Simon Chisholm

Vice President at Charles River Associates

Simon is a Vice President in CRA’s antitrust and competition practice. He advises firms on mergers and acquisitions, competition and market investigations, conduct and abuse of dominance cases, and litigation and disputes. He has led teams of economists advising firms before the UK competition authority and UK courts, the European Commission, and other national competition authorities worldwide.

Prior to joining CRA, Simon spent over six years at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (and its predecessor the Office of Fair Trading) where, amongst other roles, he led and directed the team of economists analysing UK mergers as Head of Merger Economics. Following his time at the CMA, Simon was a Senior Civil Servant in the UK Government responsible for directing the economic analysis for UK consumer and competition policy, and economic regulation.

Who’s Who Legal recognised Simon as a Future Leader in Competition Economics in 2019, a competition and consulting expert in 2020 and 2021, and as a thought leader in 2022. Simon was also included in GCR’s 40 under 40 2020.