Maria Garibotti

Managing Principal
Maria Garibotti
Chicago

Education

Ph.D., economics, New York University; B.S., economics, Universidad de San Andrés

Summary of Experience

Dr. Garibotti specializes in the application of economics and statistics to questions arising in a variety of settings, including antitrust, finance, and commercial litigation. She has been deposed and provided testimony at trial multiple times and has provided expert testimony in English and Spanish. In her antitrust work, Dr. Garibotti has calculated damages, assessed the appropriateness of class certification, and evaluated allegations of monopolization, wage fixing, collusive behavior, refusal to deal, exclusive selling arrangements, tying, and non-compete clauses. Her work spans sectors including technology platforms, health care, auto parts, finance, and technology. She has evaluated market definition, market structure, competitive effects, and efficiencies in merger reviews and investigations. Dr. Garibotti’s work in finance includes cases related to valuation of privately held and OTC-traded companies, payment cards, technology transfer, parking, residential mortgage-backed securities, alleged collusion in financial markets, and investigations of spoofing allegations. She serves as vice chair of the Joint Conduct Committee of the ABA Antitrust Law Section and has participated in webinars and panel discussions on two-sided platforms, the use of regression in litigation, basics of antitrust economic analysis, and cartels.

Maria Garibotti
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