Senior European Originator
Fideres · London
About Us
Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony, turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts, we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased, conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis, we empower justice—for all—from case strategy to victory.
By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation-based economic analysis, we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.
Our Competition litigation consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.
Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has worked on many of the most significant global cases involving securities fraud, market manipulation and financial cartels of the past decade, contributing expert opinions, and advising global law firms, institutional investors and regulators.
About this Role
We are looking for a Senior Economist to assume responsibility for client relationships in the UK and Northern Europe, and to drive new consulting mandates for Fideres from law firms and regulators.
Our ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of both financial markets and competition economics, along with strong relationship building and communication skills.
Key Accountabilities
Some notable responsibilities will include:
Origination Duties
- Maintain and expand the network of Fideres’s client relationships in the UK and Northern Europe including: law firms, barrister chambers, litigation funders, competition authorities and enforcement agencies.
- Originate new consulting mandates for the firm, working closely with the internal business development team to produce pitches for clients.
- Proactively manage and develop client relationships, identifying and escalating client needs, risks and new business opportunities.
- Represent Fideres in the discussions with funders and be the main point of contact for such discussions.
- Coordinate information and follow-ups between internal teams and external counsel team.
Marketing Duties
- Schedule and attend client events (seminar, conferences, etc) to raise the profile of the firm.
- Represent Fideres through selected conferences/public speaking engagements, white papers contributions, op-eds etc.
- Work closely with our public relations firm to manage international marketing and, measure and monitor success.
- Manage our marketing and communications team.
Management Duties
- Manage the Client Relationship team including origination people across multiple Fideres international offices.
Key Skills and Attributes
The successful candidate will have:
- Proven experience in an economic consultancy, in a sector regulator, or at a ratings agency.
- Strong academics in economics and/or financial markets.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, energy and a genuine interest in people and relationships.
- Strong emotional intelligence and the ability to adapt communication styles.
- Client focused, has a marketing mindset.
- An appetite for networking and connecting people and problems.
- Experience of dealing directly with clients (such as law firms and/or regulators).
- The ability to communicate effectively on complex issues in simple terms.
- A high level of integrity with a creative and curious mind.
- An interest in coaching, developing and collaborating with others.
Why Fideres
Fideres’s vision is to become the leader in litigation-only economic consulting globally, free of corporate conflicts.
Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France and Germany.
We are looking for candidates, who are committed to Fideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.
What We Offer
You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.
We offer competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.
We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.
Our Benefits
Transparent Pay
We have a transparent and internally published pay structure by role, we do this as part of an equal pay initiative across our offices.
Continuous Learning
We offer all our employees a learning and development budget to spend flexibly on role relevant training needs. Support for further professional qualifications, apprenticeships and further education is also available. There is no risk of being pigeon-holed at Fideres as our employees are able to reach for opportunities as they see them without being restricted by corporate bureaucracy.
Benefits
We offer all normal standard benefits such as a competitive holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase 10 days additional holiday, monthly social events, private medical insurance, a gym subsidy, equal family leave for all employees, along with other benefits.
Application Process
Applying
To apply, please send us your CV via the application form below. Cover letters are optional but encouraged, as they help us understand why you're interested in the role.
Pre-Interview Assessments
Depending on the role you are applying for, you may be asked to complete a pre-interview assessment relevant to the role. This allows us to see if you have some of the necessary technical skills required for the role, and it can also give you an idea of some of the skills that would be required.
Interviews
For the majority of our roles, we have a three stage interview process. The main purpose of our interviews is to further assess your technical skills, your communication skills (team and client) and make sure that you have sufficiently researched what we do and the role itself. More generally it is a chance for us to get to know each other better.
A typical interview process would look a bit like this:
- First Interview: Technical with a team member
- Second Interview: Cultural fit interview
- Final Interview: Technical interview
Questions
If you have any questions about our process, please contact us at careers@fideres.com.