LAWYER PROFILE

Richard Stäuber

Europe 2026

Homburger

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition/Antitrust

Switzerland

5 years ranked

Contributions and articles

2 Global Practice Guides

About

Provided by Homburger

Europe

Practice Areas

Richard Stäuber is the head of Homburger’s Competition and Regulatory teams. He focuses on Swiss and European competition law. He has extensive experience in all areas of competition law, including cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings; national and international merger control proceedings; dawn raids; and leniency proceedings. He advises clients with respect to distribution systems, co-operation agreements and licensing arrangements.

Career

Richard Stäuber was educated in law at the Universities of Geneva and St. Gallen (lic. iur., 2005; Dr. iur., 2011) and at Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2010), and obtained a degree in economics from King’s College London (MA, 2017). He joined Homburger in 2011 and was promoted to partner in 2020. Between 2012 and 2013 he worked in the Brussels office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Professional Memberships

Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. ABA. IBA. Swiss and Zurich bar associations.

Publications

Richard Stäuber regularly speaks and publishes in his fields of expertise. A list of publications is available at:

https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/richard-stauber.

Personal

Country-head Switzerland and member of the Board of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. Non-Governmental Advisor to the Swiss Competition Commission for the International Competition Network. Co-editor of the Swiss Journal of Competition Law (SZK –Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht).

Hiring Partner of Homburger.

Languages Spoken

Richard’s working languages are German and English; he also speaks French, Italian and Dutch.

Key sectors

Financial ServicesHealth and Life SciencesIndustrials, Engineering and ManufacturingRetail and ConsumerSport

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Competition/Antitrust - Switzerland

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Richard Stäuber has a strong focus on merger control filings, including assisting clients with phase II investigations. He is also active on behavioural matters, representing clients in high-profile investigations, as well as in appeals and damages actions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Richard Stäuber was friendly and easy to deal with, had good knowledge of the required facts and was suitably able to service our needs.
Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide
He is very easy to work with and keeps things simple for our executives.
Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide
He is a very skilled competition lawyer with a knowledgeable, experienced team and a great sense for addressing the problem at hand in a business-oriented manner.
Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide
He is an excellent thinker.
Competition/AntitrustChambers European Guide