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Merck is a German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences company headquartered in Darmstadt, with around 50,000 employees in around 70 countries. Merck was founded in 1668 and is the world’s oldest operating chemical and pharmaceutical company, as well as one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Dr Stefan Fandel works as head of group legal services at Merck, having joined the company in 2009. During his long tenure at the company, Fandel is responsible for group legal and corporate governance matters. He has also been involved in many significant transactions and deals, including handling the biggest re-structuring within Merck and working on multiple complex M&A transactions. In July 2019 Dr Fandel took on a new role within Merck’s site management organization.