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Marc Besen
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Marc Besen
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Competition/European Law

Germany

17 Years Ranked

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Germany

Practice Areas

Marc Besen specialises in EC and German competition law, particularly mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cartels, abuse proceedings, compliance programmes, distribution and licensing arrangements across a wide range of industry sectors. This primarily includes the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, food and chemicals sectors.

Marc has broad experience in European and national merger control and cartel proceedings. He heads the German and Global Antitrust Group at Clifford Chance, the latter together with Sharis Pozen.

Career

Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 2000

Joined Clifford Chance 2000

Secondment to the London office 2002

Partner since 2006

Head of the German Antitrust Group 2019

Co-Chair of the Global Antitrust Group 2022

Chambers Review

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Competition/European Law - Germany

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Individual Editorial

Marc Besen advises clients on both merger clearance notifications and on behavioural investigations. He often acts for clients from the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.

Indviduelles Editorial

Marc Besen berät Mandanten sowohl bei der Anmeldung von Fusionsfreigaben als auch bei verhaltensbezogenen Untersuchungen. Er ist häufig für Mandanten aus dem Gesundheitswesen und der Pharmabranche tätig.

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Strengths

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Marc Besen provides us with outstanding performances.

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Chambers Germany

Marc Besen gives us excellent advice.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers Germany

Marc Besen berät uns hervorragend.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers Germany

Marc Besen liefert uns herausragende Leistungen.

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