
Doris Hildebrand Academic Steering Committee European Economic & Marketing Consultants (EE&MC)
ContactProf. Dr. Doris Hildebrand is Founder and Managing Partner of EE&MC - European Economic & Marketing Consultants GmbH with offices in Düsseldorf, Brussels, Vienna, Maastricht and Paris. EE&MC is a consulting company specialized in the application of economics in EU competition law. Hildebrand holds a Master (1987) and a Ph.D. (1990) in social and economic sciences from the University of Economics in Vienna. She earned her second Ph.D. in law 1998 and her LL.M. degree in 1992 from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In 1989/90, Hildebrand was a researcher at the Department of Economics at the Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. Hildebrand’s academic affiliations include ten years (2010-2019) as Professor of Economics at the University of Brussels (VUB), four years (1994-1998) as Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Groningen and one year (1991) as Assistant Professor of Marketing and International Management at the University of Maastricht. Hildebrand’s current specialisations and research interests are market definition and market power assessment in digital markets as well as the European consumer welfare concept in EU competition law. She publishes extensively on competition economics including her book on “The Role of Economic Analysis in the EU Competition Rules – The European School” which is currently in the 4th edition. Hildebrand is member of the ICC Commission on Competition, the editorial board of “World Competition” and a regular speaker at conferences. She is also a sworn in, authorized antitrust expert and examines on a regular basis for courts competition issues.