Gion Giger is counsel in the Antitrust and Competition Team. His preferred areas of practice include competition law, distribution law, contract and commercial law. In particular, he advises on legal issues at the interface of sector-specific regulation and competition law. Gion Giger represents undertakings before competition authorities and courts, and assists them in complex merger filings.
Born in 1975, Gion Giger was educated at the University of Berne (lic. iur. 1999), the University of Zurich (Dr. iur. 2003) and the King’s College London (LL.M. in Competition Law 2009). He has working experience as a research assistant at the Universities of Berne and Zurich, as a trainee with Walder Wyss and as a law clerk at the District Court of Horgen.
Gion Giger speaks German, English, French, Italian and Romansh. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
The ordinary mandate (Commentary to articles 394–406 of the Swiss Code of Obligations)
Termination of an after sales agreement for motor vehicles. Remarks concerning the Federal Supreme Court"s decision of 6 September 2011, 4A_101/20011
«Jovani», Decision of the Commercial Court of Zurich from 17 May 2010 – A ban of direct sales by the supplier is lawful from an antitrust perspective
Recent developments in competition law in the fields of abuse of a dominant position and merger control
Vertical Agreements: Recent Developments in Swiss and European Competition Law
The new European Block Exemption Regulation for Vertical Agreements
Commentary to articles 12–17 of the Swiss Cartel Act
The ordinary mandate (Commentary to articles 394 - 406 of the Swiss Code of Obligations)
How to ensure a good Corporate Governance – in special consideration of the contribution of the Registrar of Commerce
Liability of Lawyers for Third Party Legal Opinions
Corporate Governance as a new element in the Swiss stock company law
Is the Swiss stock company law effectual with regard to contemporary Corporate Governance?
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