Since three Harvard and MIT graduates met in Boston in February 1965 to establish Charles River Associates, CRA has grown into a leading global consulting firm with over 1,000 consultants spanning more than 20 offices worldwide. We offer economic, financial, and strategic expertise to major law firms, corporations, accounting firms, and governments. Our senior-led teams combine cutting-edge academic research with state-of-the-art analytical methods and proven real-world experience—bringing together professionals from more than 70 countries who speak over 35 languages. Listed on NASDAQ (CRAI), we are as rigorous in our science as we are committed to delivering objective, defensible solutions to our clients' most complex challenges.

We are economists, financial analysts, forensic accountants, industry strategists, and former regulators. Our teams include leading academic experts from the world's top research institutions alongside seasoned business leaders with deep industry experience. At CRA, intellectual honesty and analytical rigor are not just standards — they are our identity. We take a multidisciplinary approach to every engagement, drawing on diverse practice areas and geographies to deliver comprehensive, tailored solutions. Our staff hail from more than 70 countries across six continents, making us as globally minded as the clients we serve.

CRA provides economic, financial, and management consulting across two major focus areas: litigation and regulatory advisory, and business strategy and performance consulting. We advise on antitrust and competition matters, conduct forensic investigations, value intellectual property, analyze labor and employment disputes, model energy markets, support international arbitration, and guide corporations through critical strategic and operational decisions. Whether the challenge is a high-stakes legal proceeding, a merger review before regulators, or a business transformation, we combine functional expertise with deep industry knowledge to deliver objective, implementable solutions.

Our purpose is to bring independent, evidence-based expertise to the world's most consequential economic, financial, and strategic decisions. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA because they trust our commitment to high-quality, intellectually defensible work. We believe that rigorous analysis — free from bias — leads to better decisions for businesses, legal proceedings, governments, and society as a whole.

CRA is committed to high-quality, challenging, honest, and intellectually defensible work in a harmonious, collaborative environment. We value analytical rigor, intellectual integrity, and the courage to provide objective advice even when it is difficult. We embrace diversity — our people come from more than 70 countries and speak over 35 languages — because we believe different perspectives produce better analysis. Collaboration across practices and geographies is not the exception; it is how we work every day.

Clients choose CRA because our senior experts — not junior teams — lead every engagement. We bring a rare combination of world-class academic credibility and real-world practitioner experience. Our interdisciplinary model means economists, forensic accountants, industry strategists, and technical specialists work side by side on the same matter. With more than 20 offices on six continents and consultants from over 70 countries, we deliver locally informed advice at global scale. And because we operate independently of commercial software vendors or implementation practices, our advice is always objective.

CRA established the Corporate Stewardship Award in Memory of John Jenkins — a Corporate Services Manager tragically killed during the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center — to recognize staff members who embody his commitment, integrity, and dedication. This award reflects CRA's long-standing belief that being a great firm means being a responsible member of the communities in which we operate.

CRA is a proud signatory of the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses Pledge (ERE), which aims to eliminate barriers to women who work or aspire to work as expert witnesses. Our internal Mosaic@CRA network actively promotes inclusion and connection across diverse backgrounds. With staff from more than 70 countries speaking over 35 languages, diversity is not a programme — it is who we are.