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EMERYVILLE, CA, Nov 18, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Global expert services firm LECG (NASDAQ: XPRT) announced today that Dr. Elizabeth Farina, the former president of CADE, the Brazilian competition authority, has joined LECG as a senior advisor. During her tenure, the Brazilian competition authority was widely recognized as one of the world's leading antitrust agencies. She left CADE in July, when her term expired, to return to her position as a professor at the University of Sao Paulo. Professor Farina is one of the leading antitrust specialists in the world and a frequent speaker and participant at competition policy conferences around the world.
"Professor Farina's extensive agency experience, particularly in relation to regulatory issues, economic analysis, and policy, makes her an invaluable addition to LECG's team of experts," said Dr. Michael Salinger, managing director at LECG and former director of the Bureau of Economics at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. He added, "She brings tremendous value to our growing list of global clients."
In addition to Professor Farina, four other economists with extensive competition authority experience have joined LECG's burgeoning global competition policy practice in Latin America, China, and the United States.
-- Dr. Elisa Mariscal, who was previously the economic and strategic
advisor to the chairman of Mexico's Federal Competition Commission, has
joined LECG's Mexico City office. With a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, she
has been an official of the Mexican authority for the past five years and
has extensive experience handling complex competition policy matters. She
joins seven LECG global competition colleagues who are based or work
extensively in Latin America.
-- Dr. Pedro Pereira, an official of the Portuguese competition
authority, has also joined LECG. Dr. Pereira, who has a Ph.D. from the
University of San Diego, has published many significant papers in
competition policy economics. He will be based in New York where he
will work on multi-jurisdictional competition matters.
-- Professor Xinzhu Zhang, who is with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in
Beijing, is leading LECG's competition policy work in China. In addition to
serving as an advisor to the World Bank, he was deeply involved in the
drafting process for China's recently adopted anti-monopoly law (AML), and
has assisted China's State Council on its implementation. Professor Zhang
has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Toulouse.
-- Professor Joshua Wright, who teaches at the law schools at George
Mason and University of Texas at Austin, has also joined LECG. Professor
Wright has a Ph.D. in economics and a J.D. from UCLA. He is a specialist on
the economics of bundled pricing and recently served as Scholar in
Residence at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition.
Drs. Farina, Mariscal, Pereira, Wright, and Zhang join LECG's team of 64 economists that work on competition policy matters in the Asia Pacific Region, the European Community, Latin America, and the United States. The global competition policy group has worked on numerous high profile multi-jurisdictional and national mergers and antitrust investigations in a diverse set of industries.
Michael Jeffery, LECG chief executive officer, added, "The recent hiring of this illustrious team of world-class economists reflects LECG's commitment to serving multi-national clients who increasingly have single matters before several of the more than 100 competition authorities worldwide."
Dr. David S. Evans, the head of LECG's global competition policy practice, observed, "In the last decade, most countries have created competition authorities as part of their commitment to relying on market forces rather than centralized planning for economic development. Multi-national companies increasingly need a global team of economists to explain their practices and merger requests, and conduct and present studies simultaneously to multiple competition authorities around the world." According to Dr. Evans, "We are honored to have Elisa, Elizabeth, Josh, Pedro, and Xinzhu join us. Like others in our global practice, they have a deep commitment to serious and independent economic analysis, strong professional credentials, and practical experience in handling cases before competition authorities."
About LECG
LECG, a global expert services and consulting firm, with more than 800 experts and professionals in 33 offices around the world, provides independent expert testimony, original authoritative studies, strategic advisory, and financial advisory services to clients including Fortune Global 500 corporations, major law firms, and local, state, and federal governments and agencies worldwide. LECG's highly credentialed experts and professional staff conduct economic and financial analyses to provide objective opinions and advice regarding complex disputes and inform legislative, judicial, regulatory, and business decision makers. LECG's experts are renowned academics, former senior government officials, experienced industry leaders, and seasoned consultants. (NASDAQ: XPRT).
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