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Economic advisory
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From pressure to preparedness: The economic stress signals UK businesses cannot ignore
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Subsidy control and the effects question
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From productivity puzzle to AI opportunity: Why the UK economy may be underrated
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Why economics still matters: Observations from an FCA away day
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What the DMCC and recent CMA investigations mean for pricing practices
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Why infrastructure regulators should rethink efficiency modelling
Our economic advisory team provides independent, evidence-based advice to organisations facing complex commercial, regulatory and policy challenges. We combine rigorous economic analysis with deep sector and regulatory expertise to support decision-making, manage risk and resolve disputes.
Our experts work across industries, with specialists in regulated, policy-driven markets, including:
- Financial services and payments
- Energy and utilities
- Infrastructure
- Transport and aviation
- Telecoms and digital infrastructure
- Healthcare and life sciences
From the boardroom to the courtroom, clients count on us as strategic advisers and independent experts. We help businesses, governments, economic regulators, arm’s-length bodies and their legal advisers, combining technical expertise and practical experience to inform decision-making, manage risk and resolve disputes.
Experts and advisers, economy-wide
S&W economists help shape policy positions, respond to regulatory scrutiny, write expert reports, and provide testimony on regulatory, competition and consumer protection issues. We also act as experts in litigation often involving complex counterfactual analysis and the use of specialist quantitative techniques to estimate quantum. Our work includes class actions, follow-on damages claims and securities litigation.
When issues are complex and subject to intensive scrutiny, we’re a trusted partner, offering robust insights and economic analysis.
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Across the UK and internationally, we support a wide range of clients with both contentious and advisory issues.
Competition services
We provide expert economic analysis on competition and anti-trust issues, supporting clients involved in subsidy control, mergers, market investigations, competition damages and litigation. Our work includes market definition, assessment of competitive effects, profitability assessment damages analysis and expert witness support in complex competition cases.
Disputes and litigation
Acting on an independent and advisory expert basis, we provide independent economic analysis and expert support in commercial, regulatory and competition disputes including securities litigation and follow-on damages. Our services include damages and quantum assessment, causation analysis, bankruptcy and insolvency analysis, AI intelligence analysis, counterfactual modelling and expert witness evidence for litigation, arbitration and tribunal proceedings.
Regulatory economics and policy
We advise on the policy development and evaluation alongside the economic design, implementation and impact assessment of remedies across regulated sectors. This includes consultation support and strategic advice to help clients navigate evolving regulatory and government policy environments.
Regulatory & competition finance
We support organisations in navigating regulatory and competition finance requirements. Our services span profitability analysis, regulatory costing, financeability reviews, alongside independent assurance for regulators, boards and stakeholders.
Economics of strategy
We apply economic thinking to strategic decision-making, helping organisationsunderstand markets, incentives and risks. This includes developing business plans, pricing strategy, assessment of marketing effectiveness, investment appraisal, market entry and exit decisions, and the economic assessment of business models in competitive and regulated environments.
Econometrics Valuation and Inference
We apply rigorous econometric and quantitative techniques to value businesses, assets and economic losses, and to draw robust inferences from complex data. Our work supports disputes, regulatory submissions and strategic decisions, including valuation modelling, causal analysis, forecasting and the interpretation of empirical evidence.
Why choose S&W?
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Trusted partners
Clients count on us when the issues are complex, the stakes are high and outcomes matter. Responding to investigations, shaping policy, supporting transactions or acting as independent experts, we bring experience and expertise you can rely on.
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Technical expertise
Across economics, econometrics and data analytics, we deliver robust, credible work that stands up to scrutiny from regulators, competition authorities or in courts. We combine rigorous economics with a clear understanding of legal and evidential standards.
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Real-world experience
Our professionals bring industry, regulatory and government experience, with a particular strength in sectors where economics, finance and policy intersect. We understand how decisions are made and what drives commercial and policy outcomes.
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Integrated support
S&W’s economic experts work closely with the firm’s professionals in the UK and abroad across accounting, valuations, investigations, restructuring and sustainability. Clients benefit from comprehensive advice and services for complete, joined-up solutions.
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When economic uncertainty becomes the norm, stress rarely announces itself with a single dramatic event. More often, it arrives gradually through rising costs, delayed decisions, funding constraints and an erosion of confidence.
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Subsidy control and the effects question
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