Marquard Christen

Practice Areas

Competition/Antitrust; Public Procurement.

Career

Admission to the Swiss Bar (2003); Associate with CMS Switzerland (2004–2016); University of New South Wales, LL.M. (2007); Delegate with the ICRC (2009–2010); IHEI/University of Geneva, MAS (2011); Head of Public Procurement Group of CMS Switzerland (since 2015); Partner at CMS Switzerland (since 2017); member of Steering Committee of global CMS Competition Group (since 2018).

Professional Memberships

Antitrust Law Association (Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht); Swiss Association on Public Procurement; Swiss and Zurich Bar Association; Expert Group Antitrust Law of Zurich Bar Association; Expert Group Digitalisation of Swiss Bar Association.

Publications

International distribution and license agreements affected by recent Swiss competition law decisions (2019); Agency Agreements under Swiss competition law (2018); annual contribution to The Merger Control Review (The Law Reviews, since 2017); various newsletters on current developments in competition law.

Personal

Marquard Christen advises Swiss and foreign companies on all aspects of Swiss and EU competition law and represents them in proceedings before competition authorities and courts. He has acquired particular expertise in various industries including automotive, construction, consumer goods, IT, pharmaceutical, telecommunication, and payment solutions.

Key clients include: Hawa Sliding Solutions Ltd., Koch Group Ltd., Rimowa, Sunrise Communications Ltd., Swisscard AECS

Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch

Webpage: cms.law/en/che/people/marquard-christen