Arina Nikandrova has extensive experience applying economic analysis to a range of competition issues including horizontal mergers, auction design, and abuse of dominance inquiries. Dr Nikandrova has provided analysis and advice on merger cases such as Dow/DuPont, Syniverse/MACH, Lafarge/Anglo-American, Britvic/A.G. Barr, and Universal/EMI. She also consulted on the Royal Mail v. Ofcom Competition Appeal Tribunal appeal.
Dr. Nikandrova has worked for government agencies and third parties on issues including spectrum auction in the UK and the Pioneer/Pannar merger review in South Africa.
Dr Nikandrova is a researcher at City University of London and previously worked part-time as an economist at Ofcom.