Practice Areas
Commercial and Contracts
Competition and Regulated Markets
Investigations
Litigation and Arbitration
Technology and Outsourcing
Career
Dr. Marcel Meinhardt is a partner and leading expert in competition law. Based at our firm’s Zurich office, he heads up the Competition and Regulated Market practice group and specialises in all areas of Swiss and European merger control work and competition law. His practice spans sectors including postal services, insurance, banking, automotive, green energy, media, retail, construction, pharma, ticketing and IT. He also advises on regulatory issues in the electricity, environmental and gas industries. Over the years, Marcel has acted in many high profile cases including numerous phase I and phase II merger notifications to the Swiss Competition Commission – most recently in the context of infrastructure joint ventures in the electric car industry. He has also co-ordinated multi-jurisdictional merger filings.
University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 1990), Admission to Zurich Bar (1992), New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1994), College of Europe (LL.M., 1995), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1996), University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1996), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2002)
Professional Memberships
Swiss Association for Competition Law (ASAS), Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht eV., International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA)