Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Zurich / Competition and Antitrust / Energy and Telecommunication / Intellectual Property / Distribution and Licensing / Public and Administrative Law

David Mamane is a Partner and head of Schellenberg Wittmer's Competition Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are competition/antitrust law, public law and distribution agreements. He regularly advises clients in proceedings before the Swiss ComCo and is experienced in all aspects of Swiss and European competition law, including national and multi-jurisdictional merger control procedures, cartel investigations, dawn raids, internal investigations, compliance and leniency procedures.

David Mamane is a lecturer in competition law at the University of Lucerne and the co-founder of the European Competition Lawyers Association ECLA; www.competitionlawyers.org

David Mamane is highly recommended by the legal directories. According to Chambers “his work across the gamut of antitrust matters is praised by peers and clients” and Who’s Who Legal says that he possesses “excellent expertise in all competition matters”, is “one of the most prominent lawyers in his jurisdiction”, and “second to none in Switzerland”.

Experience:

• Advising in proceedings before the Swiss Competition Commission and experienced in Swiss and European competition law
• Broad experience in national and multi-jurisdictional merger control procedures, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, dawn raids, internal investigations, compliance, and leniency procedures
• Advice to national and multinational clients on competition law aspects in exclusive and selective distribution agreements as well as licensing agreements
• Large-scale internal competition law investigations, compliance audits and trainings, e-learning, and mock dawn raids
• Telecom and energy regulation, investigations by the Price Inspector, public procurement procedures

2011 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2009 - Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2006 - Senior Associate at a Swiss business law firm

2004 - Associate in an international law firm in Brussels

2003 - Teaching Assistant at the College of Europe in Bruges

2000 - Associate at a Swiss business law firm

1999 - Founder of a Swiss IT law firm

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Lecturer at the University of Lucerne Member of the Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations, Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. and ABA's SIL International Antitrust Committee

2003 - LL.M. in European Law, College of Europe, Bruges

2000 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

1997 - lic. iur., University of Basel