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.
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Testimonials
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‘Indisputably, the best competition team in Switzerland in both litigation and merger control.'
‘Benoît Merkt is extremely clear and always advises you in a pragmatic way with a real sense of business. His younger partner Sevan Antreasyan is the name to watch. Excellent as well.’
‘Best team in in Switzerland for competition - technical expertise with commercial pragmatism.’
‘Benoît Merkt is a standout individual - always open and available at short notice. Top expert with commercial pragmatism.’
‘Depth of regulatory understanding for this jurisdiction.’
‘Marcel Meinhardt is a star, always helpful on every topic we put to him.’
‘Extremely professional, excellent quality and great advice. They have excellent knowledge of the legal system and have extensive experience with similar cases. I can't imagine a team being even better.’
‘Benoît Merkt is outstanding - highly intelligent, pragmatic and sensitive to client's goals and objectives’
Key clients
- Allfunds Bank Group
- Alliance SwissPass
- AG Hallenstadion
- APG|SGA
- AURA Blockchain Consortium
- Bain Capital Private Equity
- BMW
- Chanel
- Cinven
- City of Geneva
Lawyers
Hall of fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Marcel Meinhardt; Benoît Merkt
Other key lawyers
Astrid Waser; Sevan Antreasyan; Sinem Süslü