Avocates et Avocats Reto Jacobs

Reto Jacobs

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Avocat

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Zurich

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Téléphone direct: +41 58 658 56 40
reto.jacobs@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Domaines d'activité: Droit de la concurrence

"Reto Jacobs is highly esteemed for his broad practice advising clients on the competition law aspects of high-value mergers and representing them in significant behavioral investigations before the Competition Commission. He also has experience acting for interested parties in appeals against authority decisions." - Chambers and Partners

"Reto Jacobs is extremely reliable and experienced." - Lexology

Reto Jacobs heads the Antitrust and Competition Team. He advises domestic and foreign companies with respect to all competition law issues, represents them before competition authorities and courts, and assists them in complex merger filings. Reto Jacobs advises also with respect to distribution systems and he supports various companies with respect to their antitrust compliance programs. He is lecturer at the University of St. Gall.

Born in 1964, Reto Jacobs was educated at the University of St. Gall (lic. iur. 1990, Dr. iur. 1997). He obtained an additional degree in European competition law from the University of Amsterdam (LL.M. 1993) and stayed as visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley.

Reto Jacobs speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

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Merger Control

Kartellrecht

20 juillet 2023 | par Daniel Zimmerli, Reto Jacobs, Gion Giger et Blaise Carron, Clémence Grisel Rapin, Andreas Heinemann, Bernhard Lauterburg, Vincent Martenet, Peter Georg Picht, Olivier Schaller, Felix Schraner, Luca Stäuble, Walter A. Stoffel, Pierre Tercier, Rolf H. Weber, Roger Zäch, Philipp E. Zurkinden | dans: Patrik Ducrey, Daniel Zimmerli (edit.) | «Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht» | 2 | Basel

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

15 mai 2023 | par Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz et Pascale Köster | edit.: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | éd.: 2nd edition

Commentary on articles 12-15 of the Swiss Cartel Act

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

5 juin 2020 | par Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler et Pascale Köster | edit.: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch