Compecon Limited Who We Are.

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Compecon Limited is an independent economic consultancy specialising in the application of state of the art economic analysis to competition policy issues, mergers and industry regulation. Established in 2001 and based in Dublin, Compecon is directed by Patrick Massey, an economist with over 25 years experience in both the private and public sectors in Ireland and overseas. This means that Compecon is in a unique position to offer high quality analysis and advice to clients on competition and regulatory matters.

COMPECON’S KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE ARE IN:

· Competition Policy Analysis and Litigation;

· Merger Analysis;

Public Utility Regulation; and

Regulatory Policy.

Compecon has established itself as one of the leading Irish economic consulting firms in these areas.

Patrick Massey

Director Compecon

Compecon has undertaken projects for a number of private and public sector clients. Examples of such projects include:

· Reports on competition and regulation in various industry sectors including mobile telephony; electricity; passenger road transport services; retailing, financial services; waste recycling and the pharmacy sector;

· Advising and providing expert evidence on competition law cases; and

· Advising firms on proposed mergers.

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Patrick Massey - Biographical Note.

Patrick Massey established Compecon in 2001. Previously he was a member of the Irish Competition Authority for ten years including four years as the Authority’s Director of Competition Enforcement where he was responsible for directing several major investigations into anti-competitive behaviour. He lectures on the applied economics of competition and regulation at NUI, Maynooth and has also lectured on the economics of competition policy at Trinity College Dublin.

From 1991 to 2001 Patrick Massey represented the Competition Authority on the OECD Committee on Competition Law and Policy and the EU Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions. He has acted as an advisor to the State Competition Protection Office in Lithuania and assisted in OECD training programmes for competition authorities in Eastern Europe and the CIS. In April 2002 he addressed a joint UNOHR/OECD conference on the reform of network industries in Bosnia/Herzegovina.

Prior to joining the Competition Authority, Patrick Massey worked as a senior economist with the New Zealand Treasury where he was responsible for co-ordinating the Treasury’s macroeconomics forecasts, a key input in framing the annual Budget. He previously worked as an economist for six years with DKM Economic Consultants in Dublin. He also spent two years teaching economics at NIHE Limerick and lectured on Economic and Legal Aspects of Competition Policy in Trinity College Dublin in 1999-2000.

He is the author of New Zealand: Market Liberalisation in a Developed Economy and co-author of Competition Law and Policy in Ireland and Competition and Regulation in Ireland The Law and Economics. He has written a substantial number of articles on economic policy generally and competition policy in particular which have been published in Irish and international journals. (For a full list of publications click Publications here)

Patrick Massey is a member of the Irish Economics Association; the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland; The Royal Economics Society; The American Economic Association; the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics; the Network of Industrial Economics and the Competition Law Scholars Forum.

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Compecon - Expertise and Experience

· Breaches of Irish Competition Law. Compecon has advised a range of clients, including the Competition Authority, and prepared a number of submissions to the Authority on behalf of clients. Patrick Massey has acted as an expert witness in a range of cases. Recent assignments include acting as expert witness for the Irish League of Credit Unions in an action brought by the Competition Authority. As the Competition Authority’s Director of Competition Enforcement, Patrick Massey headed several major investigations resulting in successful court actions by the Authority.

· Mergers Compecon has advised a number of clients regarding mergers. Recent assignments include mergers in agribusiness, financial services and waste disposal.

· EU Competition Law. Patrick Massey represented the Competition Authority on the EU Advisory Committee on Restrictive Practices and Dominant Positions for ten years and has addressed international conferences on EU competition law.

· Deregulation Patrick Massey has written extensively on introducing and promoting competition into various regulated sectors of the Irish economy such as telecoms, electricity, natural gas and taxis. Assignments undertaken by Compecon include preparing reports on competition and regulatory matters in a number of sectors including: Telecommunications; Electricity; Transport; Retailing; Waste Recycling; and Pharmacies. Compecon advised Vodafone Ireland in its appeal against ComReg’s joint dominance decision.

· Technical Assistance to Other Competition Authorities. While at the Irish Competition Authority, Patrick Massey provided technical advice on competition legislation and its enforcement to Competition Authorities in Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania and the UK. He also participated in OECD training seminars for competition authorities in Eastern Europe and the CIS.

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