Education
M.Phil. Economics, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
M.A. Economics, St John's College, Cambridge University
Diploma in EU Competition Law, King's College, University of London
Primary Office Location
99 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 3XD, UK
Additional Information
Alan Overd is a vice president in CRA's London office. He studied economics at Cambridge University and the University of Oxford, where he held a lectureship at Keble College. Prior to joining Lexecon Ltd in 1995, Mr. Overd worked for Oxera. Mr. Overd has worked on a range of competition cases in various jurisdictions. He has handled a number of European merger investigations, including GrandMet/Guinness, Price Waterhouse/Coopers & Lybrand, Airtours/First Choice, EMI/Warner Music, Ernst & Young/Andersen, adidas/Reebok and MyTravel/Thomas Cook. The U.K. cases he has handled include Lloyds TSB/HBOS, Boots/Alliance Unichem, Lloyds TSB/Abbey National, and Asda/Safeway. He led the Lexecon Ltd team in Airtours' appeal to the Court of First Instance over the Airtours/First Choice decision. This was the first successful appeal to the court made by the parties to a merger.