Band 3
Provided by Marquard Christen
Competition/Antitrust; Public Procurement.
Admission to the Swiss Bar (2003); Associate with CMS Switzerland (2004–2016); University of New South Wales, LL.M. (2007); Delegate with the ICRC (2009–2010); IHEI/University of Geneva, MAS (2011); Head of Public Procurement Group of CMS Switzerland (since 2015); Partner at CMS Switzerland (since 2017); member of Steering Committee of global CMS Competition Group (since 2018).
Antitrust Law Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht); Swiss Association on Public Procurement; Swiss and Zurich Bar Association; Expert Group Antitrust Law of Zurich Bar Association; Expert Group Digitalisation of Swiss Bar Association.
International distribution and license agreements affected by recent Swiss competition law decisions (2019); Agency Agreements under Swiss competition law (2018); annual contribution to The Merger Control Review (The Law Reviews, since 2017); various newsletters on current developments in competition law.
Marquard Christen advises Swiss and foreign companies on all aspects of Swiss and EU competition law and represents them in proceedings before competition authorities and courts. He has acquired particular expertise in various industries including automotive, construction, consumer goods, IT, pharmaceutical, telecommunication, and payment solutions.
Key clients include: Hawa Sliding Solutions Ltd., Koch Group Ltd., Rimowa, Sunrise Communications Ltd., Swisscard AECS
Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch
Webpage: cms.law/en/che/people/marquard-christen
Provided by Chambers
Marquard Christen represents financial services clients in Competition Commission investigations and advises them on merger clearance filings. He also assists clients with competition law compliance matters.
Provided by Chambers
I am very happy with Marquard Christen's performance.
He quickly gets up to speed and understands the product and the business. He has very good client handling and is very responsive.
We were very satisfied with Marquard Christen's services and understanding of the problem, as well as with the execution of the work.
Marquard Christen is straight to the point and very competent.
He is a highly competent lawyer who has a huge amount of knowledge and is happy to share his experience. He manages to translate the legal language in a simple and easy-to-understand way.
I am very happy with Marquard Christen's performance.
He quickly gets up to speed and understands the product and the business. He has very good client handling and is very responsive.
We were very satisfied with Marquard Christen's services and understanding of the problem, as well as with the execution of the work.
Marquard Christen is straight to the point and very competent.
He is a highly competent lawyer who has a huge amount of knowledge and is happy to share his experience. He manages to translate the legal language in a simple and easy-to-understand way.
