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Marit Pless was born in Iceland but grew up in Denmark. She completed her studies in English and Spanish at the Copenhagen Business School. She then worked for many years as an assistant to the executive board for various managers of a leading international pharmaceutical company in Denmark. Marit Pless then studied law at the University of Copenhagen. She obtained her master’s in law in 2004 and was admitted to the bar in Denmark in 2008. In the meantime, Marit Pless joined an international health foundation in 2001 and played a key role in the foundation and its first major projects in developing countries. She then joined the legal department of the pharmaceutical company in 2005 to further develop her expertise as an in-house lawyer in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2008, Marit Pless joined a generic drug manufacturer, where she moved to the company’s headquarters in Switzerland after a few years and took on the position of compliance officer. In recent years, she has worked as a legal counsel and compliance officer for other pharmaceutical and biotech companies. She joined the team at HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte in Switzerland in January 2025.