Patrick Sommer
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition/Antitrust
Band 4
About
Provided by Patrick Sommer
Practice Areas
Competition & EU; Corporate/M&A; Life Sciences; Consumer Products; Commercial.
Career
University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 1987; Dr iur., 1989); Bar Admission in 1989; College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium) (H.E.E., 1991); worked for seven years in the legal department of a Swiss multinational group where he has been promoted to the offices of General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors (1991-1999); joined CMS in 2000; Partner since 2002.
Professional Memberships
Zurich Bar; Swiss Bar; international advisory board of the “St. Gallen International Competition Forum”; Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht.
Personal
Languages: German, English, French.
Webpage: https://cms.law/en/che/people/patrick-sommer
Chambers Review
Europe
Patrick Sommer is a popular choice with clients from the pharmaceutical and financial services sector for representation in Competition Commission investigations and appeals against adverse decisions. He also has experience advising clients on the competition law compliance aspects of proposed joint ventures.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has an excellent combination of business acumen and subject matter expertise."
"He has an excellent combination of business acumen and subject matter expertise."
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