Dr. Chetan Sanghvi
Senior Vice President
Education
PhD in economics, Rutgers University
BA in economics, Northwestern University
Experience
Dr. Sanghvi is an expert in the field of industrial organization and antitrust economics, with a specialization in the analysis of liability and damages in competition and commercial litigation. He has evaluated the competitive impacts of numerous proposed corporate mergers in the US, Canada, and Europe and has extensive experience providing expert economic and statistical testimony in antitrust cases, as well as matters involving alleged trademark and patent infringement, breach of contract, and Lanham Act violations. His expertise covers issues involving horizontal and vertical mergers; vertical restraints, including M.A.P. requirements, distribution, licensing and after-market issues; pay-for-delay; collusion; and foreclosure and exclusion.
Dr. Sanghvi rejoined NERA from the Federal Trade Commission, where he was Economics Advisor to the office of Commissioner Brill, the testifying economics expert in numerous competition matters and the lead economist on major FTC litigations such as FTC v. Whole Foods. While at the FTC, he was also the lead economist on an inter-agency Presidential task force on pricing and competition in the oil industry and provided technical aid and training to the Competition Commission of India. His work at the FTC covered numerous industries, including health care, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, search engines and the internet, consumer and industrial products, entertainment, and retail services. Before that, he held senior positions at several economic consulting firms, including Senior Consultant at NERA. Earlier, he was an economist within the FTC’s Bureau of Economics, where he analyzed mergers and acquisitions and other antitrust issues.
Dr. Sanghvi has taught graduate economic theory at New York University, and industrial organization, antitrust policy, and game theory at Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University, and Trinity College (Hartford). He is a referee for the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. He holds a PhD in economics from Rutgers University and a BA in economics from Northwestern University.
