Simon Specht

Simon Specht is a Manager in the Berlin office. Simon joined E.CA Economics in September 2019. During his tenure at E.CA, he has worked on numerous cases across the field of competition economics. Simon’s experience comprises merger proceedings before European and national authorities (Phase I and Phase II investigations), e.g. Miele/Metall Zug (infection control and contamination prevention equipment), ZF Friedrichshafen/Wabco (automotive supply), Carglass/A.T.U. (car glass repair services), Dana/Modine (automotive supply).

Besides, Simon was involved in several litigation-related damage estimations, e.g. trucks, elevators and escalators, steel, automotive supply, civil engineering, foam mattresses and upholstered furniture, forestry industry, payment services, brakes. He has also provided advice in abuse of dominance cases (e.g. Apple 19a1 proceedings) and co-authored a retrospective evaluation study on state aid for banks in difficulty.

Prior to joining E.CA, Simon held several student research assistant jobs at the University of Mannheim and the University of Potsdam, as well as assisting positions at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). Additionally, he also interned at the Finance and Regulation sector of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Simon holds a M.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of Mannheim which included an exchange semester at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. During his studies, he specialised in empirical methods with a focus on competition and public economics.