Lenz & Staehelin
Lawyers
Benoît Merkt
- Phone+41 58 450 70 00
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.lenzstaehelin.com
Work Department
Competition, Tax-Exempt/Non-Profit Organizations, Regulated Markets, Public Procurement and Administrative Law, Internal investigations
Position
Managing Partner, Head of Competition
Career
Admission to Bar (1994), Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission (1998), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1999), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2006)
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Swiss Association of Competition Law (ASAS), International League of Competition Law (LIDC), Swiss Bar Association, Competition Committee (SAV/FSA), International Bar Association (IBA), Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Former President of the Competition Commission of the UIA (from 2006 to 2008), European League for Economic Cooperation(ELEC), Secretary of the Swiss section (from 1997 to 2002), Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht Schweiz, SwissFoundations (member of the Legal Council), Member of the Board of several public utility foundations of international scope
Education
University of Neuchâtel (lic. iur. 1992), University of Oxford (Master in European and Comparative Law 1996, Berrow Scholar), University of Bern, European and International Trade Law Institute (1997), University of Neuchâtel (Dr. iur. 2001)