Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd‘s administrative law and public procurement team, led by David Mamane and Yves Jeanrenaud, has long-term experience in the energy, life sciences, media, and transport industries, and often represents clients before the cantonal and federal courts. Mamane has special expertise in competition law, energy regulation, and public procurement. Real estate and construction expert Jeanrenaud regularly advises and represents clients in public procurement issues, building permits, and due diligence procedures, and has experience in environmental law, and energy law. The team benefits from the expertise of specialists in other fields, such as Roland Mathys and Lorenza Ferrari Hofer, who support the team on technology and IP-related public law issues, Philipp Groz, with domestic and international dispute resolution, and Grégoire Wuest who supports on banking and finance issues.
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Key clients
- Axpo Energy Utility
- BKW (Utility company for the canton of Bern)
- Uber
- Varo Energy
- Sopra Steria
- ELCA Informatique
- CSC Computer Science Corporation
- Fairtiq
- Bouygues / Losinger Marazzi
- Husqvarna
- Orphanhealthcare
- Gasverbund MIttelland (GVM
- )Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB)
- Energie Wasser Luzern
- Erdgas Zentralschweiz
- SWITCH
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- Pandemic Taskforce of the Information Security Society Switzerland (ISSS)
- Ringier AG
Work highlights
- Providing regulatory and corporate advice to Uber, in particular in the context of the implementation of new regulations in various cantons and regulatory procedures with supervising authorities.
- Advised and represented Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland in an appeal to the Federal Administrative Court regarding the request for temporary emergency aid for the media due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Advising a Swiss Canton on the re-drafting of the legislation for the taxation at source, meaning drafting a new law and implementing regulations including the explanations for the parliament.
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David Mamane is a partner and head of Schellenberg Wittmer's Competition Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are competition/antitrust law, telecommunications and energy regulation, public procurement, as well as license and distribution agreements. David regularly advises clients in proceedings before the Swiss Competition Commission and is experienced in all aspects of Swiss and European competition law, including national and multi-jurisdictional merger control procedures, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, dawn raids, internal investigations, compliance, e-learning, and leniency procedures. David has established himself as one of the most renowned Swiss competition lawyers at the international level due to his involvement in international conferences and matters. David is additionally highly specialized in the field of IT and is a co-founder of a legal consulting firm in the IT sector. With this unique expertise, David leads IT and Knowledge Management at Schellenberg Wittmer.