RBB

Mar Balcells

Brussels

Mar is a Senior Associate based in RBB’s Brussels office. She holds an MSc in Economics from the Barcelona School of Economics.

Since joining the firm in 2022, Mar has advised clients on cases before the European Commission, as well as national competition authorities in the UK and Spain.

Mar has advised clients on competition matters before the European Commission as well as national competition authorities, including the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Spain’s Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC).

Her experience covers a variety of competition matters, including mergers involving both horizontal and non-horizontal effects, and cartel investigations.

Mar’s sector experience includes advertising, luxury goods, industrial chemicals, food, and digital platforms.

A Spanish national, Mar is fluent in Spanish and English.

Selected Cases

  • YNAP/Farfetch

    Merger, EU & Multi-jurisdictional

  • JCDecaux/Clear Channel

    Merger, Spain

  • XSYS/MacDermid

    Merger, UK & Multi-jurisdictional

  • Visa/Prosa

    Merger, Mexico

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