Alec Burnside is a partner in Dechert’s Brussels office. He is a competition law specialist with three decades of experience in advising on major multinational transactions and other antitrust issues. Alec Burnside’s wide-ranging sector experience spans consumer products, energy, financial services, IT, manufacturing, military, natural resources, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, and transport and logistics. He has lived in Brussels since 1989. Alec Burnside studied at Downing College, Cambridge; College of Law, London; and the Institut d’Etudes Européennes, Brussels. He is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and a member of the Brussels Bar, as well as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, London, admitted in French and German. Mr. Burnside led Dechert’s cross-practice Brexit Task Force, comprising partners from many practice areas and offices.
2023 Awards
2022 Awards
2021 Awards
2020 Awards
Distinctions
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Cross-Border Issues
Nominee, 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Cross-border issues
Nominee, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Mergers
Nominee, 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Concerted Practices
Nominee, 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards: Academic, Procedure
Nominee, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, General Antitrust
Nominee, 2015 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Concerted Practices




