Praised for being ‘talented, intelligent and responsive’, Niederer Kraft Frey AG’s competition team's broad range of strengths, encompassing merger control proceedings, the drafting of agreements, and assisting in connection with M&A transactions, means it is well placed to advise on complex and precedent-setting cases. ’Excellent’ Nicolas Birkhäuser leads the team with his demonstrable expertise across a broad scope of issues from investigation and merger control proceedings to IP-related aspects of competition law. Handling a variety of contentious and non-contentious issues, Thomas A Frick is proficient in competition law in the finance industry, and in handling distribution systems and compliance matters. Anna Mentzer and Paloma Alcántara are other key names within the practice.
Testimonials
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‘Nicolas Birkhäuser is very competent, customer-oriented, flexible and professionally excellent. Over the past years, a very pleasant and uncomplicated cooperation has developed, which we appreciate very much.’
‘NKF has very talented, intelligent and responsive lawyers.’
‘Nicolas Birkhäuser has an excellent expert knowledge and provides understandable advice despite the complexity of the topic.’
‘I work with Nicolas Birkhauser, who serves as local counsel in an international cartel matter. He is excellent - smart, focused, organised, and very balanced.'
'Nicolas Birkhäuser is a good communicator and is very good with clients.’
Key clients
- ASSA ABLOY AB
- Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”)
- Fresenius Kabi
- FibroGen Inc.
- Citigroup
- Stadtcasino Baden
- Invision AG
- Coop Genossenschaft (Coop Cooperative)
- CLS Bank International
- Capvis
- Credit Suisse AG
- BMW Leasing
- Flumroc AG / ROCKWOOL group
- Procter & Gamble
- Schweiter Technologies AG
- Skysale
- Axpo Holding AG
Work highlights
- Advising Fresenius Kabi in the first ever investigation of the Competition Commission regarding relative market power in Switzerland.
- Advising a bank in the first ever investigation of the labour market.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicolas Birkhäuser