Fall 2027 Economic Consulting Associate

We Do Consulting Differently

BRG provides expert consulting services to clients such asleading law firms, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Our economic consultants working on litigation, arbitration and investigations apply economic theory, financial economics, econometrics, statistics, computational methods, data science and industry research to help clients address complex legal, regulatory and operational challenges.

About the Role

As an Associate you will join a team of thinkers and problem-solvers who provide data-driven insights in high-stakes legal, business and policy matters. You will support expert teams by sourcing and curating large and complex datasets, evaluating market structure and conditions, building econometric models, forecasting future outcomes and preparing clear, rigorous work product for clients and expert reports. You will build technical skillsand contribute to work that shapes important legal and business outcomes. The firm iscommitted to helping new hires grow and succeed by providingdedicatedmentors, training programs, hands-on learning opportunities, and support fromaccomplished experts. Our Associate positions are outstanding preparation for Ph.D. programs, business school and law school, and our alumni have gone on to accept placements at top universities around the world.

WhatYou’llDo

• Conduct economic, financial, statistical, and industry research to support client engagements.

• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, test hypotheses, and develop data-driven insights.

• Support damage assessments, asset valuations, market analyses, forecasting exercises, and regulatory or litigation-related evaluations.

• Assist with the preparation of expert reports, presentations, exhibits, and other client deliverables.

• Develop a practical understanding of industries, markets, legal claims, and business issues relevant to each engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Business, or a related analytical field, with an expected graduation date between Winter 2026 and Summer 2027.

• 3.6 GPA or higher preferred.

• Demonstrated interest in applying analytics to business, legal, regulatory, or policy questions.

• Strong quantitative, research, problem-solving, and written communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, client-service environment.

• Attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to producing high-quality work.

• Experience with statistical, econometric and programming tools such as Excel, Stata, R, Python,SQLor similar platforms is preferred.

• Fluency with AI tools is desirable.

• Candidates must be able to submit verification of their legal right to work in the United States, without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Our Practice Areas

Associates are hired to support project work aligned to one of BRG’s practice areas,though there may be flexibility to work across multiple practice areas. Candidates can select a preferred practice area as part of the application process. You can find more information about some of the practice areas below.

1. Antitrust & Competition:

Experts in our antitrust practice apply learning from industrial organization, econometrics and microeconomic theory to provide testimony to counsel, corporations, and governments in matters involving antitrust litigation and merger reviews. Our experts and academic affiliates have testified in some of the largest and most significant antitrust matters of the past two decades, including antitrust actions involving platforms and multi-sided markets, automobile manufacturers, insurance companies, financial markets (e.g., LIBOR and foreign exchange) and other industries. Our project teams frequently evaluate industry conduct and assess antitrust liability, calculate damages from anticompetitive conduct and build simulation models to understand the impacts of proposed mergers.

2. Construction

We specialize in data analytics, litigation support, claims/dispute analysis, scheduling/logistics management and expert witness testimony within the construction, engineering, and architectural fields. Our team supports clients through budget and payment advisory, loss assessment and valuation, estimations and takeoffs, and insurance and damages claim valuations.

3. Consumer Protection, Product Liability & Environment:

Our experts are regularly engaged in matters involving claims of consumer fraud, product liability, false advertising, data privacy and data breach, and alleged violations of environmental and natural resource law. Associates in this area employ techniques from microeconomic theory, econometrics, marketing and environmental and resource economics to address in class certification, liability and damages.

4. Energy & Climate

Renowned for its deep expertise in international energy arbitration and litigation, our team supports major energy companies and their legal counsel through all stages of dispute resolution, including commercial, investor-state, and regulatory matters. We conduct rigorous market research, economic modeling, and detailed reporting, helping clients address legal and business challenges.

5. Healthcare Analytics and Disputes:

We tackle complex legal and operational challenges in the healthcare industry using data-driven, objective, and innovative approaches. Our experts lead litigation, advisory and risk management matters, combining deep healthcare industry expertise with cutting edge research, data analytics, economic and financial modeling. In addition to complex government investigations into issues of fraud and bribery in the healthcare industry, our teams work on healthcare regulatory pricing and reimbursement issues, disputes arising from healthcare M&A and joint business ventures, healthcare competition matters, FDA and medical product liability matters, healthcare commercial disputes and damages, healthcare business valuations, healthcare economics and outcomes research, and compliance issues for life sciences companies, healthcare providers, and health insurance companies.

6. International Arbitration:

BRG’s international arbitration experts provide testimony regarding valuation and damages before arbitration panels around the world. They regularly present oral and written evidence in proceedings involving disputes between investors and governments concerning investors’ expectations, regulatory regime changes, indirect expropriation, sovereign insurance claims and damages quantification. Our international arbitration practice is recognized by Global Arbitration Review as being among the top 5 globally.

7. Intellectual Property:

Ourintellectual propertyexperts and academic affiliates regularly testify on damages, trademark confusion, irreparable harm andcommercial success. Many of our matters requireexpertisein consumerbehavior, judgment and decision-making and our project teams work on some of the world’s largest patent infringement,trademark infringement,trade secret misappropriation, and copyright infringement cases. Associates in this practice regularly build econometric models of market prices, analyze survey data and the results of choice experiments and assist with the preparation of expert reports and other client deliverables.

8. Securities & Financial Markets

Our securities experts are routinely engaged by law firms and corporations to work on securities class actions, derivatives and structured finance, transfer pricing and illiquid debt and complex securities. Theyspecialize in Securities and Exchange Commission,NASDAQ, and New York Stock Exchange investigations, securities valuation, share price modelling, and commodities trading matters and allegations of collusion in financial markets.

Locations

Associates will primarily be hired in locations like Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, New York, Los Angelesand the San Francisco Bay Area. There are also a limited number of opportunities in smaller offices like Tampa and Pittsburgh. Associates are expected to work a minimum of 3 days per week from an office, though we highly encourage new Associates to work from the office as often as possible.

Salary Range:$85,000 - $100,000

Global Competition Review recently recognized BRG as an Outstanding firm in GCR 100: Economics 2025, which ranks the world’s leading economic consultancies.

Consulting Magazine recognized BRG as a Best Firms to Work for in 2025.

BRG is a recipient of the Human Rights Campaigns Equality 100 Award for our LGBTQ+ corporate policies, practices and beliefs.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead.

At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

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