About
Lawrence Wu is a leading economists in antitrust, competition, and merger analysis, with more than 30 years of experience providing companies and their counsel with expert economic evidence in high-stakes litigations, regulatory investigations, and transactions. A trusted expert witness and competition economist, he has been retained in some of the most significant antitrust and merger matters across the United States and internationally, providing rigorous economic analysis on issues involving market definition, market power, competitive effects, class certification, and antitrust damages. He currently serves as President of NERA.
Dr. Wu has testified in US district courts, before Congress, and in a number of federal and state regulatory proceedings, and he has submitted expert testimony in well over 80 matters. His litigation experience spans a broad range of industries, including digital platforms, data and data analytics, real estate, medical technology, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. He has also testified in several merger litigations and disputes, and he has presented analyses of the competitive impact of numerous proposed mergers and acquisitions to the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
Prior to joining NERA, Dr. Wu served as an economist in the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) for several years and currently is a Non-Resident Fellow in the University of Southern California’s Master of Science in Innovation, Economics, Law and Regulation program.
Dr. Wu is widely recognized for his thought leadership in antitrust economics. He is the co-author of The Revolution in the Law and Economics of Antitrust Class Certification and has edited three books on antitrust economics, including an ABA volume on the use of econometrics in antitrust analysis. His publications have appeared in Antitrust, The Antitrust Bulletin, CPI Antitrust Chronicle, The Antitrust Source, Antitrust Report, Competition, and European Competition Law Review, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars.
Education
- PhD in economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
- BA in economics, Stanford University