Dr iur Richard Stäuber LL.M., M.A. > Homburger > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Homburger Offices
PRIME TOWER
HARDSTRASSE 201
8005 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Dr iur Richard Stäuber LL.M., M.A.
Work Department
Technology and Digital Economy, Competition, Regulatory, Healthcare / Life Sciences.
Position
Partner. Richard Stäuber focuses on Swiss and European competition law. He has extensive experience in all areas of competition law, including cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings; national and international merger control proceedings; dawn raids; and leniency proceedings. He advises clients with respect to distribution systems, co-operation agreements and licensing arrangements.
Career
Richard Stäuber joined Homburger in 2011 and was promoted to partner in 2020. Between 2012 and 2013 he worked in the Brussels office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
Languages
Richard's working languages are German and English; he also speaks French, Italian and Dutch.
Memberships
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. ABA. IBA. Swiss and Zurich bar associations.
Education
Richard Stäuber was educated in law at the Universities of Geneva and St. Gallen (lic iur 2005; Dr iur, 2011) and at Harvard Law School (LLM, 2010), and obtained a degree in economics from King’s College London (MA, 2017).
Personal
Country-head Switzerland and member of the Board of Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht. Non-Governmental Advisor to the Swiss Competition Commission for the International Competition Network. Co-editor of the Swiss Journal of Competition Law (SZK –Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht).
Hiring Partner of Homburger.
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
Homburger houses a broad offering which often advises on cross-border merger control, financing, and patent enforcement mandates. The team notably assists Novartis, Biocorp Holding, and Catalent. Daniel Häusermann stands out due to his broad experience in equity capital markets transactions, and both public and private M&A, while Andri Hess often assists clients with patent litigation and contractual IP issues. Richard Stäuber is well-known for his vast knowledge of merger control and competition investigation issues, with a strong focus on distribution arrangements.
Switzerland > Public law
(Next Generation Partners)Switzerland > Competition
(Next Generation Partners)Highlighted for its ‘unique expertise in major cases’, Homburger draws superlative praise for its capacity to handle high-profile complex transactions for blue-chip companies; the team demonstrates excellence in relation to contentious merger control proceedings, which routinely span multiple jurisdictions. The ‘knowledgeable, experienced and business oriented’ Marcel Dietrich
spearheads the firm’s competition offering with his extensive experience in regulated markets such as energy, healthcare, and transport. Veteran practitioner Franz Hoffet possesses vast expertise across the full spectrum of competition and antitrust law, while the ‘fantastic’ Richard Stäuber bolsters the practice with his strengths in distribution arrangements, cooperation projects, and license agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Competition Switzerland
- Healthcare and life sciences Switzerland
- Next Generation Partners Switzerland > Competition
- Next Generation Partners Switzerland > Public law
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- Tax