Ms Marina Iskander

Education

2019-21: MA Economics for Competition Law at King’s College London (Part-Time Distance Learning). Dissertation titled: “On optimal merger control in Egypt: the costs and benefits of the status quo and of an ex-ante regime”.

2017-18: LLM in International Business and Commercial Law at the University of Manchester (with Distinction). Dissertation titled: “A critical assessment of the impact of trademarks and the newly recognised ‘modern functions’ on competition”.

2014-17: LLB (Hons) Law at the University of Manchester.

Qualifications

Egyptian Bar Association (December 2018 – Present).

Professional experience

September 2022 – September 2023: Head of the Competition Policy and Competitive Neutrality Department at the Egyptian Competition Authority (Cairo, Egypt)

May 2022 – September 2022: Lead Legal Researcher at the Egyptian Competition Authority (Cairo, Egypt)

January 2022 – April 2022: Secondee at the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) Competition Division (Paris, France)

January 2020 – January 2022: Senior Legal Researcher at the Egyptian Competition Authority (Cairo, Egypt)

November 2018 – January 2020: Legal Researcher at the Egyptian Competition Authority (Cairo, Egypt)

February 2019 – June 2019: Assistant Lecturer (Part-Time) for Business and Commercial Law at Misr International University (Cairo, Egypt)

Other experience

September 2024 – Present: Co-Executive Director of the Cambridge Pro Bono Project (Cambridge, UK)

October 2023 – September 2024: Managing Editor at the Cambridge International Law Journal (Cambridge, UK)

October 2015 – June 2018: Editor at The Manchester Review of Law, Crime and Ethics (Manchester, UK)