Competition/Antitrust | Europe

Homburger maintains its position as one of the top law firms in Switzerland for competition matters. A popular choice with clients from the financial services industry, the team is highly esteemed for its work on high-value merger clearance filings and high-profile cartel investigations before the Swiss Competition Commission. Team members offer further experience in damages actions. The firm's client roster includes private equity houses, telecommunications companies and leading online platforms.

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 telecommunications sectors.

Schellenberg Wittmer assists clients with a broad range of competition mandates, assisting them with obtaining competition law approval for proposed mergers, as well as representing them in investigations into allegations of abuse of dominance or cartel involvement. The law firm is popular with clients from a range of sectors, including financial services, energy and pharmaceuticals.

Walder Wyss is well known for assisting clients with contentious and non-contentious competition law matters. The firm's contentious practice includes representing clients in Competition Commission investigations, market inquiries and subsequent challenges to authority decisions. The team also has experience in merger control filings and competition compliance matters, particularly in relation to distribution strategies. It acts for clients from the financial services, healthcare, media and telecommunications sectors.

Baker McKenzie often assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for high-value mergers. The law firm also represents clients in behavioural investigations into allegations of resale price maintenance or illegal exchange of information. The team has further experience in competition compliance matters, particularly for associations or with regard to cooperation agreements. It acts for clients from a number of sectors, including financial services, luxury goods, and food and beverages.

Bär & Karrer often assists with the merger clearance filings for high-value transactions, particularly in the financial services and pharmaceutical sectors. The law firm also represents clients in behavioural investigations, advising on allegations of cartels and information exchange. The team also has a number of clients from the transport sector. It offers further experience in competition compliance matters.

CMS often assists clients with behavioural investigations, representing them in pricing and bid-rigging cases. The law firm also advises clients on merger clearance mandates, as well as acting on competition compliance matters, particularly in regard to research and development agreements. The team acts for clients from the pharmaceutical, construction and financial services sectors.

Kellerhals Carrard often represents clients in behavioural investigations, particularly into allegations of abuse of dominance. The law firm also has experience in merger clearance mandates. The team frequently works alongside the firm's highly regarded sports law specialists to assist clients from the sporting sector with competition law issues. It further acts on compliance matters.

Niederer Kraft Frey has a strong focus on competition compliance matters, including assisting clients with distribution and cooperation agreements. The law firm also has experience in merger clearance mandates and represents clients in behavioural investigations. The team often represents clients from the manufacturing and financial services sectors.

Prager Dreifuss acts for clients on investigations into allegations of abuse of dominance or cartel involvement, as well as on challenges to fines. The law firm often assists clients with the competition compliance aspects of commercial agreements. It has further experience in merger clearance mandates. The team has recently been particularly active in the financial services sector.

VISCHER represents clients in competition law investigations, as well as assisting with challenges to infringement decisions. It also has a strong focus on competition compliance matters, including the compliance aspects of commercial agreements. The law firm additionally acts on merger clearance mandates.