Competition

Homburger

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.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Marcel Dietrich is very knowledgeable, experienced and business oriented.’
‘A strong knowledge of the functioning of the local competition authority.'
'Very strong in understanding the key points of the case.’
‘Unique expertise in major cases.'
'A capacity to convince the local competition authority.’
‘Richard Stäuber is fantastic. A very approachable person, highly intelligent and great to work with. The entire team is extremely strong and top of the list in Switzerland and Europe.’
'The team, not only the partners, are all very experienced with a strong knowledge of the functioning of the local competition authority. This is precisely what the clients expect. Besides this, they are very strong in understanding the key points of the case. They also act very swiftly.'
'Unique expertise in major cases. Capacity to convince the local competition authority. Go right to the point.'

Key clients

UBS
VISA Europe
Catalent
Nestlé
Permira
Sonic Healthcare
Vencora UK
Vista Equity Partners
Blackstone
Implenia
AMAG
AMAG Leasing
F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Wendel

Work highlights

Representing Catalent in Swiss merger control proceedings related to its $16.5bn acquisition by Novo Holdings.
Representing VISA in proceedings related to COMCO’s investigation on interchange fees related to VISA’s debit cards.
Advised Vencora as global lead counsel on merger control proceedings in its public acquisition of Crealogix.

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