About Us
The Firm
Intuitive Economics is an independent competition economics consultancy founded in Bucharest in 2019.
We provide economic analysis and expert advisory services to companies, law firms, regulators, and international institutions across a wide range of competition, regulatory, and strategic matters.
Our Origins
The firm was established by economists with deep roots in competition enforcement.
Our founding team spent over a decade at the Romanian Competition Council — including in the Chief Economist Unit — working on the authority’s most consequential merger and antitrust decisions.
That institutional experience, combined with academic research credentials and cross-border consulting practice, is the foundation on which Intuitive Economics was built.
Direct experience
From inside a competition authority — not as observers, but as the economists who built and applied the analytical frameworks.
High Standards
A team where doctoral-level research and academic engagement are the norm, not the exception.
Hands-on fluency
The ability to seamlessly integrate economic theory, public data, and confidential firm-level information into analysis
Operational agility
We are able to deploy senior expertise directly and efficiently on every engagement, without the overhead and layering of larger organisations.
What we do
Our practice covers competition economics in the broadest sense: merger control analysis, antitrust investigations, damages quantification, regulatory impact assessment, market design, and strategic advisory.
We serve clients across financial services, digital markets, energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, transportation, media, and telecommunications — advising both on enforcement proceedings and on commercial strategy informed by economic reasoning.
Where we work
While headquartered in Romania, our engagements extend across Europe and beyond. We have advised clients and worked on matters involving Romania, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Moldova, and have contributed as experts to international projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, and the European Investment Bank.
Our Values
Values are only meaningful when they shape decisions. The principles below are not aspirational statements — they reflect commitments that govern how we approach every engagement, from the analytical choices we make to how we manage our relationships with clients and counterparties.
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Rigour Without Compromise
The credibility of economic analysis rests on its methodological integrity. We hold our work to academic standards — in the precision of the methods applied, in the transparency of the assumptions made, and in the way results are presented. Detail matters: not as an end in itself, but because it is what separates analysis that withstands scrutiny from analysis that does not.
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Independent Thinking
The value of an economic adviser lies in the ability to form views that are genuinely independent — grounded in evidence and reasoning, not in consensus or convenience. We invest in building analytical positions that can be defended on their merits, while maintaining the intellectual honesty to revise them when the evidence demands it.
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Practical Ingenuity
Complex economic problems rarely yield to textbook solutions. Our experience has shown that creativity — when disciplined by practical judgement and a clear sense of what the analysis needs to achieve — is often what unlocks the most effective approach. We balance inventiveness in method with discipline in execution.
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Responsiveness
In competition proceedings and commercial transactions, timing is often as consequential as substance. We structure our work to deliver high-quality analysis within the timeframes that matter — without treating speed as a justification for cutting corners. Responsiveness, for us, means the ability to mobilise senior expertise quickly and to manage the inherent tension between rigour and urgency.
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Ownership
We build long-term relationships with our clients, and we treat every engagement as one that carries our name. This means genuine accountability for the analysis we produce, direct senior involvement throughout the process, and a commitment to outcomes — not just deliverables.
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Clarity of Communication
Economic analysis achieves its purpose only when it is understood by its audience. We place particular emphasis on how our work is communicated — translating complex quantitative findings into clear, structured, and persuasive narratives for authorities, courts, boards, and legal teams. Rigour and accessibility are not in tension; we treat both as non-negotiable.