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, 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
Chair of the Global Antitrust Group 2023