite noisy and patchy data.
The solution
We developed a methodological toolkit, including a novel econometric method designed to produce robust results even where data quality and availability are limited.
The result
The TRA received clear, usable guidance grounded in academic best practice, tailored to real-world constraints and enabling more consistent, credible policy evaluations.
Getting cost benchmarking right for RIIO-3

Getting cost benchmarking right for RIIO-3

The challenge
For the RIIO-3 price control, Ofgem needed to assess network companies’ costs, including specifying the models used and how to treat uncertainty about future energy demand.
The solution
We tested multiple econometric approaches and advised on their suitability as the methodology for cost assessment.
The result
We showed regression methods were time-sensitive and forecasts unreliable, recommending ratio benchmarking instead. Ofgem adopted our approach in setting RIIO-3 allowances.
Quantifying cartel damages to support settlement

Quantifying cartel damages to support settlement

The challenge
An insolvent business sought to quantify losses from inflated input prices caused by cartel behaviour, requiring robust analysis to support settlement discussions.
The solution
We provided economic and procedural support, including disclosure input and a settlement-focused paper assessing overcharges, pass-on, market structure and purchaser impact.
The result
Our analysis informed negotiations and contributed to a negotiated settlement, avoiding costly litigation and delivering a favourable outcome for the claimant company.
Demonstrating the real-world impact of investment

Demonstrating the real-world impact of investment

The challenge
The Scottish National Investment Bank needed to measure the direct, indirect and induced employment impacts of its 2023 investment portfolio.
The solution
We built a tailored input-output model to assess economic impacts, incorporating place-based assumptions and adjusting for displacement, deadweight loss and spillovers.
The result
Our analysis quantified the economic and social impacts of SNIB’s investments, directly supporting evidence-based reporting and the bank’s 2024 Impact Report.