About
Benoît Merkt is Managing Partner and Head of Competition at Lenz & Staehelin in Switzerland, specialising in competition law, public procurement, regulated markets, internal investigations and litigation. He served in the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission (1998), joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1999 and became partner in 2006; he holds degrees from the University of Neuchâtel and a Master in European and Comparative Law from the University of Oxford.
Practice areas
CompetitionTax-Exempt / Non-Profit OrganizationsRegulated MarketsPublic ProcurementAdministrative LawInternal InvestigationsLitigation
Office
Expertise
Competition lawPublic ProcurementRegulated MarketsInternal InvestigationsAdministrative LawTax-Exempt / Non-Profit OrganizationsLitigation
Education
- University of Neuchâtel — lic. iur., 1992
- University of Oxford — Master in European and Comparative Law, 1996 (Berrow Scholar)
- European and International Trade Law Institute, University of Bern — 1997
- University of Neuchâtel — Dr. iur., 2001
Admissions
- Admission to Bar (1994)
Languages
FrenchEnglishGerman