Marquard Christen
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.Alongside extensive experience in competition law matters related to public procurement, ‘well-educated and experienced’ CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. fields a strong offering across cartels, distribution agreements and the implementation of comprehensive antitrust compliance programmes. The team covers a multitude of sectors from construction to consumer goods. ’Business-oriented’ Marquard Christen, Patrick Sommer and Pascal Favre steer the team. Christen demonstrates strong capabilities in handling matters at the interface of competition and public procurement law, while Sommer includes merger control proceedings and antitrust compliance matters in his arsenal of skills. Favre is particularly experienced in the realm of distribution agreements.
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Testimonials
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‘Well educated and experienced in Swiss competition law.’
‘CMS not only has a broad and experienced competition team in Switzerland, but also an unparalleled network of competition experts in all other cities around the globe where CMS is present.'
'You get full partner attention whenever you need it whilst the size of the team allows to scale up for bigger matters. ’
‘Marquard Christen lives and breathes competition/antitrust law and is very good at coming up with solutions that work for us from a business perspective.'
Marquard Christen is very responsive, great at explaining complex topics in an easily understandable manner and a pleasant person to work with.'
‘Hands-on and practical approach. Up to date and very capable consultants. ’
‘They can put themselves in the situation of the client. Comprehensive, friendly and down to earth. ’
‘I have worked closely with Marquard Christen, who has provided my company with outstanding support. He is very business oriented and is able to explain difficult things in a simple way for everyone to understand. ’
Key clients
- Bayer (Switzerland)
- Voigt
- Bank Julius Bär
- A leading Germany-based distributor dealing in pharmaceutical components
- Swisscard
- Hachette Group
- Cruspi (company of Oettinger Davidoff group)
- Rabobank
- Tognetti Auto
- Synlab
- Koch Group
- Hew AG Bauunternehmung Chur
- Synlab
- SNCF Group
- Michelin Group
- Lagardère Group
Work highlights
- Advised the Voigt group in challenging merger control proceedings.
- Represented a major Swiss bank in the first Swiss investigation in the labour market.
- Advised the Hachette Group in the appeal proceedings on the alleged ban on parallel imports in the market for French-language books.
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Marquard Christen, Patrick Sommer, Pascal Favre