Minjae Song

Dr. Song specializes in industrial organization, applied econometrics, and competition economics, with particular expertise in monopolization, two-sided markets, horizontal and vertical mergers, class certification, and common ownership.

His litigation experience spans a range of industries, including technology, digital platforms, payment cards, and healthcare, and includes the analysis of monopolization, exclusionary conduct, information sharing, class certification, and damages. He has provided expert testimony in In re hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., In re Grubhub Holdings, Inc., et al. v. Visa, Inc., et al., and In re Apple iPhone Antitrust Litigation. He has also led teams supporting economic experts in major antitrust matters, including VHS Liquidating Trust, et al. v. Blue Cross of California, et al.; United States, et al. v. Google LLC (ad tech); and United States, et al. v. Agri Stats, Inc.

Dr. Song also has significant experience analyzing the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions. He has assisted merging parties in obtaining regulatory clearance and worked on behalf of antitrust authorities investigating proposed transactions. His merger experience spans a range of industries and includes the analysis of both horizontal and vertical competition issues.

Prior to joining Brattle, Dr. Song was a Principal at a Washington, DC-based economics consulting firm. In addition, he has held faculty positions at the University of Rochester and the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he taught microeconomics and econometrics, among other topics. Dr. Song’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including The RAND Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, and International Economic Review.