Naibin Chen, PhD

Naibin Chen is a Manager in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. He has significant experience in the economic analysis of competition and has focused on advocacy and litigation work on behalf of private clients. His work includes pre-merger analysis and merger advocacy, price fixing, exclusionary restrictions, and anticompetitive conduct, and it spans diverse industries, including agricultural, chemical, healthcare, payment, pharmaceutical, and technology.

Dr. Chen received his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University, specializing in industrial organization and applied microeconomics. As part of his research, Dr. Chen focused on consumer choices and firm choices in the motion picture industry and processed extensive data sets to conduct additional research in the automobile industry, leveraging state-of-the-art tools to manage his analyses. His research has been published in the journal Economic Inquiry.

PhD, Economics, Pennsylvania State University

MA, Economics, Peking University

BA, Economics, Peking University

• On behalf of VMWare, in conjunction with its $61 billion acquisition by Broadcom, supported the merging parties’ advocacy efforts. The transaction closed in 2023.
• Supported analyses of customer choices of health plans and effects of introducing new health plans in a study authored by Profs. Leemore Dafny and Robin Lee and Dr. Zenon Zabinski on behalf of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS).
• Supported analyses on customer demand estimation for broadcasting programs on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters in In re Distribution of Cable Royalty Funds.
• On behalf of a pharmaceutical company, processed large and complex company data and constructed comprehensive data sets for analysis; analyzed sales, chargebacks, and rebates on the product level; and calculated net prices.
• On behalf of an agricultural chemical company facing an investigation regarding the competitive effects of loyalty rebates, conducted industry background and product research; analyzed various data sets using client and public data; analyzed market definition, market shares, price trends, and product margins; and supported expert work on a white paper submission.
• Analyzed complex company data, constructed historical price trends, conducted industry background research and document review on behalf of a client in the payment industry.
• Supported pre-merger analyses on natural experiments for a client in the US and Canadian consumer distribution industry.
• Assisted industry background research and supported experts in analyzing theories of harm of a potential merger for a client in the chemicals industry.
• Supported analysis of product demand using sales data on behalf of a concerned third party regarding a merger in the high-tech sector.