Advising across the full gamut of competition matters, Lenz & Staehelin demonstrates prowess across merger controls, abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, among other issues. Leveraging its strong cross-border capabilities, the team possesses notable expertise advising on international horizontal cartel investigations, as well as multi-jurisdictional merger filings. The practice enjoys an established presence in regulated industries, particularly telecoms, energy and media. Marcel Meinhardt, who specialises in a range of Swiss and European merger control work, and Benoît Merkt, who has a strong grounding in regulatory complexities across multiple sectors, jointly lead the practice. Astrid Waser, Sevan Antreasyan and Sinem Süslü are also recommended.

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  • 'A very competent and courteous team. Great knowledge in the field and a very good and structured approach.'

Key clients

  • Allfunds Bank Group
  • AG Hallenstadion
  • AURA Blockchain Consortium
  • Bain Capital Private Equity
  • BMW
  • Chanel
  • Cinven Limited
  • City of Geneva
  • Colgate Palmolive
  • CRH
  • CTS Eventim
  • Daimler
  • Dargaud
  • Deutsche Bank
  • ENGIE Services AG
  • European Broadcasting Union
  • Ford
  • Geberit Vertriebs AG
  • Geistlich Pharma AG
  • HgCapital
  • Honda
  • HSBC
  • Implenia
  • INEOS Group (Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited)
  • Mastercard
  • Maus Frères SA (owner of companies and brands such as Manor, Gant and Lacoste)
  • MSC
  • Pfizer
  • PostFinance
  • Richemont
  • Swiss Post
  • Swisscom
  • Swissquote
  • TA Associates
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Ticketcorner
  • TotalEnergies
  • Unilever
  • Vigier / Vicat
  • XXXLutz
  • Zendesk

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marcel Meinhardt, Benoît Merkt

Other key lawyers

Astrid Waser, Sevan Antreasyan, Sinem Süslü