Experience economic consulting as a Junior Research Analyst at Compass Lexecon

Curious about consulting, but don’t want to give up your economic toolbox? Want to experience working on high-profile and challenging cases in a top-tier economic consultancy?

Join Compass Lexecon as a Junior Research Analyst in our Copenhagen office, where you will gain unique first-hand insight into this exciting career path, while applying your economics skills and working on a wide variety of stimulating and international projects.

Who are we and what do we do?

• Compass Lexecon is one of the world’s leading economic consulting firms.
• We specialise in competition / antitrust economics.
  • Competition authorities, regulators, and courts of law make decisions that can have a far-reaching impact on individual businesses.
  • These decisions are increasingly being guided by data and economic analysis.
  • We advise clients who are being investigated by competition authorities and regulators, or involved in court proceedings. 
  • Compass Lexecon helps clients by developing economic arguments and supporting them with rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis.
• Our economists work on some of the most interesting and challenging cases in the areas of merger control, abuse of dominance, quantification of damages, valuation of intellectual property, and so on.
• We advise some of the world’s largest companies operating across a wide range of industries, such as Google, Fiat, IBM, E.ON, Spotify, and Deutsche Borse Group, as well as many high-profile Nordic firms.

Who are we looking for?

• Junior Research Analysts typically join us towards the end of their Bachelor’s or the beginning of their Master’s studies in Economics.
• The ideal candidate would be highly analytical and have strong communication skills and a keen attention to detail.
• You should be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Fluency in English is essential and fluency in one or more Nordic languages is desirable.
• Ability to use Stata, Excel, Python and/or R is also a plus.

What will I be doing?

Junior Research Analysts contribute to cases in a variety of ways, working closely our economists to understand the issues that face the client, relating those issues to relevant economic theory, and supporting the analysis with solid and persuasive empirical evidence.

This can include: 

• Analysing qualitative and quantitative data to better understand how competition works in our clients’ industry.
• Reviewing economic literature and contributing to discussions about the theoretical and empirical approach.
• Conducting empirical analysis using Stata, Excel, and other data analysis software.
• Drafting summaries of the analysis.
• Potentially participating in client meetings and conference calls.

We expect the position to be 15-20 hours per week with highly flexible working hours to fit your schedule, including exam periods.

Why should I apply?

Benefits of working at Compass Lexecon:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• A wide variety of interesting and challenging projects
• An international team with a broad range of backgrounds and experience
• A blend of professional and academic environments
• The opportunity to work with top law firms, corporations, government bodies and academics
• A steep learning curve, coupled with a supportive and collaborative team
• The opportunity to contribute from day one