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Our Antitrust/Competition expertise

The NKF Competition team offers our domestic and international clients efficient, practical solutions tailored to their specific needs.

We advise on both litigious and non-litigious competition law matters in setting up and running businesses, and in transactions. We advise on investigation proceedings before the Swiss Competition Commission and partner with international firms to coordinate multijurisdictional proceedings worldwide. Our broad business law expertise informs our advice. Working with our Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Technology and Banking, Finance & Regulatory teams, we excel in advising on the competition law aspects of large-scale complex cross-border transactions.

“The lawyers are incredibly diligent, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of Swiss law and Swiss legal procedure and the legal landscape.” – Chambers Europe

Highlights:

  • Actelion in the USD 30 bn takeover of Actelion by Johnson & Johnson and the demerger and spin-off to shareholders of Actelion’s drug discovery and early clinical development business
  • Procter & Gamble advising, among others, on distribution, advertisement and promotions
  • Mitsubishi Corporation on Swiss competition and merger control matters in the acquisition of a minority stake in Bergé Automoción, S.L.
  • ASSA ABLOY in the sale of ASSA ABLOY’s sensor technology business CEDES in Switzerland to capiton AG
  • CLS, a joint venture owned by 81 banks worldwide, on the enforceability of rules and regulations vis-à-vis CLS’ clearing members and the assessment under competition law
  • Capvis (Swiss PE house) in various acquistions on competition law matters and merger control filings in Switzerland and the coordination and supervising of filings in other jurisdictions
  • FibroGen Inc. in a dispute with one of its contract manufacturers
  • Schweiter Technologies AG on competition law on merger control in connection with the acquisition of a 40 per cent stake in JMB Wind Engineering (JMB)
  • Advising various insitutions in major cartel investigations by the Swiss Competition Comission, including in the Swiss LIBOR, FX, leasing, and bid rigging investigations

Deals & Cases

19.01.2024

Rayner Group acquires This AG

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01.11.2023

Swiss Steel successfully completes divestiture of Eastern European entities

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30.08.2023

IDAK Food Group acquires Romer’s Hausbäckerei AG

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Awards & Rankings

06.02.2024

Nineteen NKF lawyers listed as “Thought Leaders Switzerland 2023” by Who’s Who Legal

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16.06.2023

NKF recognised as “Law Firm of the Year” for Mergers and Acquisitions Law by Best Lawyers/…

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16.01.2023

Twelve NKF lawyers listed as “Thought Leaders Switzerland 2022” by Who’s Who Legal

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Firm News

01.01.2011

Niederer Kraft Frey appoints two new Partners and welcomes Prof. Dr. Rolf Sethe as new Of Counsel

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Newsletters & Alerts

22.04.2020

Competition Law – COVID-19 Update

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02.05.2017

Major re-interpretation of Swiss competition law

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Publications

07.03.2024

Competition Law in Switzerland: Overview (Übersicht über das Schweizer Kartellrecht), 2024

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15.11.2022

Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation und Retention-Agreements in M&A-Transaktionen 2022

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09.09.2022

Information Exchange and Related Risks – Switzerland Chapter 2022

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Speaking Engagements

23.06.2023

Roundtable – Marktmachtmissbrauch – Quo Vadis? (Roundtable – Abuse of Dominance – Quo Vadis?),…

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20.05.2023

Fiction or Reality: Who cares about effects in competition law? 2022

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25.10.2022

Informationsaustausch zwischen Wettbewerbern (Information Exchange between Competitors), 2022

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