| Merck
Merck
| Merck Sharp & DoHme
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) is a global healthcare company with presence in 66 countries worldwide, employing more than 50,000 people. It is a key player in Iberia as well,...
| Merck Sharp & Dohme
Merck Sharp & Dohme Portugal (MSD) is a pharmaceutical company that has been present in Portugal for 45 years, with a mission to research and develop innovative areas of medicine...
| Merck Legal Healthcare
Merck legal healthcare provides legal advice and support to the healthcare business sector at Merck, and comprises a particularly large proportion of Merck’s overall group legal operation at over 90...
| Merck
Having had a presence in Argentina for over 80 years, Merck currently commands a dominant position in the local market for chemical drugs and biopharmaceuticals. The Argentine legal department at...
Providing legal support and governance management to Merck’s boards and a legal business partner to Merck Group functions (including finance, M&A, procurement and HR), the Merck group legal services department is 23-strong and led by Dr Stefan Fandel. Group general counsel Dr Friederike Rotsch reports that the Merck group legal services legal team ‘has handled the biggest re-structuring within Merck ever, thereby completely changing the face of the parent company and putting it on the next level of development. In addition the team has worked on a multibillion divestiture which was by far the most complex M&A transaction in Merck’s history including the involvement of numerous functions and countries’. Internally, the team has ‘introduced a flexible work allocation model in which lawyers work on projects, transactions, etc. where their support is most needed, and is also at the forefront of digitalisation efforts’. Alongside Dr Fandel, Sonja Hilge, Alexander Werner and Rose Brounts were singled out for praise by Dr Rotsch. Hilge was lauded for her corporate governance expertise, Werner for his stewardship of the labour law team and Brounts for her deep knowledge and expertise in M&A transactions.
