‘Pragmatic, fast and highly professional’, Prager Dreifuss AG’s areas of knowledge encompass cartel and merger proceedings as well as public procurement law and state aid matters. ’Excellent’ Philipp Zurkinden, who helms the firm’s competition practice, is particularly experienced in abuse of dominance matters and merger controls.
Testimonials
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‘The exchange/contact with the responsible people is excellent. There is a quick response and action and optimal solutions are shown. The treatment of the clientele is very courteous.’
‘The lawyers responsible for us responded excellently to our needs and conducted the negotiations entirely in our interests. Documents were drawn up within a very reasonable period of time and submitted where necessary. We were always well informed about the following (legal) steps.’
‘The team has in-depth expertise in different sectors. They are efficient and creative and deliver the highest quality customised solutions.'
‘Philipp Zurkinden is our main contact person. He has in-depth knowledge of both Swiss and European antitrust law, which makes him very well placed to help.’
‘Pragmatic, fast and highly professional.’
‘Quick perception, pragmatic with excellent know-how.'
‘The competition team at Prager Dreifuss is of very high calibre. It has a wealth of experience in all aspects of competition law. It has special expertise in cartel work and is involved in all major cartel cases. It is a well-respected and all-round team that you can turn to even for the most difficult of cases.’
‘Philipp Zurkinden is an excellent and very dependable competition law expert. He is very analytical and always proceeds with great care. He is creative and never looses sight of the client's objectives. ’
Key clients
- Basler Bankenvereinigung (Basel banking association)
- Zürcher Bankenverband (Zurich banking association)
- Auto Sport GmbH / FIA
- Swisscom
- Deponie Höli
- VAKA (Aargauische Spitäler, Kliniken und Pflegeinstitutionen)
- Promarca (Swiss Brands Association)
Work highlights
- Advising Deponie Höli in an abuse of dominance investigation before the Swiss Competition Commission; the case is accompanied by various media releases. The case is of importance because of interlinks between the conduct of private sector undertakings, public concessions and public supply and environmental concepts and plans.
- Provided a legal opinion to the Basler Bankenvereinigung, the Zürcher Bankenverband and the Arbeitgeberverband der Banken in der Schweiz on the subject of recently launched preliminary investigation regarding alleged collusion amongst various banks on employee salaries.
- Advising VAKA and its hospital members in relation with possible behavioural coordination of insurers before the ComCo and administrative courts.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Philipp Zurkinden