Manuel Marfan

Manuel Marfan is a Principal based in the Paris office of RBB Economics, where he has worked since 2016.

Manuel has advised clients on competition matters before the European Commission and before various national authorities, most notably in Chile and France.

Before joining RBB, Manuel obtained an engineering degree and a Masters in Economics from University of Chile and completed a PhD in Economics at Paris School of Economics.

As part of his work for RBB, Manuel has advised clients and written reports in relation to mergers raising horizontal, vertical and conglomerate concerns, including several Phase II EC merger investigations.

Besides his work on mergers, Manuel has advised clients on damage claims and abuse of dominance cases. Among others, Manuel has advised Alphabet (Google) in a variety of cases involving ad intermediation technologies in several jurisdictions.

Manuel’s sectorial experience includes retail, telecommunications, online advertising, TV broadcasting, health, mobile chipsets, intellectual property, mining, fisheries, and industrial chemicals.

A dual Chilean and French national, Manuel is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.