Dr Marcel Meinhardt > Lenz & Staehelin > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Lenz & Staehelin provides a full-service public law practice, with services offered in both contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm has substantial experience in advising on energy infrastructure projects and regulatory compliance whilst also acting on telecommunication procurement investigations for both contracting authorities as well as providers. Benoît Merkt, operating out of Geneva, specialises in public economic law, including internal market and public procurement issues. Marcel Meinhardt has advised on many high-profile cases in the postal and media sector and has expertise in competition issues. Astrid Waser frequently practises in procurement proceedings, often being IT-related.

Regarded for its combination of ‘technical expertise with commercial pragmatism’, Lenz & Staehelin maintains a broad offering that extends across abuse of dominance issues, restrictive practices, and cartel investigations. Other core streams of work for the team include dawn raids and leniency issues. The practice is steered by ‘star’ lawyer Marcel Meinhardt and ‘top expert’ Benoît Merkt; the former is a tour-de-force across the sectors of insurance, banking, and energy, among others, while the latter is renowned for his strengths in managing Swiss and European merger control issues. Astrid Waser demonstrates considerable prowess on the non-contentious side, while Sevan Antreasyan possesses expertise in relation to merger control, cartel investigations and infringement proceedings.