Associate, Economics
Secretariat
About the Firm
Secretariat is a consulting firm that helps companies, law firms, and organizations solve complex business problems, often when there is a dispute, investigation, major project challenge, or high-stakes decision involved. At Secretariat, you’ll work on some of the most important legal, risk, and regulatory challenges facing businesses around the world.
About Our Economics Team
Secretariat’s Economics team helps clients understand the numbers behind major business and legal questions. As part of our casework, our team members may analyze the impact of a merger on competition, estimate company losses in a dispute due to patent infringement or stolen trade secrets, determine employee fair compensation, or study the effect of market rules and regulations on businesses. Much of our work supports complex litigation, regulatory investigations, and business disputes, where our economists analyze evidence and help explain economic issues to courts, regulators, and decision-makers.
Key Responsibilities
- Dive into real-world data to uncover what is happening in companies, markets, and industries
- Support quantitative analysis, including gathering, processing, and analyzing data
- Conduct qualitative market and industry research
- Explore business issues by researching companies, competitors, and industries
- Turn numbers, research, and analysis into insights that clients and legal teams can act on
- Create clear visuals and presentations that bring complex ideas to life
- Build hands-on experience with tools like Excel, R, Stata, or Python
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, mathematics, statistics, data science or a related field
- Able to start between January 2027 and September 2027
- Minimum GPA of 3.5
- Comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience with Stata, Python, or R
Qualifications
- Enjoys solving problems, thinking logically, and using analysis to support recommendations
- Has experience working with data through coursework, projects, research, internships, or other hands-on activities
- Brings curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to learn new tools, topics, and ways of thinking
- Pays close attention to details, stays organized, and takes pride in producing high-quality work
- Works well independently while also enjoying collaboration with teammates, mentors, and project leaders
- Communicates clearly in writing and conversation, especially when explaining research, data, or ideas
- Is authorized to work in the U.S. without needing sponsorship now or in the future
Compensation
$85,000—$93,000 USD