Vicki Mertzanidou

Primary location

8 Finsbury Circus
London, EC2M 7EA, UK

Vicki Mertzanidou

Vice President

Vicki Mertzanidou is an empirical economist who has worked on a range of antitrust issues in different jurisdictions. She has managed teams in multiple large-scale empirical analyses in retail and other mergers including Cellnex/CK Hutchison, Cellnex/Arqiva, Sainsbury’s/Asda, VTech/Leapfrog, Hammerson/Grand Central, Ladbrokes/Coral, Pork Farms/Kerry Foods in the UK; and Ingersoll Rand/Gardner Denver, Natura/Avon, Refresco/Pride Foods, Südzucker/ED&F Man, Schlumberger/Smith Industries and Panasonic/Sanyo before the European Commission.

In addition to merger cases, Vicki has also worked on abuse of dominance allegations, the competitive effect of commercial agreements and the valuation of damages in commercial disputes.

Her experience spans a wide range of sectors from white fuels and chemicals to commercial retail property, pharmaceuticals, mobile towers, telecoms equipment, media data provision, betting, and many fast-growing consumer goods.

Vicki joined Charles River Associates (formerly Lexecon Ltd) in November 2003. Prior to this, she worked in the field of competition policy for more than four years, advising clients on competition matters at RBB Economics and NERA.

Education

  • M.Sc. Economics, University College London
  • M.Sc. Development Studies, London School of Economics
  • B.Sc. International and European Economic and Political Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece

Cases

Cellnex / CK Hutchison

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Education Software Solutions (ESS) / ParentPay

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Ingersoll Rand/Gardner Denver

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Cellnex/Arqiva

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CP Group’s acquisition of Tesco’s Thai business

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Sainsbury’s/Asda

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Natura/Avon

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Delivery Hero/Woowa Brothers

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Coral/Ladbrokes

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BCA Marketplace/SMA Vehicle Remarketing

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Hammerson/Grand Central

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Hain Frozen Foods/Orchard House

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Euro Car Parts/Andrew Page

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VTech/LeapFrog

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News Articles

The CMA conditionally cleared Cellnex acquisition of CK Hutchison’s passive telecom infrastructure assets in the UK at Phase II

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CMA unconditionally approves merger of Education Software Solutions’ (ESS) with ParentPay

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Thai regulator conditionally clears CP Group’s acquisition of Tesco’s Thai business

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CMA clears Cellnex’s acquisition of Arqiva

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Ingersoll Rand and Gardner Denver receive unconditional clearance from the European Commission

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