Nicolas Birkhäuser is a partner at Niederer Kraft Frey in Zurich. He combines his first-rate practice in competition law with strong expertise in IP. He is distinguished as a leading lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers and other legal directories. Nicolas Birkhäuser has extensive experience representing companies in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, as well as in merger control proceedings, including multijurisdictional coordination. Nicolas Birkhäuser also focuses on IP, including in particular transactions and IP-related contracts. Nicolas Birkhäuser successfully represents leading companies in these industries in high-profile transactions, including, among other things, the setup and growth of their business, cooperation, distribution, sourcing, R&D, market dominance and compliance.