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Provided by Lenz & Staehelin

Clients come to Lenz & Staehelin for advice on the complete range of antitrust/competition, regulatory and trade issues spanning merger control and joint ventures, restrictive practices, market dominance, cartel investigations and related litigation, market/sectoral investigations, competition litigation, licensing and distribution, intellectual property, liberalization, public procurement and trade/WTO matters.

Lenz & Staehelin's Competition law group is one of the largest in Switzerland, unique in terms of national footprint. It is one of only very few firms in the country with the resources to handle the most complex mandates. Its extensive and varied expertise places the firm at the forefront of Swiss competition law. The team is widely and consistently recognized to be part of Switzerland's competition law elite and has a proven track record of successfully steering clients through the largest transactions, closely watched investigations and high-stakes litigations in Switzerland.

Lenz & Staehelin also advises financial institutions on both the antitrust/competition aspects of corporate deals as well as in contentious matters in courts throughout Switzerland. We represent clients in particular before the Swiss Competition Commission, the Swiss Price Supervisory Office and in civil litigation in cantonal and federal courts in Switzerland.

Chambers Review

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Competition/Antitrust - Switzerland

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

With competition lawyers in both Geneva and Zürich, Lenz & Staehelin stands out as one of the top law firms in Switzerland for competition law mandates. The team frequently represents clients in high-profile behavioural investigations, as well as advising on appeals against Swiss Competition Commission decisions. It is also highly regarded for its ability to assist with merger clearance mandates. The law firm remains a popular choice for clients from the financial services and TMT sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Lenz & Staehelin assists Firmenich International with a Competition Commission investigation into an alleged cartel among fragrance producers.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Marcel Meinhardt
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Marcel Meinhardt
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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One of the leading individuals in the Swiss competition law market, Marcel Meinhardt stands out for his ability to represent clients in high-profile investigations into possible cartels and abuses of dominance, and to advise on subsequent appeals against fines. He also offers notable experience in merger control filings.

He is a highly experienced expert with excellent business understanding.

Marcel Meinhardt has a great deal of knowledge and can put himself in the customer's shoes.

I highly recommend Marcel Meinhardt as competition and antitrust lawyer in Switzerland. His broad experience, amazing know-how and customer friendliness are unreached among Swiss antitrust lawyers.

Marcel Meinhardt is an exceptional lawyer; he has a very strong commercial understanding and provides outstanding advice.

He is one of the most capable competition lawyers I have met in my career. He is outstanding for knowledge and pragmatism.

Benoît Merkt
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Benoît Merkt
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The Geneva-based Benoît Merkt is particularly active in investigations into alleged anti-competitive behaviour. He also assists clients with merger control filings and competition law compliance mandates.

Benoît Merkt is a very well known and experienced partner. He is always available.

Astrid Waser
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Astrid Waser
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Astrid Waser advises clients on obtaining competition law and FDI clearance for proposed mergers. She also has experience representing clients in Competition Commission investigations.

Astrid Waser is able to advise on short notice on highly complex matters.

She is great to work with, is very knowledgeable, quick and gives good advice.

Sinem Süslü
Sinem Süslü
Associates to watch

Senior associate Sinem Süslü assists with COMCO investigations and market inquiries, as well as merger control proceedings. She has a number of clients from the financial services and transport sectors.

Sinem Süslü is generally talented and is doing very good work.

Sinem Süslü is a highly skilled antitrust lawyer who I would consider a rising star in the field.

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Competition/Antitrust

Marcel Meinhardt
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Marcel Meinhardt
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Band 1
Benoît Merkt
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Benoît Merkt
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Band 2
Astrid Waser
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Astrid Waser
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Band 3
Sinem Süslü
Sinem Süslü
Associates to watch

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Benoît Merkt

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Marcel Meinhardt

Marcel Meinhardt

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