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Nicolas Birkhäuser

Nicolas Birkhäuser

Europe 2026

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Niederer Kraft Frey
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Ranked in 2 practice areas

Competition/Antitrust

Switzerland

14 years ranked

Intellectual Property

Switzerland

9 years ranked

Contributions and articles

19 Articles, Press releases, highlights

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Practice Areas

Swiss and European competition law, merger control, horizontal and vertical restraints, exchange of information, distribution, parallel imports, cooperation, licensing, joint ventures, dominance, compliance, risk management, investigation proceedings, including dawn raids and leniency programs, coordination with multijurisdictional strategies and proceedings.

Career

Basel University, Lic. iur. (1998), Cambridge University, LL.M. (2003). Niederer Kraft Frey, Partner (2011-).

Professional Memberships

Swiss and Zurich Bar Association. Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. asas (LIDC). INGRES. AIPPI. LES.

Publications

Numerous articles on competition law and IP.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Competition/Antitrust - Switzerland

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Nicolas Birkhäuser often advises clients on significant behavioural investigations into allegations of abuse of relative market power. He also acts for clients on merger clearance mandates and the competition law compliance aspects of distribution strategies.

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Intellectual Property - Switzerland

Band 4
Individual Editorial

Nicolas Birkhäuser has a good breadth of experience acting on trade mark strategy, unfair competition, infringement proceedings and domain name matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Nicolas Birkhäuser provided prompt and targeted advice in a format that was easily comprehensible to us. In addition, he was extremely personable and a pleasure to deal with.

    Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide

  • Nicolas is very experienced and fun to work with.

    Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide

  • He has proven extremely knowledgeable and very responsive.

    Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide

Ranked Individuals at Niederer Kraft Frey (44)

Switzerland

Articles, Highlights and Press Releases

19 items provided by Niederer Kraft Frey

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