Marc Freedman
Marc Freedman focuses on UK and EU competition law.
Marc has over a decade of experience 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.
In the digital space, in addition to his substantial merger control experience, Marc has also advised on numerous UK and EU antitrust investigations and sector inquiries concerning Big Tech companies – including, most recently, various CMA SMS designation investigations.
Marc has also completed a six-month secondment to the in-house competition team of a leading global pharmaceutical company.