Dr. Daniel Emch

Attorney at Law, Partner, LL.M.

Daniel Emch specializes in the areas of antitrust law, competition law as well as commercial and contract law.

About

Daniel Emch specializes in the areas of antitrust law, competition law and corporate law as well as general commercial and contract law.
Daniel Emch is the head of our specialist team for antitrust and competition law. He represents clients in proceedings before the competition commission, the civil courts, the price regulator, and sector-specific regulatory authorities. He also provides antitrust advice and training.

 

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Assistance

Carole Hutter

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Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French
Recommended by Chambers, Legal500, GCR and Who’s Who Legal in the practice area of Competition and Antitrust Law
Chambers Europe 2022: Daniel Emch's work portfolio encompasses merger control procedures and investigations. He is experienced in representing clients in cases before the Swiss Competition Commission. A client lauds him, stating that "he grasps complex issues extremely quickly and advises in a way that is easy to understand."

Expertise

Practice Areas

Corporate and Business Law / M&A
Antitrust and Competition Law
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmacology and Biotechnology

Sectors

Energy and Natural Resources
Financial Services and Insurance
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Industry and Trade
Public Sector and Procurement
Technology / IMT

Experience

Ranking & Awards
Board of Directors and association mandates
Career
Memberships
Education
  • Recommended by Chambers, Legal500, GCR and Who’s Who Legal in the practice area of Competition and Antitrust Law
  • Chambers Europe 2022: Daniel Emch's work portfolio encompasses merger control procedures and investigations. He is experienced in representing clients in cases before the Swiss Competition Commission. A client lauds him, stating that "he grasps complex issues extremely quickly and advises in a way that is easy to understand."
  • Legal 500: "Daniel Emch is a very smart strategist. He has a good feeling for realistic points of view. He also has an impressive knowledge of economics. Towards clients, he is uncomplicated, direct and natural.“; "Daniel Emch analyses quickly and precisely and has a very good tactical sense for target-oriented strategies. He is a brilliant lawyer with an extraordinarily good knowledge of competition and regulatory economics.“
  • Member of the board of a real estate company
  • Since 2012: Partner at Kellerhals Carrard
  • 2006–2011: Associate and senior associate at Kellerhals Attorneys Bern
  • 2002–2003: Research assistant at the Institute of Business Law at the University of Bern
  • 2001–2002: Clerk of the court
  • 1998: Secretariat of the competition commission

 

  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht
  • Swiss Bar Association, member of the specialist group on antitrust law
  • Bern Bar Association, vice-president of the Antitrust Law Group

 

  • 2006: Dr. iur., "summa cum laude", University of Bern
  • 2005: LL.M., London School of Economics LSE
  • 2000: lic. iur., "magna cum laude", University of Bern

 

Scientific publications

Scientific publications
2025

Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2025 - Switzerland: Spotlighting judicial practice as major change lies ahead

Stefanie Alder, Dr. Daniel Emch, Stefanie Karlen, Corinne Wüthrich-Harte
Scientific publications
2024

Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024 - Switzerland: new COMCO president and revised legislation signify change of gear in competition regulation

Dr. Daniel Emch, Stefanie Karlen, Corinne Wüthrich-Harte
Scientific publications
2023

Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023 - Switzerland: An era of potential modernisation

Dr. Daniel Emch, Stefanie Karlen, Corinne Wüthrich-Harte
Scientific publications
2023

SZK Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht

Dr. Daniel Emch
Scientific publications
2022

Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023 - Switzerland Switzerland: Fighting Against Being a High-Price Island

Dr. Daniel Emch, Stefanie Karlen, Corinne Wüthrich-Harte
Scientific publications
2021

The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2021

Dr. Daniel Emch, Stefanie Karlen
All Scientific publications

News

NewsDeals & Cases
16. July 2024

Deal Ticker: Kellerhals Carrard berät BKW als Lead Counsel beim Mehrheitserwerb von HelveticWind

NewsChambers
14. March 2024

Kellerhals Carrard Earns Top Honors in Chambers Europe 2024

NewsEvents & Seminars
1. November 2023

Compliance Event 2023 - Compliance und Wettbewerbsrecht

NewsEvents & Seminars
31. October 2023

KC Compliance Event 2023

NewsDeals & Cases
23. August 2023

Deal Ticker: Novartis hands over the Life-Science-Park Rhine Valley to GETEC Switzerland.

NewsDeals & Cases
31. March 2023

Deal Ticker: Switzerland's leading online pharmacy established – Kellerhals Carrard advises Galenica

All News

Rankings & Awards

Rankings & Awards
2022

Chambers Europe 2022: Daniel Emch 's work portfolio encompasses merger control procedures and investigations. He is experienced in representing clients in cases before the Swiss Competition Commission. A client lauds him, stating that "he grasps complex issues extremely quickly and advises in a way that is easy to understand."

Dr. Daniel Emch
Rankings & Awards
2021

Chambers Europe 2021

Dr. Daniel Emch
Rankings & Awards
2020

Legal500 2020/Competition: "Daniel Emch: uncomplicated, direct and very communicative, he understands the client's concerns and is able to use his team's resources very effectively and efficiently for their benefit. This results in legal documents and other work that do not fail to have an effect on authorities and courts."

Dr. Daniel Emch
Rankings & Awards
2020

Chambers Europe 2020: Daniel Emch handles an array of competition mandates, including investigations, appeals and merger control mandates. One client praises his "very goal-driven" attitude, adding: "The answers come with recommendations on the steps to follow and the analysis he provides is very in-depth."

Dr. Daniel Emch
Rankings & Awards
2020

WHO'S WHO LEGAL 2020: Global Competition Law Guide: Recommended

Dr. Daniel Emch
Rankings & Awards
2020

WHO'S WHO LEGAL 2020: National Competition Law Guide: Recommended: "Daniel Emch of Kellerhals Carrard is "well known" and "definitely one to be on the list" for his expertise and experience".

Dr. Daniel Emch
All Rankings & Awards

Further publications

Further publications
11. June 2021

Umsetzung der Fair-Preis-Initiative auf dem Gesetzesweg: Ausdehnung der Missbrauchsaufsicht auf relativ marktmächtige Unternehmen und Einführung des Geoblocking-Verbots

Dr. Daniel Emch, Umberto Milano, Christophe Rapin
Further publicationsLegal News
2016

Fair-Preis-Initiative - Zu schön, um wahr zu sein

Dr. Daniel Emch
Further publicationsLegal News
2016

Fehler Programmiert

Dr. Daniel Emch
Further publicationsLegal News
2014

Marktbeherrschung als Voraussetzung für die sektorspezifische Regulierung der Fernmeldemärkte: Die Korrektur eines Systemfehlers ist angezeigt

Dr. Daniel Emch
Further publicationsLegal News
2013

Ein Bumerang - Der Nationalrat soll auf die Kartellgesetzrevision nicht eintreten

Dr. Daniel Emch
Further publicationsPublications
2012

Berner Kommentar zur schweizerischen Zivilprozessordnung

Dr. Daniel Emch
All Further publications

Media

Media

Regelmässige Beiträge zum Kartellrecht bei Thomson Reuters' Practical Law-Webseite

Dr. Daniel Emch
Media

Regelmässige Beiträge zum Kartellrecht bei Thomson Reuters' Practical Law-Webseite

Dr. Daniel Emch
All Media

Contact

Bern

Effingerstrasse 1
Postfach
CH-3001 Bern


Tel. +41 58 200 35 00
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
info@kellerhals-carrard.ch
 

Contact

Dr. Daniel Emch
Tel. +41 58 200 35 49
Fax +41 58 200 35 11
daniel.emch@kellerhals-carrard.ch

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