Mr Alec Burnside > Dechert LLP > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Alec Burnside
Work Department
Antitrust
Position
Partner
Career
Alec Burnside practices in the area of EU competition law, with a particular focus on merger clearances, state aid, cartel defense, and abuse of dominance matters. Over the past three decades, Mr. Burnside has played a key role in cases for leading corporations, global industries and governments on issues arising across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, manufacturing, military, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and transport and logistics.
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, London
Education
University of Cambridge, Downing College; College of Law, London; Institut d’Etudes Europeennes, Brussels
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Competition: EU and global
(Hall of Fame)Dechert LLP‘s team comprises a ‘collection of very talented individuals, with a deep knowledge of competition law‘. The group is well versed in EU, Belgian, German and UK merger control work, abuse of dominance cases, state aid issues, and follow-on litigation. Alec Burnside 
is singled out by one client as ‘an acknowledged leader in the field‘. Other notable names include Brussels-based pactice head Clemens Graf York von Wartenburg and Michael Okkonen, who was recently promoted to partner. US-based Mike Cowie and Steven Bizar oversee the global practice.