Martino De Stefano

Vice President

Dr. De Stefano specializes in industrial organization and applied econometrics.

He has experience with mergers, price-fixing, and foreclosure cases and has worked on matters in the telecommunication, chemical, automobile, health care, and electronics industries, among others. A substantial portion of his consulting work has involved empirical evaluation of the competitive effects of proposed mergers and acquisitions. In this context, he has employed economic and econometric tools to estimate demand, address issues relating to market definition, and explore direct evidence of unilateral effects.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    CRA experts support the Competition Bureau in challenge to proposed Nortera/B&G Foods transaction
    CRA Vice President Serge Moresi provided an expert report in support of the Bureau’s application to the Competition Tribunal for interim relief under section...
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  • 02
    CRA economists advise Evonik on acquisition of PeroxyChem
    CRA consultants advised Evonik as it sought regulatory approval of its acquisition of PeroxyChem in front of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and later in...
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  • 03
    Merger of Praxair and Linde approved by EC and FTC
    On 22 October 2018, the US Federal Trade Commission approved the merger between Praxair and Linde subject to divestments which the final approval needed from...
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