Paolo Buccirossi is the Director and founder of Lear. Paolo has been working in the field of competition policy since 1994. After five years spent as an economic advisor at the Italian Competition Authority, Paolo set up Lear in 1999. Since then he has advised private clients and public institutions on all competition issues, before the European Commission and several national competition authorities. Paolo has been a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University, and New York University. Currently teaches Economics of Competition Law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and Quantification of damages at the College of Europe.