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Dr. Malam consults on antitrust and competition matters, with a focus on merger investigations and related litigation. An expert on industrial organization and competition policy, Dr. Malam’s almost twenty years of experience includes numerous merger reviews before US and Australian federal agencies, as well as testimony and economic research addressing matters in US Federal Court antitrust litigation. Craig’s career began in the Office of the Chief Economist at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), where he served for seven years Senior Economic Advisor, leading economic analyses of numerous mergers, alleged cartels, monopolization, price fixing, predatory pricing, and abuse of market power investigations.
Merger reviews and investigations
Dr. Malam’s merger experience spans pre-deal antitrust risk assessments for acquirers and sellers, all phases of engagement with investigating agencies, as well as second request compliance. His work on transactions has spanned consumer packaged goods, oil & gas, retail gasoline, technology, building products, cable television, automotive distribution, financial markets, payment services, brick and mortar retail, and transportation, among other industries. Craig has particular expertise analyzing mergers of multi-sided platforms, software as a service businesses (SaaS), as well as mergers in the cloud computing and consumer electronics industries.
Antitrust and competition
Dr. Malam recently testified in Federal Court on economic issues related to alleged monopolization (monopoly maintenance). He has produced economic research addressing a range of other antitrust conduct matters including cartels, bid-rigging and predatory pricing. Craig also has substantial experience with antitrust issues related to technology and digital platforms, serving as an expert economist to Google for several years, advising on competition issues in the areas of online advertising technology and big data as a source of market power.
Dr. Malam has published on competition-related topics and speaks on a variety of antitrust, competition, and intellectual property issues. His coauthored publication, “If You Build it, They Will Come: Building an Efficiencies Case,” won an Antitrust Writing Award for best business article in the mergers category.
Dr. Malam has taught courses on industrial organization at Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.
Dr. Malam serves as vice chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee for the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law. He is also a member of the Competition and Consumer Committee of the Law Council of Australia’s Business Law Section.
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Craig received his PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, his M.Ec at the Toulouse School of Economics, and his B.Arts/B.Ec (Hons) at the Australian National University.