Director of Research, Global Antitrust InstituteAbout the Department:The Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School was created to promote the application of sound economic analysis to competition enforcement around the world through training programs, competition advocacy, events, and research. The GAI offers multiple week-long legal and economic training programs per year for foreign and U.S. judges as well as competition enforcers. The GAI also hosts numerous luncheon or daylong domestic programs per year. Through its Competition Advocacy Program (or CAP), the GAI aims to submit up to a dozen comments per year to foreign competition enforcers on draft laws and guidelines. The GAI professors also participate in 30+ speaking engagements per year at non-GAI events. About the Position:GAI is looking for a Director of Research to join our team. The Director of Research's primary responsibility is to research, organize, structure, write, and submit sophisticated, law & economic-based comments to foreign and domestic competition agencies. To perform this responsibility at a high level, the director must have an established reputation in the antitrust community and be a subject matter expert on U.S. antitrust laws with in-depth knowledge of the case law, antitrust economics, the history of antitrust scholarship, and the current intellectual debates among practitioners, regulators, and academics regarding antitrust policy. The comments will target both domestic and foreign draft antitrust laws, guidelines, and policy changes. The depth of the analysis is expected to be on par with the highest level of academic writing and to seamlessly integrate economic analysis with the central legal points. Areas of expertise must include horizontal and vertical mergers, standard essential patents, vertical restraints and unilateral conduct, digital markets, and coordinated effects. As a subject matter expect, this person will interact and engage with U.S. federal judges, U.S. politicians and government officials, international judges, international enforcement officials and regulators, academics, practitioners, etc.George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment.Responsibilities:Overseeing GAI's Competition Advocacy Program (CAP)The Director of Research will oversee, supervise, and ultimately be responsible for the entire output of the Competition Advocacy Program (CAP). They must stay up to date on all major antirust policy initiatives, proposed antitrust law changes, and new antitrust guidelines in the U.S. (both at the state and federal levels) and at major foreign jurisdictions including the European Union, South America, and Asia. This person will research, organize, structure, write, and submit up to a dozen academic comments per year leveraging knowledge of U.S. antitrust laws, antitrust economics, the case law, historic trends and developments, and current state-of-the-art scholarship in antitrust. They will also engage and coordinate with Scalia Law students in research projects, policy initiatives, and comments.Overseeing GAI's Research Efforts The Director of Research will be integral to the GAI's in-house research efforts as well as the GAI's visiting scholars, international research fellows, distinguished guest scholars, and research grant programs. Will work closely with the GAI's Executive Director and other GAI directors to coordinate with a wide variety of scholars in GAI's network to ensure the continuing success of the GAI's research programs.Supporting GAI's Policy Initiatives, Antitrust Events & NetworkingThe Director of Research will work closely with GAI's Executive Director and other GAI directors, developing ideas for new policy initiatives, antitrust programs, and providing regular updates regarding the status of ongoing policy activities.This person will attend various antitrust events, conferences, and related programs as a subject matter expert, speaker, lecturer, and panelist representing the GAI and the associated scholarship. With an established reputation in the antitrust community, the Director of Research will build and maintain relevant contacts and networks in the antitrust community and agencies from around the worldRequired Qualifications:This position is designed for an individual with a Juris Doctor degree or a PhD in economics and a strong interest in promoting antitrust through GAI's academic and policy mission;The ideal candidate will have eight or more (8+) years of extensive experience and established reputation in antitrust and competition practice, U.S. and international required; andAn ideal candidate will be a published author in professional journals.

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