Marc’s practice includes advising clients on complex UK, EU and multi-jurisdictional merger control (including Phase 2 investigations and appeals), digital markets regulation, FDI screening, antitrust investigations, abuse of dominance, market studies and market investigations. His experience spans a wide range of sectors, including digital/tech, e-commerce, consumer products, food and drink, financial services (including fintech), pharmaceuticals and media.
Marc has particular expertise in relation to UK merger control, having successfully assisted clients in numerous merger investigations before the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Moreover, Marc has previously completed a year-long secondment to the CMA’s mergers unit, during which he worked on multiple complex CMA merger investigations and sat on the CMA’s Mergers Intelligence Committee.
Marc has also recently completed a six-month secondment to the in-house competition team of a leading global pharmaceutical company.
Work highlights
- Involvement in numerous complex and high-profile UK merger investigations, with recent examples including Cargotec/Konecranes, Ali/Welbilt, JD Sports/Footasylum and FNZ/GBST.
- Assisting various clients on a number of recent UK and EU antitrust investigations and sector inquiries involving major digital platforms (including App Stores, Mobile Browsers, Facebook Marketplace, Amazon Buy Box, Google Adtech, Cloud Services – and, most recently, each of the CMA’s first-ever SMS designation investigations).
- Advising a major cross-channel ferry operator on its successful appeal to the Court of Appeal – and previous appeal before the Competition Appeal Tribunal – challenging the Competition Commission (later, the CMA) merger decision in Eurotunnel/SeaFrance.
- Advising a major international financial institution in relation to the first-ever antitrust investigation conducted by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
- Advising a major international financial institution in relation to the FCA’s asset management market study.
Pro bono
Marc plays an active part in the firm’s DE&I initiatives.
Professional
- Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales, 2015
Academic
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Leicester, 2012 (2:1)
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School (Holborn, London), 2013 (Distinction)
- Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London, 2019 (Merit)
- Law Society of England and Wales (Member, Competition Section)
- American Bar Association (including as a Vice-Chair of the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s International Comments and Policy Committee for the 2024-25 Section year)
Publications
- Global Merger Control Guide, Chambers and Partners (2023, 2024, 2025): co-author (UK chapter)
- EU Competition Law Handbook, Jones and Van der Woude (Sweet & Maxwell, 2021): country rapporteur (UK)
Speaking engagements
- Exploring the interplay between the CMA’s new consumer enforcement powers and digital markets, The UK Digital Markets Competition Regulation Forum 2024, ThoughtLeaders4Competition, 24 September 2024 (panellist)
- Competition issues in EU and UK labour and employment markets, podcast with Bona Law, 27 June 2023 (speaker)
- Antitrust enforcement in the world of no-poach: the risks and traps for employers, webinar with The Knowledge Group, 21 June 2022 (speaker)
