Lawyers in Switzerland
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Christian Martin Gutekunst
Christian Martin Gutekunst is an Attorney at Law and a Certified Tax Expert in the Tax group. He advises corporate and private clients on national and international tax law. He regularly provides advice to private individuals moving to Switzerland, including advice with regard to lump-sum taxation, in particular. He also provides companies and senior management with advice on setting up employee participation plans and negotiates with tax authorities in tax proceedings and tax rulings. He is a member of the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), the Swiss Bar Association (SAV), and the Swiss branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Wenger Plattner
Christian Oetiker
Christian Oetiker is a partner in VISCHER's litigation and arbitration team. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts throughout Switzerland as well as before national and international arbitral tribunals. He also acts as arbitrator. Christian studied at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics. He has an in-depth understanding of economic issues. He regularly represents both national and international companies from the financial, chemical and aviation industry. Recent cases include litigation on derivative contracts (governed by the ISDA Master Agreement) and on accounting matters. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises on private international law, general contractual issues and unfair competition law. Christian publishes and speaks regularly on litigation and arbitration matters as well as other selected topics. He is a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and of the Swiss Commission of Arbitration and ADR of the ICC. From 2008 until 2019, he was a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution.
VISCHER
Christian Rebell
Christian Rebell is a partner in MLL Legal’s Corporate and M&A team. He specializes on corporate law and M&A, financings and capital market law. Christian regularly advises clients on domestic and cross-border M&A and financing transactions, the structuring and dissolution of joint ventures, restructurings and corporate governance matters.
MLL Legal
Christian Roos
Member of the Employment & Pensions group and Co-head of Pestalozzi's Life Sciences group. Fields of expertise include international trade law, contracts and life sciences, with a focus on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Supports clients in M&A transactions and in corporate restructurings and has in-depth experience in employment matters, namely mass dismissals, social plan negotiations, contract negotiations, restrictive covenants etc.
Pestalozzi
Christian Schilly
Christian Schilly is based out of the Geneva office and is a specialist in the litigation and dispute resolution areas, having acquired specific know-how and experience in all civil and criminal proceedings (asset tracing, debt recovery and restructuring, labour law, rental law, insolvency law). Christian Schilly is also actively guiding and supporting our junior associates in their day to day business, so to help them to become accomplished attorneys.
MLL Legal
Christian Schönfeld
Counsel
Prager Dreifuss AG
Christian Stambach
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Christian Valentini
Hong Kong Resident Partner; Areas of practice include Banking and Finance, Private Clients, Corporate Law, Contracts and Transactions
Gillioz Dorsaz & Associés
Christian Wenger
Christian Wenger is a partner at Wenger Vieli, specializing in trade and business law, with a specific focus on private equity, venture capital, and start-ups. He primarily works to support entrepreneurs and founders in all kinds of legal and entrepreneurial matters. “I developed a passion for young entrepreneurs and innovative technologies early on. The diversity of the problems they face really fascinates me. My curiosity and passion for interesting people never let me rest. I'm at my happiest when I'm making fresh pasta for family and friends.“
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Christian Wind
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Christian Witschi
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner Certified tax expert About Dr. Christian Witschi has extensive experience in the fields of national and international tax law, corporate tax law, occupational pensions, M&A, capital market transactions (including cross-border transactions and IPOs), private equity and joint ventures. He also advises clients on corporate succession as well as corporate and commercial law matters.
Kellerhals Carrard
Christian Wyss
Christian Wyss is Partner and head of VISCHER's Corporate & Commercial team. Christian advises clients mainly from the Life Sciences and Information Technology industries on all contractual requirements in their core business. He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating license agreements, research, development or marketing co-operations, clinical trial agreements, contract manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements. Christian also regularly works with clients in financing rounds, acquisitions, or joint ventures, and assists with implementing compliance with the Swiss data protection laws.
VISCHER
Christina Rinne
For more than 20 years Christina Rinne has specialised in national and international value added tax, customs and excise duties. She frequently lectures on Swiss and European VAT matters. Christina Rinne is distinguished by Chambers Global as a Leading Individual in Tax and as a Tax Expert with Foreign Expertise.
Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd
Christine Hohl
Christine is a member of the practice groups Banking & Financial Market Law and M&A / Corporate and heads the financing practice at Wenger Plattner. She focuses primarily on international and national financing transactions, financial restructurings, M&A transactions and private equity transactions. Christine advises banks and other financing parties, corporates, sponsors as well as agents and security agents in loan financings, bond issuances, receivables financings, factoring, securitisations and repurchase transactions. She has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions, acquisition finance, project finance, (pre-)export finance and real estate finance both in Switzerland and the UK. She is active in professional organisations such as the Loan Market Association and publishes and speaks in her areas of expertise. Christine is admitted as an attorney-at-law in Switzerland and as a solicitor in England & Wales.
Wenger Plattner
Christine Moehler
Counsel
LALIVE
Christoph Balsiger
Christoph Balsiger specializes in the fields of banking, regulatory and capital market transactions. He regularly advises clients on all aspects of securities law and represents clients in listing, regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) and in proceedings before the Swiss Takeover Board.
Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd
Christoph Bauer
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner About He advises and represents his clients in asserting their interests in negotiations and conflicts. His practice focuses on litigation before state courts of all instances and on arbitration. He has many years of experience in clarifying and resolving national and international disputes in various sectors and legal fields. He frequently acts in disputes in the areas of contract, property and company law, IP/IT as well as banking and financial market law. As a full professor at the University of Lucerne for Private Law, Civil Procedure Law and Insolvency Law, he teaches and publishes regularly on his area of expertise.
Kellerhals Carrard
Christoph Frey
lic. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner, Certified Specialist SBA Torts and Insurance Law About Christoph Frey and his team provide an enhanced level of legal support for insurance companies, brokers and insured parties advising on policy wording and coverage issues. Christoph Frey has a wealth of expertise in claims handling arising from all classes of liability policies, including financial lines, D&O, and professional negligence. Recent instructions include the successful defense of a D&O insurer in proceedings on coverage and the initiation of proceedings against a cyber insurer under an international program. He regularly represents insurers and insured professionals in high-profile disputes. His qualification as a specialized attorney in torts and insurance law gives him a very comprehensive and notable experience in a variety of private insurance matters including the coordination with all sorts of liability and social insurance. Christoph Frey is a member of Insuralex, a worldwide network of independent lawyers practicing insurance and reinsurance law. He is also the author and responsible editor of ius.focus for torts and private insurance law.
Kellerhals Carrard
Christoph Gasser
Christoph Gasser (Dr. iur. (Bern); LLM (Michigan)) is a partner and the head of the firm's IP/TMT department. His long-standing practice includes advice and litigation in all areas of intellectual property and information technology law as well as trademark and design prosecution. Christoph Gasser is the executive secretary of the Swiss IP association INGRES (Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz). He also serves as an adjunct judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, a court expert, and an expert examiner for the Swiss Patent Bar examination. Moreover, he is a frequent conference speaker and has written substantial publications on intellectual property law.
Valfor Attorneys-at-law
Christoph Grether
Of Counsel
Bratschi Ltd
Christoph Heiz
Christoph Heiz is Of Counsel at MLL Legal. He regularly advises on capital market transactions, M&A, investment fund schemes and corporate finance structures. His Swiss and international clients include several listed companies, financial institutions as well as other large and medium-sized companies. Christoph Heiz has a particular focus on regulated industries such as financial services, banking and investment funds as well as on the consumer goods industry and the information technology sector.
MLL Legal
Christoph Jäger
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner About Christoph Jäger is a proven expert in constitutional and administrative law. In this area, he advises clients, represents them in proceedings at all federal and cantonal courts, conducts internal investigations and provides expert opinions. His clients include communities, administrative bodies at all levels of government, other public companies and institutions, as well as private individuals, associations and private companies from all sectors that need support in connection with the government. Christoph Jäger focuses on public construction law, spatial planning, the environment, energy, public procurement and commercial administrative law. He also has tried-and-tested experience in private construction law and contract law. He is a member of various expert committees, as well as an author and speaker in his specialist areas, and has several teaching assignments, including lecturing at ETH Zurich and the University of Berne.
Kellerhals Carrard
Christoph K. Graber
Partner
Prager Dreifuss AG
Christoph Kurth
Christoph Kurth heads the Investigations, Compliance & Ethics practice of the Swiss offices and co-leads the EMEA Financial Institutions Industry Group. He has been recognized by Legal 500 as a leading individual for compliance, regulatory and investigation matters. Before joining the Firm, Christoph was global head of Litigation & Investigations and general counsel in Asia for a large Swiss bank. For over 15 years, he has led complex regulatory and criminal investigations as well as high stakes litigation across the US, Europe and Asia, and has advised on transformational regulatory developments and wealth management products and services across Switzerland and Asia. In his roles, Christoph has worked closely with business leaders, government authorities and the media, navigating businesses through regulatory and other challenges. Prior to this, Christoph was a litigator in leading practices in Switzerland and the US. Christoph also teaches post-graduate courses in 'Crisis Management' and 'Risk Governance' at the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich. Christoph helps clients in the financial services and other industries establish effective legal and compliance risk management programs, investigate instances of non-compliance and their root causes, defend clients’ interests vis-à-vis authorities and in court, and develop responses to transgressions that limit financial and reputational consequences. In this context, he regularly advises Boards and senior executives in relation to their responsibilities and risk governance requirements. Drawing from his experience as general counsel and his substantial exposure to businesses, legal systems and cultures in the US, Europe and Asia, Christoph often offers more than legal advice.He also supports in overall crisis management, including responses to dawn raids, cyber-attacks and data leaks, serious compliance and other incidents, adjustment of business conduct and strategies, cultural transformation and sustainable legal and compliance risk management solutions. Furthermore, he advises financial institutions and clients in other industry in relation to financial crime matters, including bribery and money laundering related risks and over the last few years his practice has expanded to include compliance advisory work in relation to environmental, societal and governance risks (ESG).
Baker McKenzie AG