News & Insights
Updates on new developments and trends in competition law & regulation.
Study on the competition law assessment of agreements in Switzerland and the EU
Comparing Switzerland with the EU, which jurisdiction is more stringent in the competition law assessment of agreements? I was commissioned by the Swiss State Secretariat
The “EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation” and Swiss-EU relations
The EU is in the process of setting additional limits to subsidy competition by non-EU states. With the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation, the EU is
State supported bank rescue without state aid control – the UBS/Credit Suisse case
On Sunday, 19 March 2023, the Swiss government (the Federal Council) decided to support the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. One can only wonder how
The EU adopts new rules against foreign subsidies – who should worry now?
As has been widely reported, the EU wants to expand its defence mechanism against undesirable subsidies and other state aid from non-EU countries. The European
Swiss Competition Commission reviews guidance on vertical restraints
The Swiss Competition Commission is consulting stakeholders on its revised Communication concerning the Competitive Assessment of Vertical Agreements (“the Swiss Vertical Communication”) and the accompanying
