Aree di attività: Diritto della concorrenza

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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Aduno vende Vibbek

Merger Control

| di Gion Giger e Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] | in: Patrik Ducrey/Daniel Zimmerli (Editore) | "Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, Kartellrecht, Band V/2" | Basel | pag. 311-420

Kartellrecht

| di Daniel Zimmerli, Reto Jacobs, Gion Giger e 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 | in: Patrik Ducrey, Daniel Zimmerli (Editore) | "Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht" | 2 | Basel

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

| di 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 e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | Ed.: 2nd edition

Commentary on articles 12-15 of the Swiss Cartel Act

| di Gion Giger [Co-autore] e Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] | in: Amstutz/Reinert (Editore) | "Basler Kommentar Kartellgesetz" | 2. Aufl. | Basel

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

| di 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 e Pascale Köster | Editore: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Kapitel Schweiz

| di Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] e Gion Giger [Co-autore] | in: Global Legal Group Ltd. (Editore) | "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Competition Litigation 2017" | 9th Edition | London | pag. 229–235

Kapitel Schweiz

| di Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] e Gion Giger [Co-autore] | in: Global Legal Group Ltd. (Editore) | "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Competition Litigation 2016" | 8th Edition | London | pag. 268–274

Entwicklungen im Kartellrecht 2015

| di Reto Jacobs | in: SJZ 111 (2015) Nr. 9 | pag. 229–234

Kommentar zu Art. 96 BV

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Ehrenzeller/Schindler/Schweizer/Vallender (Editore) | "Die Schweizerische Bundesverfassung" | 3. Auflage | Zürich/St. Gallen | pag. 1825–1841

Entwicklungen im Kartellrecht 2014

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Schweizerische Juristenzeitung SJZ 110 (2014), Nr. 9 | pag. 229-234

Kapitel Schweiz

| di Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] e Gion Giger [Co-autore] | in: Global Legal Group (Editore) | "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Competition Litigation 2015" | 7th Edition | London | pag. 226–231

Entwicklungen im Kartellrecht 2013

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Schweizerische Juristenzeitung (SJZ) 9/2013 | pag. 207–212

Schweizerisches Wettbewerbsrecht

| di Lucas David [Co-autore] e Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] | Stämpfli Verlag AG | Bern | Ed.: 5. Auflage

Entwicklungen im Kartellrecht 2012

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Schweizerische Juristenzeitung (SJZ) 9/2012 | pag. 215–220

Alleinvertriebsvertrag

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Müller-Chen/Huguenin/Girsberger (Editore) | "Handkommentar zum Schweizer Privatrecht" | 2. Auflage | Zürich | pag. 184 ff.

Entwicklungen im Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht 2011

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) 9/2011 | pag. 206–211

Kommentar zu Art. 12–17 des Schweizerischen Kartellgesetzes

| di Gion Giger [Co-autore] e Reto Jacobs [Co-autore] | in: Amstutz/Reinert (Editore) | "Basler Kommentar Kartellgesetz" | Basel

Entwicklungen im Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht 2010

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) 9/2010 | pag. 216–221

Gesundheitswesen und Kartellgesetz

| di Reto Jacobs | in: Poledna/Jacobs (Editore) | "Gesundheitsrecht im wettbewerblichen Umfeld" | Zürich | pag. 1–19

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