Antitrust Expert Jon Orszag Bets on M&A Mazes With New Firm

Jonathan Orszag, the co-founder of economic consulting firm Compass Lexecon, is making a fresh bet that mergers and acquisitions are only going to get more complicated.

Orszag and eight other economists have founded Econic Partners, a consultancy with an initial focus on antitrust issues around M&A. The firm is being launched with backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s alternatives unit at a time when companies face increasing levels of scrutiny when doing big deals.

“I’ve been at this for 25 years, and the amount of revenue that economic consulting firms are now earning from antitrust work has ...