Prerna Rakheja, PhD

Prerna Rakheja is a Manager in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. She specializes in the empirical assessment of antitrust and competition issues. She has extensive experience in different types of economic and statistical analysis involving alleged collusion, monopolization, and competitive risk assessment of potential mergers. Dr. Rakheja's experience spans a wide range of industries, including media, airlines, freight, food, oil and gas, concrete, and finance. She has worked closely with testifying experts through all phases of litigation and with leading law firms in the risk assessment mergers. 

Dr. Rakheja received her PhD in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, where she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in game theory, finance, and microeconomic theory. Her doctoral research focused on better understanding decision making of individuals nearing retirement in different economic settings.

PhD, Economics, Johns Hopkins University

MSc, Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute

BA, Economics, University of Delhi

• Co-led the Bates White team responding to civil investigative demands issued by the Department of Justice to a firm in the concrete industry.
• Led the Bates White team in the risk assessment of a potential merger between firms in the offshore oil drilling industry.
• Co-led the team supporting the testifying expert in the LIBOR-based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation—The OTC Action on behalf of an opt-out plaintiff class that filed a class action lawsuit against the global banks that set US Dollar LIBOR. 
• On behalf of the plaintiffs in In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, developed the empirical analysis to support liability claims in Prof. Doug Bernheim’s expert report.
• On behalf of JetBlue Airways in United States et al. v. JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, led the analysis of the likely competitive effects of the proposed merger between JetBlue and Spirit. 
• Assisted Prof. Joseph Farrell on behalf of Spotify in the Phonorecords IV rate determination proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Board.