Anselm Mattes

Dr Anselm Mattes is a Director at E.CA Economics in Berlin. He has more than 15 years of experience in economic consulting with a focus on competition economics and empirical analyses. Since 2006, Anselm has provided economic advice to a large range of clients, including the European Commission, several national ministries and authorities as well as many private clients, ranging from start-ups to global players.

In his client-focused work as an economic consultant, Anselm has gained experience in all fields of competition policy. He provides economic advice in merger cases at the national and European level (including feasibility studies in the pre-notification phase). Moreover, he is regularly working on damage assessment related to cartel and information exchange cases, both on the claimant and defendant side. Anselm also supports private clients in abuse of dominance cases, state aid proceedings and regulatory matters.

In addition to his work for private clients, Anselm supports the European Commission with ex-post evaluations and impact assessment studies on various competition policy issues. In this context, he received an Antitrust Writing Award 2024 in the category of business articles on cross-border issues for a Policy Brief on State aid in the rail freight sector.

Anselm’s industry experience comprises a broad variety of sectors, inter alia trucks, automotive supply, steel, nuclear and renewable energies, power cables, forestry industry, music and other copyright industries, public broadcasting, tourism, telecommunication and rail freight.

Before joining E.CA, Anselm worked as a Manager and Senior Researcher at DIW Econ, the consulting firm of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Anselm holds a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Tübingen. In his academic research, Anselm has focused on international economics and foreign direct investment (FDI).

His work has been published in international peer-reviewed journals, such as the Canadian Journal of Economics and Applied Economics Quarterly, as well as in policy-oriented journals like DIW Weekly Report, Wirtschaftsdienst and ifo Schnelldienst.

A detailed CV can be downloaded here.