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Marco is a Partner in the Business Department. He has been with LK Shields Solicitors since 2000. Prior to joining LK Shields Solicitors, Marco worked in the Brussels office of Squire Saunders & Dempsey, then in the London office of Clifford Chance and he also practiced with another leading law firm in Dublin. Marco specialises in the field of corporate and commercial law and insolvency law. Marco heads the EU, Competition and Regulated Markets unit at LK Shields with a particular focus on merger control. Marco has a significant practice in healthcare and life sciences and heads the firm's Healthcare and Life Sciences unit. Marco also has extensive experience in complex examinership proceedings and is a member of the firm's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency unit. Marco has written extensively on the subject of Irish and EU competition law.

• Corporate and Commercial
• Insolvency, including Examinerships
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Finance
• Joint Ventures
• Shareholder Agreements
• Venture Capital
• Agency and Distribution
• Franchising
• EU, Competition and Regulated Markets
• Healthcare and Life Sciences

• Member of the Competition Policy Council of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation
• Member of the Competition Law Association
• Member of the Franchising Committee of the International Bar Association
• Former member of the Competition policy sub-committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
• Fluent Italian and working knowledge of French

• "Marco Hickey of LK Shields Solicitors is 'a great commercial operator'". Recommended for competition/European law. Chambers Europe 2011.
  
  
• "Marco Hickey is ‘clear in his thinking’ and ‘always delivers’. "
  The Legal 500, 2011 edition.
  
  
• Highly recommended for corporate and M&A and EU and competition in
  Legal Experts Europe, Middle East & Africa 2011.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/anti-trust by PLC Which Lawyer? in 2011.
  
  
• "Clients cannot speak highly enough of [Marco]: 'I have experience with many other competition lawyers in Dublin but he is, by far, my preferred adviser,' said one, with another adding: 'He provides extremely readable and concise advice,
  and makes complex issues easily understood.'" Chambers Europe 2010.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/European law in Chambers Europe 2010.
  
  
• "Marco Hickey has ‘the inside track in terms of dealing with the Competition Authority’. " The Legal 500, 2010 edition.
  
  
• Highly recommended for corporate and M&A and EU and competition in
  European Legal Experts 2010.
  
  
• "A responsive and really commercial guy" states Chambers Europe 2009,
  where he is recommended for competition / European law.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/anti-trust by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook in 2009.
  
  
• Highly recommended for corporate and M&A and EU and competition in
  European Legal Experts 2009.
  
  
• A "very strong competition lawyer" and "very forensic and quietly persuasive".
  The Legal 500, 2008 edition.
  
  
• Highly recommended for corporate and M&A and EU and competition in
  European Legal Experts 2008.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/anti-trust by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook in 2008.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/European law in Chambers Global 2008 and Chambers Europe 2008, where he is described as being "pragmatic and has a good eye for details."
  
  
• Marco is an "EU and competition law expert", is "very pragmatic" and has "a refreshingly commercial view" according to The Legal 500, 2007 edition.
  
  
• "A 'strong' lawyer with valuable Brussels experience" states
  Chambers Global 2007, where he is also recommended for competition/antitrust.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/anti-trust in PLC's Which Lawyer? Yearbook in
  2007, 2006 and 2005.
  
  
• Admired for his "efficiency and responsiveness" and is the "clients' favourite" according to The Legal 500, 2006 edition.
  
  
• Recommended for competition/antitrust by Chamber Global 2006. It also states that Marco is "commended for his ability to relate to clients and 'to tick all the boxes' before meetings with the Competition Authority". Additionally, "in transactional work ... he has the advantage in understanding 'the bigger picture.'"
  
  
• Chambers Global 2004-2005 recommends Marco for competition/antitrust. It also says that he has "excellent understanding, experience and perspective". He is "extremely bright", "proactive" and "incredibly hands-on - but he also delegates - the balance he strikes is good".
  

• Admitted as a Solicitor in Northern Ireland, 2003
• Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland, 1998
• Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales, 1997
• Called to the Irish Bar, 1989
• Law Degree from Trinity College, Dublin, 1987