Areen Dakessian

Associate Principal

Areen Dakessian is an associate principal at Charles River Associates’ European Competition Practice in London.

Since joining CRA in 2021, Areen has advised on mergers in front of the European Commission and other national antitrust authorities in Asia and the Americas across a wide range of industries. She also has experience in abuse of dominance cases and market investigations.

Prior to joining CRA, Areen completed a Master’s degree in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science following her undergraduate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the American University of Beirut.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    CRA advises AWS on CMA’s cloud services market investigation
    A CRA team led by Mikaël Hervé, Sebastian Panthöfer, Christian Michel, Mariam Arutyunyan, Areen Dakessian, Federico Navarro, and Charles Conquest advised AWS...
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  • 02
    European Commission conditionally clears Celanese’s acquisition of DuPont’s Mobility & Materials Business
    On 11th October, the European Commission (EC) conditionally cleared the anticipated acquisition by Celanese Corporation of the majority of DuPont’s Mobility &...
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  • 03
    European Commission clears Biscuit International’s expansion
    The European Commission has unconditionally cleared Biscuit International’s acquisition of Continental Bakeries, which will strengthen its position as a leader...
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