Patricio Suarez Urtaza

Education

MSc in economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
BA in economics, University of Rochester, New York

Biography

Patricio Suarez Urtaza is a trusted economist who advises clients on issues spanning regulatory and competition policy, due diligence, valuation, and international arbitration.

Mr. Suarez Urtaza has designed an electricity tariff for a utility company in the United Arab Emirates, advised investors in the regulatory due diligence process for the acquisition of electricity distribution networks in Great Britain and Southern Europe, and assessed damages in international arbitration disputes in the South Caucasus and Latin America.

Prior to joining NERA, Mr. Suarez Urtaza worked as a specialist at the ifo Institute (the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich), where he analyzed how air pollution is distributed across socioeconomic characteristics in Germany. Before that, he was a senior analyst at an economic consulting and strategy firm, where his projects included evaluating how the allocation of landing and take-off slots at an airport affected ticket prices and determining the drivers of success of a leading oil and gas exploration firm.