Dr. Felix Schraner Lawyer

Work at ZHAW

Focus

Felix Schraner combines a 360-degree perspective on law, business and politics, and has over 10 years of teaching experience and more than 15 years of experience as a lawyer specialising in national and international business and competition law – both in legislation and in enforcement. Felix Schraner teaches at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Since 2021, he has been a partner at IXAR Legal AG, having previously worked as a partner at a business law firm in Zurich. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as a lawyer at KPMG AG in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group and also served as KPMG Switzerland’s Data Protection Officer. Between 2009 and 2013, he deepened his expertise in international commercial law as a legal advisor at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). After studying law at the Universities of Zurich and Strasbourg, he was admitted to the Bar in the Canton of Zurich in 2005. In 2010, he completed his doctorate at the University of Zurich with a dissertation on commercial law, for which he was awarded the Issekutz Prize. He is co-editor of the DIKE commentary on the Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition (Zurich/St. Gallen 2018) and has published various specialist articles on competition law. As an expert, he is regularly quoted in leading media. He speaks German, English and French.

Network

Awards

Issekutz Prize – Doctoral thesis: "Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law – Their Relationship and the Unilateral Introduction of Regional Exhaustion in Patent Law"
University of Zurich, Faculty of Law
04 / 2010

Social media

LinkedIn

Media presence

• Keep Calm During a House Search, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, August 6, 2015
• Suppliers File Charges Against Migros, SonntagsZeitung, June 7, 2020
• An Indication of Price Collusion, K-Tipp, October 27, 2020
• The UBS Giant Must Be Structured in a Competition-Friendly Way, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 19, 2023, Tribune (Guest Commentary)
• The Roche Monopoly Is Untenable, SonntagsBlick, April 19, 2021
• The Competition Problem of the UBS Deal, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 17, 2023
• No aimless tinkering with the Cartel Act – the law in force today is coherent and internationally compatible, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 25 August 2025, Tribune (Guest Commentary)

Publications

• Baldi, Marino; Schraner, Felix,

  2025.

  Modernes Kartellrecht basiert auf fachlich erprobten Konzepten.

  Aktuelle Juristische Praxis.

  34(8), pp. 813-816.

• Schraner, Felix; von Bassewitz, Alexander,

  2024.

  Siegelung – eine sofortige und wirksame Verteidigungsmassnahme : neue Bestimmungen der Strafprozessordnung.

  Expert Focus.

  2024(4), pp. 187-191.

• Baldi, Marino; Schraner, Felix,

  2023.

  UBS-Koloss wettbewerbsfreundlich gestalten!.

  Jusletter.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.38023/ed7ec370-8fec-4dc1-b786-327267923a79

• Schraner, Felix; Schopf, Dominic C.,

  2022.

  Bundesgericht, II. öffentlich-rechtliche Abteilung, Urteil 2C_43/2020.

  Aktuelle Juristische Praxis.

  31, pp. 651-660.

• Baldi, Marino; Schraner, Felix,

  2015.

  20 Jahre: und kein bisschen weiter? : zum wettbewerbspolitischen Verständnis von Art. 5 Kartellgesetz.

  Aktuelle juristische Praxis.

  2015(11), pp. 1529-1537.

• Baldi, Marino; Schraner, Felix,

  2015.

  Die kartellrechtlichen Urteile des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts im Fall «Baubeschläge» : revisionistisch oder nur beiläufig falsch?.

  Aktuelle juristische Praxis.

  2015(2), pp. 269-278.

• Schraner, Felix; Schopf, Dominic,

  2025.

  Kommentierung von Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. h und i UWG.

  In:

  Heizmann, Reto; Loacker, Leander D., eds.,

  Bundesgesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) : Kommentar.

  Zürich:

  Dike.

  pp. 610-671.

• Schraner, Felix; Schopf, Dominic,

  2025.

  Kommentierung von Art. 3 Abs. 1 lit. p und q UWG.

  In:

  Heizmann, Reto; Loacker, Leander D., eds.,

  Bundesgesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (UWG) : Kommentar.

  Zürich:

  Dike.

  pp. 736-761.

• Zäch, Roger; Schraner, Felix; Stäuble, Luca,

  2023.

  Ausnahmsweise Zulassung aus überwiegenden öffentlichen Interessen.

  In:

  Ducrey, Patrik; Zimmerli, Daniel, eds.,

  Kartellrecht.

  Basel:

  Helbing & Lichtenhahn.

  Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht (SIWR) ; V/2.

• Zäch, Roger; Stäuble, Luca; Schraner, Felix,

  2023.

  Verhaltensweisen marktbeherrschender und relativ marktmächtiger Unternehmen.

  In:

  Ducrey, Patrik; Zimmerli, Daniel, eds.,

  Kartellrecht.

  Basel:

  Helbing & Lichtenhahn.

  pp. 193-309.

  Schweizerisches Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht ; V/2.

• Krauskopf, Patrick; Schraner, Felix,

  2017.

  Kartellrechtliche Compliance : Praxistipps für Unternehmen und Manager.

  In:

  Schulthess Manager Handbuch 2017.

  Zürich:

  Schulthess.

  pp. 61-69.

• Schraner, Felix; Kilchmann, Jörg,

  2016.

  Switzerland.

  In:

  von Busekist, Konstantin, ed.,

  International compliance : legal requirements of business organisation in over 30 countries.

  München:

  Beck.

  pp. 592-623.

• Schraner, Felix; Diem, Maximilian; Babey, Fabio,

  2025.

  Cartels laws and regulations 2025 : Switzerland.

  In:

  Burrows, Euan; Fosselard, Denis, eds.,

  Cartels Laws and Regulations 2025.

  Global Legal Group.

  Global Legal Insights – Cartels ; 13.

  Available from: https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/cartels-laws-and-regulations/switzerland/

• Zäch, Roger; Schraner, Felix; Schopf, Dominic; Brosette, Uwe,

  2023.

  Gutachten Agentursysteme im KFZ-Bereich : kartellrechtliche Grenzen in der Schweiz und der EU.

  Bern:

  Auto Gewerbe Verband Schweiz.

  Available from: https://www.agvs-upsa.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/AGVS_ROOT/AGVS-UPSA/Recht_und_Politik/Politik/Aktuelle_Themen/Agenturmodell/2023-03-21_agvs_gutachten_zur_agentur_vfinal.pdf

• Schraner, Felix,

  2020.

  Kartellrecht und Datenschutz – effektive Compliance trotz Unschärfen.

  Recht relevant. für Compliance Officers.

  2020(1).

• Krauskopf, Patrick; Schraner, Felix,

  2018.

  Leitplanken im B2B-Kontakt : so schützt man sich vor der WEKO.

  In:

  schulthess manager handbuch 2018/2019.

  Zürich:

  Schulthess.

  pp. 121-129.

• Schraner, Felix; Gneist, Magdalena,

  2017.

  Competition Compliance Programme : Paralegals haben zentrale Rolle.

  ius.full.

  15(6), pp. 180-183.

• Baldi, Marino; Schraner, Felix,

  2014.

  Bundesverwaltungsgericht setzt mit Gaba-Urteil wettbewerbspolitischen Markstein.

  European Law Reporter.

  pp. 62-72.

Other publications

• Modern Competition Law is Based on Professionally Tested Concepts (with Baldi Marino), Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP/PJA) 8/2025.
• Cartels – Enforcement, Appeals & Damages Actions (mit Fabio Babey, Maximilian Diem), in: Global Legal Insights, 13th Edition, 2025.
• Commentary on Art. 3 para. 1 lit. h and i UWG (with Dominic Schopf), in: Reto Heizmann / Leander D. Loacker (eds.), Commentary on the Swiss Federal Act against Unfair Competition (UWG), 2nd edition, Zurich/St. Gallen 2025.
• Commentary on Art. 3 para. 1 lit. p and q UWG (with Dominic Schopf), in: Reto Heizmann / Leander D. Loacker (eds.), Commentary on the Swiss Federal Act against Unfair Competition (UWG), 2nd edition, Zurich/St. Gallen 2025.
• Sealing – An Immediate and Effective Defense Measure, New Provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (with Alexander von Bassewitz), Expert Focus, April 2024, pp. 187 ff.
• Shaping the UBS Colossus in a Competition-Friendly Manner!, with Marino Baldi, Essay in: Jusletter, 1 May 2023.
• Commentary on ‘Conduct of Dominant and Relatively Market-Powerful Undertakings’ (Art. 4 para. 2 and 2bis as well as Art. 7 CartA) with Roger Zäch and Luca Stäuble, in: Patrik Ducrey / Daniel Zimmerli (eds.), ‘Swiss Intellectual Property and Competition Law’ (SIWR), vol. V/2 Competition Law, 2nd ed., Basel 2023.
• Market for French-Language Books, Case Note on Swiss Federal Supreme Court Decision 2C_43/2020 of 21 December 2021, with Dominic C. Schopf, AJP/PJA 6/2022, pp. 651–660.
• Competition Law and Data Protection – Effective Compliance Despite Ambiguities, Recht relevant (Editorial), Issue 1 | 2022.
• Avoiding Antitrust Hotspots – Viewpoint, Recht relevant, Issue 2 | 2020, p. 13.
• Editorship: Commentary on the Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition, together with: Roger Zäch / Ruth Arnet / Marino Baldi / Regina Kiener / Olivier Schaller / Felix Schraner / Adrian Spühler (eds.), Zurich/St. Gallen 2018, pp. 1–1920.
• Commentary on Art. 4 para. 2 CartA, in: Roger Zäch / Ruth Arnet / Marino Baldi / Regina Kiener / Olivier Schaller / Felix Schraner / Adrian Spühler (eds.), Commentary on the Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition, Zurich/St. Gallen 2018, pp. 221–356.
• Commentary on Art. 7 CartA, in: Roger Zäch / Ruth Arnet / Marino Baldi / Regina Kiener / Olivier Schaller / Felix Schraner / Adrian Spühler (eds.), Commentary on the Federal Act on Cartels and Other Restraints of Competition, Zurich/St. Gallen 2018, pp. 729–864.
• Guardrails in B2B Contacts: How to Protect Yourself Against the Competition Commission (WEKO), with Patrick Krauskopf, in: Schulthess Manager Handbook 2018/2019, Zurich 2018, pp. 121–129.
• Competition Compliance Programme: Paralegals Play a Central Role, with Magdalena Gneist, ius.full, 2017, 15(6), pp. 180–183.
• Antitrust Compliance: Practical Tips for Companies and Managers, with Patrick Krauskopf, in: Schulthess Manager Handbook 2017, pp. 61–67.

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