Lau Nilausen is a "hard-working and unflappable economist" who uses his "deep understanding of all the factual elements of the case" to "think up creative solutions".
Peers and clients say:
"Lau Nilausen has excellent attention to detail and always appears to be fully on top of the issues."
"Lau is very bright, knowledgeable and efficient."
"He is very reliable when it comes to meeting tight deadlines."
Lau Nilausen is a managing director in FTI Consulting’s economic and financial consulting practice in London. He has more than 15 years of professional experience working for a competition regulator, in management consulting and economic consulting.
Lau provides written and oral expert evidence across EMEA in matters requiring an understanding of economics, finance and business strategy. This is, for example, in the context of investigations into abuse of dominance (eg, predation, margin squeeze), mergers (eg, merger efficiencies, impact on ability to raise financing), assessment of damages in commercial, competition and regulatory contexts (eg, valuation of privately owned businesses, cartel damages, breach of regulatory obligations) or the design of sector regulation (eg, regulatory remedies in TMT markets).
Lau’s management consulting experience includes strategic business reviews, performance improvement, buy-side financial due diligence, and post-merger integration. His competition regulator experience includes investigations, market inquiries, and development of policy recommendations. This gives him a strong understanding of issues as seen from both a commercial and a regulatory angle.