Michael
Tschudin

Partner
Dr. iur. | Attorney at law

Michael Tschudin

Expertise

Competition, Technology and Media, Public Procurement, Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy, Compliance, Sports Desk

About

Michael Tschudin works primarily in the areas of Swiss and European competition law and public business law, as well as M&A. He heads the ICT/IP/Competition Law Team at Wenger Vieli. Since 2021, he has been a board member of the Digital Switzerland Foundation.

As the only Swiss lawyer, WWL ranks Michael Tschudin as a “Global Elite Thought Leader - Competition - Under 45”. Furthermore, WWL includes Michael in the rankings “Competition Future Leaders - Partners 2022” and “National Leaders Switzerland - Competition”.

“I’m a technological optimist. I believe in the people around me and am curious about new projects. As a business lawyer, I gain access to exciting organizations that I work energetically to support.”

Michael Tschudin speaks German, English and French.

Client Testimonial

He thinks out of the box and is strong in questions regarding overlapping law fields. He has a very business-oriented mindset.

Chambers, 2024/2025

Rankings

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Michael Tschudin
31.03.2023

Deal: Shop Apotheke Europe and Galenica enter into stra­te­gic partnership

15.11.2022

Wenger Vieli advised the lead investor Redalpine Opportunity Fund on the closing of Carvolution's Series D Financing Round

25.10.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CONET Tech­no­logies on the acquisition of emineo Group

02.09.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised French impact fund STOA as lead investor on Series B financing round of candi solar

23.08.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Kontron AG on the sale of significant parts of Kontron's IT Services business

02.05.2022

Deal: F10 secures funding round and management buy-in

01.02.2022

Deal: Jakob Müller Holding AG sold TexTrace

17.12.2021

Deal: Klingel-medical metal Acquires Ruetschi Group

16.11.2021

Deal: Investment in Home Instead Group by Unigestion SA

21.09.2021

Deal: Merger of Bring! Labs AG with Profital

13.08.2021

Deal: Advisor to Atlas Antibodies

Insights

Comprehensive Guide to Cartel Enforcement in Switzerland

Competition
 Tschudin Michael
04.09.2024
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: Merger Control by Global Legal Insights 2024

Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Tschudin Michael, Wyss Janica
30.07.2024
EN
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: Cartels by Global Legal Insights 2024

Competition Tschudin Michael
17.07.2024
EN
Publication / Spotlights

The European Union and the Council of Europe Give the Go-Ahead for European AI Regulation

Technology and Media Keller Claudia, Tschudin Michael, Langenegger Matthias
18.03.2024
DEEN
Publication / Guidelines

IT-Projekte aus Kundensicht

Technology and Media Keller Claudia, Tschudin Michael
16.08.2022
DE
Insights

How Should We Deal with Increasing Regulation of the Economy?


 Tschudin Michael, Walti Beat
28.10.2021
Publication / Spotlights

Further tightening of the Cartel Act as of 1 January 2022

Competition Tschudin Michael, Roos Dominique
17.09.2021
DEEN
Publication

Das revidierte Schweizer Datenschutzgesetz – Fokus Meldepflicht von Datenverletzungen

Keller Claudia, Tschudin Michael
07.05.2021
DE
Publication / Checklist

Kartellrechtliche Themen bei Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Tschudin Michael, Roos Dominique
15.03.2021
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Data Breach

Technology and Media Keller Claudia, Roos Dominique, Tschudin Michael
15.03.2021
DEEN
Publication / Spotlights

Need for action due to the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection

Technology and Media Keller Claudia, Roos Dominique, Tschudin Michael
18.02.2021
DEEN
Publication

Widerstandsfähiger IP-Schutz – Ein Muss für Startups

Intellectual Property Law Tschudin Michael, Keller Claudia, Baier Michael
29.09.2020
DE
Publication / Checklist

Beschaffungswesen

Construction and Real Estate, Competition Tschudin Michael, Zanetti Nadine
23.09.2020
DE
Publication / Spotlights

New Procurement Law strengthens Competition on Quality

Construction and Real Estate, Competition Tschudin Michael, Zanetti Nadine
18.09.2020
DEEN
Publication

STARTUP MAGAZIN: Getting your startup ready for seed funding

Venture Capital Baier Michael, Tschudin Michael
22.09.2019
EN
Publication

Exklusivitätsklauseln – zwischen zulässigem Schutz und kartellrechtlichen Schranken

Competition Tschudin Michael, Keller Claudia
26.08.2019
DE
Publication

Bau-Kartellrecht: wie die Dinge stehen

Competition Tschudin Michael
20.03.2019
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Merkblatt Kartellrecht im Vertragswesen

Competition Tschudin Michael
04.02.2019
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Merkblatt zu Dos and Don'ts im Kontakt mit Wettbewerbern

Competition Tschudin Michael, Scherrer Frank
04.02.2019
DE
Publication / Checklist

Checkliste zur Erkennung von kartellrechtlichen Risiken

Competition Tschudin Michael, Scherrer Frank
04.02.2019
DE
Publication

DIKE-Kommentar Kartellrecht, Kommentierung von Art. 50 bis 53 KG

Competition Tschudin Michael
03.09.2018
DE
Publication

Einkaufsgemeinschaften, in: Schweizerisches Kartellrecht in der Praxis

Competition Tschudin Michael
24.04.2018
DE
Publication / Referate

Datenschutzrecht - schauen Sie genau hin!

Präsentation Digitaltag 2017 Keller Claudia, Tschudin Michael
21.11.2017
DE
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: The Public Competition Enforcement Review (9th Edition)

Published in: TLR - The Public Competition Enforcement Review, 2017. Competition Scherrer Frank, Tschudin Michael
03.07.2017
EN
Publication / Spotlights

Tightening Antitrust Law

Competition Scherrer Frank, Tschudin Michael
04.05.2017
DEEN
Publication

Datenschutzrecht - Wo geht es hin?

Erschienen in CH-D Wirtschaft 1/2017 Technology and Media Keller Claudia, Tschudin Michael
20.04.2017
DE
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: The Oil and Gas Law Review (Fourth Edition)

Published in Law Business Research Energy Hünerwadel Andreas, Speck Beat, Tschudin Michael
21.12.2016
EN
Publication

Dos and don'ts im Kontakt mit Wettbewerbern

Erschienen in: CH-D Wirtschaft 1/2016 Tschudin Michael
25.04.2016
DE
Publication

Mitwirkungspflicht an der eigenen Sanktionierung

Erschienen im AJP/PJA 3/2016, S. 323-334 Competition Tschudin Michael
23.03.2016
DE
Publication

Business in Switzerland - Anti-Trust Regulations

Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, 12/2015 Competition Tschudin Michael
09.12.2015
EN
Publication

Wettbewerbskommission und Arbeitsgemeinschaften

Erschienen in Schweizer BauJournal 4/2015 Competition Tschudin Michael
05.10.2015
DE
Publication / Referate

Speech: Umfang und Grenzen der Mitwirkungspflichten und –rechte der Parteien im Kartellverfahren

Tagung der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht am 12. Juni 2015 in Bern Competition Tschudin Michael
24.06.2015
DE
Publication

Glauben, Wissen, Zweifeln - Über das Beweismass im Kartellrecht

Erschienen in: AJP 10/2014, S. 1333-1345 Competition Tschudin Michael
01.10.2014
DE
Publication

Die verhandelte Strafe - Einvernehmliche Regelung neben kartellrechtlicher Sanktion

Erschienen in: AJP 7/2013, S. 1017-1028 Competition Tschudin Michael
01.07.2013
DE
Publication

Diskriminierung als kartellrechtlicher Aufgreiftatbestand

Erschienen in: Jusletter 25. März 2013, S. 1-12 Competition Tschudin Michael
25.03.2013
DE
Publication

Grundsatzentscheid zum freien Onlinehandel

Nach einem neuen Grundsatzentscheid der Wettbewerbskommission (Weko) dürfen Hersteller und Grossisten ihren Handelspartnern den Weitervertrieb über das Internet nicht mehr verbieten. Kartellrechtlich zulässig können dagegen objektive... Tschudin Michael
04.05.2012
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Informationsaustausch zwischen Konkurrenten – eine Gratwanderung

Competition Scherrer Frank, Tschudin Michael
06.03.2012
DE
Publication

Rabatte als Missbrauch einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung gemäss Art. 7 KG

Diss. Fribourg, Basel 2011 Competition Tschudin Michael
03.01.2011
DE

Further publications by Michael Tschudin

Switzerland Chapter, in: Cartels by Global Legal Insights 2019-2023

Switzerland Chapter, in: The Public Competition Enforcement Review (7 th and 8th Edition). Published in: TLR - The Public Competition Enforcement Review, 2015-2016.

Switzerland Chapter, in: The Oil and Gas Law Review (Third Edition). Published in: Law Business Research, 2015.

Since 2020 Partner at Wenger Vieli Ltd.
2015-2022 Lecturer in antitrust and intellectual property law at the University of St. Gallen
2015-2019 Lawyer at Wenger Vieli Ltd.
2014 King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law)
2014 University of Neuchâtel (CAS in judiciary)
2013-2014 Court Clerk at the Federal Administrative Court
2010-2012 Lawyer at Wenger Vieli Ltd.
2010 University of Freiburg (Dr. iur.)
2007 Admission to the Bar
2006-2008 Court Clerk at the District Court of Aarau
2005-2006 Internship at the Swiss Competition Commission
2005 University of Freiburg (lic. iur., Mention in European Law)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Study Association competition law, Swiss Country Study Group
Chambers and PartnersThe Legal 500WWL - Future Leaders Michael TschudinExpert Guides

Michael Tschudin is one of the most commercially aware antitrust lawyers in Switzerland. He is pragmatic with a lot of business sense and well versed in all areas of antitrust.

Client Testimonial, Chambers Europe, 2025/2026

Michael Tschudin is efficient and has an excellent business mindset. He combines outstanding technical skills with a pragmatic, commercial approach. Great ability to establish trust and a real pleasure to work with.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2025/2026

He thinks out of the box and is strong in questions regarding overlapping law fields. He has a very business-oriented mindset.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

We have a very good personal relationship and know what to expect from him.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

Michael Tschudin is always up to the needs of his clients. He is incredibly knowledgeable and a very fine person that people love to work with.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

Michael Tschudin is a very experienced and brilliant lawyer. He has many valuable contacts to authorities and courts.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2024/2025

Mike Tschudin is a great and well experienced competition lawyer, who stands out in his generation.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2024/2025

Michael Tschudin is one of best competition lawyers in Switzerland. In former days, he worked both for the Competition Commission and was hearing competition law appeals at the Swiss Administrative Court. He is very knowledgeable and at the same time down-to-earth. He delivers immediately actionable advice. He is clearly a lawyer to choose.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2024/2025