Hong Kong SAR, UK (England & Wales)
Marcus studied Law (with Law Studies in Europe) at St John’s College, Oxford University and Leiden University. He holds a LLM in European Law from the College of Europe (Bruges).
Marcus is a partner in our Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group, based in Hong Kong. He was named Antitrust Lawyer of the Year (Under 40) by Global Competition Review in 2021.
He regularly advises on regional antitrust investigations, compliance, multi-jurisdictional merger control and foreign investment matters, focussing on assisting multinational and Asia-based clients. He has extensive experience advising on antitrust matters before the Hong Kong Competition Commission and agencies in competition regimes across Southeast Asia.
Marcus has taken a lead in merger control and foreign investment aspects of Asian and global transactions, including advising on transaction structure and handling complex merger and foreign investment filings.
Marcus has a wide range of experience based on his work in both Europe and Asia, as well as being a former in-house lawyer at the Hong Kong Competition Commission. Prior to moving to Asia, he was based in Brussels and Beijing and worked on a range of global merger, cartel and antitrust matters, including investigations with complex remedy/commitment processes in the EU and China, leniency applications, and multi-national litigation.
He has experience working with clients in several industries, including the financial services, healthcare, IT, telecommunications, food & beverage, and retail sectors. He regularly supports financial sponsors in their investments across the region.
Marcus is recognised by legal directories with clients praising him as “one of the pioneers of Hong Kong’s competition ordinance” on Who’s Who Legal and that “Marcus’ advice is always practical and reliable, and above all, he can understand and think from clients’ perspectives” on Legal 500.
Marcus has extensive experience advising on cartel and dominance investigations in Hong Kong, as well as antitrust litigation before the Competition Tribunal. Notable precedent-setting cases include advising on:
Marcus has been a key adviser in many significant regional merger control and foreign investment matters. These include advising:
He regularly publishes and speaks at major conferences, including on competition law and policy in Asia. His major publications include:
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