Prof. Dr Patrick L. Krauskopf is head of the Center for Business Law and Compliance at the ZHAW School of Management and Law. He is an attorney (Zurich/New York) and Chairman of the law firm AGON PARTNERS. In the past, he was a law clerk at the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne and Vice Director and Chief of International Affairs at the Swiss Competition Commission (Comco). Prof. Krauskopf studied at the University of Berkeley, California, and Fribourg, Switzerland (Dr. iur.) and at Harvard Law School (LL.M.).

Legal areas

Competition and antitrust law
Merger law
Intellectual property rights
Public procurement law
Contract and construction law

Languages

German, French, English, Spanish

Memberships

Academic Society for Competition Law ASCOLA
American Bar Association ABA
Board Member/International Advisory Council (UC Berkeley)
EMBA Berne-Fribourg Alumni
Harvard Club of Switzerland HCS
Harvard Law School Association HLSA
International Bar Association IBA
Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence LIDC/ASAS
New York-State Bar Association NYSBA
Antitrust lawyers association
Zurich Bar Association ZAV

Education

2012: Certificate of Advanced Studies in University Teaching (Switzerland, ZHAW)
2005: Bar certification (USA, New York)
2005: LL.M. (USA, Harvard Law School)
1999: Doctor of law (Switzerland, University of Fribourg) with „summa cum laude“
1995: Bar certification (Switzerland, canton of Aargau)
1991: Master/lic. iur (Switzerland, University of Fribourg & USA, University of California Berkeley, with attribute “summa cum laude”

Professional Experience

Since 2014: Partner/Chairman, AGON Partners, Zurich/Pfaeffikon
Since 2003: Head of the Centre for Competition and Commercial Law, Professor at the Zurich University of Applied
Sciences (ZHAW) in competition law, contracts, torts as well as negotiation techniques.
2010 - 2013: Partner, KWP Krauskopf Wagner & Partner, Zurich/Basel/Munich/Pfaeffikon
2002 - 2009: Chief International Affairs, Competition Commission WEKO (Bern) | Representation of Switzerland at OECD, WTO, ICN, UNCTAD
2001 - 2009: Vice-Chair, Competition Commission WEKO (Bern), Head of the department Products & Industry
1999 - 2000: Head of legal services, Competition Commission WEKO (Bern)
1998: Case-Handler, Competition Commission WEKO (Bern)
1996 - 1997: Clerk to a Justice, Swiss Supreme Court (Lausanne)
1995: Legal intern, BSH (Zurich/Baden)
1994: Internship, District Court (Baden)
1992 - 1993: Research associate, Institute for construction law (Fribourg)

Activities

Teaching & Research

Since 2014: Lecturer "Master of International Trade" (Perdana University, Kuala Lumpur)
Since 2010: Lecturer at the FH Luzern
Since 2008: Founder/partner "Ateliers de la Concurrence”
Since 2008: Lecturer at the University of Fribourg
Since 2002: Lecturer at the EMBA FH Fribourg & Bern
Since 2001: Lecturer / appraiser UNCTAD, WTO, ICN, CUTS
Since 1999: Publications (> 60) in German, English, French and Spanish

Legislation

2007: Spearheading the increase of awareness (GVO) of the Competition Commission WEKO (Bern)
2003: Spearheading of sanctions on ordinance of antitrust law (incl. leniency program)
2002: Spearheading the increase of motor vehicle awareness (GVO) of the Competition Commission WEKO (Bern)
2000 - 2003: Spearheading the revision of antitrust law (WEKO)

International Consulting

Since 2001: Spearheading the technical assistance programs or the corresponding involvement in Asia (Vietnam, Lao, Bangladesh), Africa
(Mali, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Guinea Bissau) and in south and central America (Bolivia, Columbia, Peru,
Nicaragua, Salvador, Costa Rica).

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