Lawyers in Switzerland
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Christoph Lang
Practice in corporate law with focus on corporate governance, M&A, Swiss and European antitrust law and insurance law, representing major Swiss and multinational clients in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures. Frequently advises clients on policy and governance issues.
Pestalozzi
Christoph Mettler
Senior Associate Christoph is a specialist in business law, offering both advisory and litigation services with a particular focus on private banking law. Before joining Wartmann Merker, he earned a doctorate in civil procedure law and gained valuable experience as a law clerk at the District Court of Meilen and as a trainee lawyer at an international business law firm. In 2022, Christoph further enriched his expertise through a three-month secondment at a Swiss bank.
Wartmann Merker Ltd.
Christoph Nater
Construction and Real Estate Law Swiss and International Litigation Company Succession & Inheritance Law Swiss and international Contract and Corporate Law
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
Christoph Neeracher
Christoph Neeracher specializes in international and domestic M&A transactions (focusing on private M&A and private equity transactions, including secondary buyouts, public to private transactions and distressed equity), transaction finance, venture capital, startups, corporate restructurings, relocations, corporate law, general contract matters (e.g. joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders agreements) and all directly related areas such as employment matters for key employees (e.g. employee participation and incentive agreements). He is experienced in a broad range of national and international transactions both sell and buy side (including corporate auction processes) and the assistance of clients in their ongoing corporate and commercial activities. Additionally, Christoph Neeracher represents clients in litigation proceedings relating to his specialization. Chambers Global and Europe rank him as a leader in the field of M&A (since 2010) and IFLR 1000 lists him as one of the leading lawyers in Switzerland (since 2012). The International Who's Who of M&A Lawyers lists Christoph Neeracher as one of the world's leading M&A lawyers. The Legal 500 (2012) describes him as "extremely experienced in M&A matters and very strong in negotiations" and ranks him among the leading individuals. Christoph Neeracher is ranked first in Mergermarket's Profile League Table for 2016's most prolific individual DACH legal advisors.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Christoph Niederer
Partner, Head of Tax
VISCHER
Christoph Rechsteiner
Domestic and international corporate tax law International tax planning, with focus on value chain management (VCM), IP and financing Relocations, migrations and transfers of assets and functions inbound as well as outbound Negotiation of advance tax rulings with cantonal and federal tax authorities Appeal proceedings and representation in complex tax audits Acquisitions and restructurings of privately held and publicly listed companies (M&A, due diligence, integration, contractual clauses, succession planning) Real estate companies, real estate transactions as well as asset swaps (capital gain tax, real estate transfer tax) Advice for business owners, family offices and high networth individuals (HNI) in tax matters Assistance of employers and employees with regard to international assignments and tax assessment of employee stock option plans Estate and gift tax planning Year-end tax planning from a tax point of view and calculation of the tax provisions according to IFRS and local GAAP (current and deferred taxes) Tax compliance (tax returns, monitoring of deadlines, documentation requirements)
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
Christoph Schmid
Christoph Schmid advises companies and entrepreneurs on contractual, corporate, and inheritance law issues, with a focus on M&A, corporate governance, and succession planning. Christoph Schmid is also a board member for companies in a range of industries, and a board member for several charitable foundations. “I consider it a great privilege to be able to work as an independent lawyer for a long-established clientele, with whom I have built up a relationship of trust, and to be able to think like an entrepreneur.”
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Christoph Stutz
Christoph Stutz is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and serves as head of the Firm's Employment Law Practice Group in Switzerland. For more than 10 years, Christoph has been advising numerous companies in complex labor issues and has successfully represented clients in court. He also advises and represents pension funds and companies in pension-related matters. Christoph regularly publishes work in relation to all aspects of Swiss employment law and is a speaker at internal and external seminars. Christoph is admitted as attorney specialized in labor law (Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law) and holds a certificate as Social Security Specialist. Christoph provides strategic and comprehensive employment law advice to domestic and multinational clients in various sectors, particularly healthcare, MEM, financial, insurance, transport & logistics and IT & technology industry. He focuses his practice on Swiss labor law, social security as well as pension matters, with an emphasis on corporate and other forms of restructurings such as business transfers, outsourcing projects and collective redundancies, executive compensation, pension and benefit schemes, data privacy, compliance investigations, contingent work force solution and management transfers.
Baker McKenzie AG
Christoph Suter
Christoph Suter heads Bär & Karrer's tax team in Geneva. He advises corporate and private clients in complex national and international tax matters. Christoph Suter has broad experience in corporate taxation, in particular M&A, reorganizations, corporate finance, national and international tax planning as well as tax litigation work. He is also an expert in tax topics of the banking and asset management industry, such as the taxation of financial instruments. Christoph Suter is a frequent lecturer at national and international tax conferences and publishes articles on relevant taxation topics.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Christoph Vonlanthen, LL.M.
Christoph Vonlanthen is a corporate partner in our Geneva and Zurich offices and the head of our Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate & Commercial groups in Geneva. Christoph is a specialist in mergers & acquisitions, growth equity, corporate governance, and capital markets. Christoph has vast experience accumulated in Switzerland, London and New York in market-leading transactions, including buyouts, divestitures, mergers, spin-offs, exchange offers, carve-outs, rights offerings, IPOs, distressed M&A and restructurings in a range of industries. He regularly advises strategics, financial sponsors and investment banks on complex cross-border and domestic assignments, as well as boards of directors on corporate governance, including disclosure issues and activism. Christoph also assists fund managers and institutional investors on structured investments, co-investments and secondary sale transactions. Experience: Christoph advises clients on public and private M&A transactions across multiple industries, including tech, pharma, healthcare, financial institutions, infrastructure, retail, and transportation. Christoph regularly works with private equity funds, fundless sponsors and family offices on leveraged and management buyouts. Representative assignments include: The carve-out acquisition of retail industry leader Conforama and its subsequent two-step divestiture to XXXLutz with Swiss merger control clearance The cross-border sale of sustainability consultancy leader Quantis International SA to The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. The leveraged and management buy-out of leading brokerage Credaris AG from Comparis and multiple subsequent add-on acquisitions Credit Suisse on its exit from SSA wealth management markets to Barclays A shipping company in its spin-merge transaction to create one of the largest publicly traded tanker companies worldwide A publicly traded real estate company in its £1.5 billion all-share merger A pharma company in its $3.5 billion private acquisition of a generic drug manufacturer Christoph regularly advises issuers and investors in venture capital and growth equity financings. Representative assignments include: Swisscanto Private Equity on its investment as lead investor in the Series B financing of Zurich-based Distran Blue Pool Capital on its investment as lead investor in the Series F financing of Zurich- and Berlin-based GetYourGuide Credit Suisse on its strategic partnership with digital asset infrastructure leader Taurus and investment as lead investor in Taurus's series B financing round OTB Ventures on its investment as lead investor in the Series A financing of ClearSpace RTX Ventures on its strategic minority investment in H55 SA Christoph advises clients on their strategically significant capital markets and corporate matters, including IPO, follow-on equity offerings, investment grade debt offerings and rights offerings. Among other assignments, Christoph has advised: REYL on Varia Europe Properties' at-the-market rights offering of 2,166,161 shares SIX-listed OC Oerlikon in its offerings of CHF 340 million investment grade dual-tranche senior unsecured bonds and CHF 575 million investment grade three series of unsecured bonds One of the largest publicly traded European investment holding companies on its global IPO and subsequent bond offering An oil and gas group in its more than $3 billion high grade debt offerings A global full-service bank in its $15 billion discounted rights offering Christoph's experience in leveraged finance and restructurings includes multiple assignments in high-yield bond offerings, bridge loans, and liability management. Experience highlights include advising the underwriters in a £500 million bridge-to-bond financing for the acquisition of a specialty insurance group; the underwriters to a major car manufacturer in its inaugural £1 billion equivalent offering of high-yield bonds and multiple follow-on offerings; and a global telecommunication company in its more than $2 billion comprehensive liability management transactions.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Christoph Willi
Partner
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Christoph Zimmerli
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law About Dr. Christoph Zimmerli has made a name for himself as a business-oriented and innovative attorney in corporate law (M&A transactions, succession planning, structuring, corporate governance) and in contract law (cooperations, investments, joint ventures, business developments at home and abroad). As a recognized expert in employment and personnel law (certified specialist in labor law (SAV), co-head of the Labor Law Group and managing director of BERNER ARBEITGEBER (Bern Employers), including collective labor law, permit law and occupational benefits, he also advises and represents our clients in an international context. Due to his proven specialist knowledge in health law / life sciences and his broad network (as a member of the board of directors of hospitals, member of the cantonal health commission), he is a sought-after point of contact in the healthcare sector. In addition to his legal activities, he also assists with the development and implementation of new strategies and takes on project management (such as post-merger integration, and implementation of new governance).
Kellerhals Carrard
Christophe Berclaz
Christophe Berclaz is counsel and a member of Pestalozzi’s Litigation & Arbitration group in Geneva. He has developed a strong practice in complex litigation that involves an international component and multi-jurisdictional aspects. He specialises in white-collar matters, including asset-tracing, recovery and international mutual assistance in criminal matters. In addition, Christophe Berclaz has broad experience in private banking, internal investigation, civil liabilities and enforcement of foreign decisions. After graduating from the University of Geneva School of Law, Christophe Berclaz was admitted to the Geneva bar in 2005. He obtained a Master of Science in Shipping Trade & Finance from the Bayes Business School (formerly Sir John Cass Business School) of London in 2007. He then worked four years as an associate in both the litigation and corporate departments of one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland before joining the legal department of the Swiss subsidiary of an English private bank. He became associate at Pestalozzi in June 2013. Christophe Berclaz is a member of different law associations such as the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and the Financial & Tax Committee of the Geneva Bar Association. He is also a member of the Committee of the Geneva Bar Personality Protection Scheme for members who are victims of conflicts at work, inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment in the course of their profession.
Pestalozzi
Christophe Emonet
Christophe Emonet heads the Geneva Litigation & Arbitration Group and the White-collar crime practice. He specializes in (inter)national banking/commercial disputes & investigations, regulatory & white collar crime matters (corporate/financial fraud & corruption). He has broad experience in asset recovery and cross-border bankruptcies. Christophe Emonet represents financial institutions, corporations, foreign states and HNWIs that request his assistance for strategic matters and complex negotiations.
Pestalozzi
Christophe Platel
Christophe Platel's practice focuses primarily on aviation-related matters, with a particular emphasis on the negotiation and drafting of all contracts in the aviation sector. He draws on his expertise in aviation (and space) law to advise clients on all matters relating to these fields, whether under international, European or national law. More generally, Christophe is involved in all types of commercial matters involving the drafting of contracts and other documents. He also has extensive experience in employment and intellectual property law.
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Christophe Raimondi
Managing Partner Zug
Barandun AG
Christophe Rapin
lic. iur., Attorney at Law (Geneva and Brussels), Of Counsel, DEA in European Law About Christophe Rapin is a business law attorney who practices in particular in the areas of public economic law (regulatory law), including competition law, international trade and distribution, financial services and data protection. Admitted to the Geneva and Brussels Bars, he practices Swiss and European law. He is recognized as an experienced specialist in the legal and economic aspects of business relations between Switzerland and the EU. In particular, he assists Swiss and foreign companies in their cross-border activities, more specifically in regulated areas. Christophe Rapin is also active in mergers and acquisitions law, again more specifically in regulated areas (financial services, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foodstuffs, waste management, energy, etc.).
Kellerhals Carrard
Christopher Boog, FCIArb, FSIArb
Christopher Boog is a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group and co-heads the firm's Sports Practice. He is also a member of the Construction and Energy sector groups and the Investment Protection & Investor-State Dispute Resolution Practice. Hailed as "one of the best in the business", Chris represents clients in international commercial, investment and sports arbitrations as well as in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court. He also regularly sits as arbitrator around the globe. Chris is ranked Band 1 in Chambers Global (Arbitration Counsel Switzerland) and has been ranked as one of a small number of Global Elite Thought Leaders by Lexology Index Arbitration recognizing lawyers "at the peak of the profession" for several years. He is the 2020 recipient of the ASA Prize for Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration, awarded every two years to international arbitration counsel to recognize exceptional advocacy in international arbitration. Experience: Counsel and arbitrator in over 120 arbitrations seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world Has handled arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, WIPO, DIS, SCAI, VIAC, CAS, before the PCA, as well as ad hoc Main areas of specialization include construction and engineering, energy, commodities, investment and sports law, as well as the pharmaceutical, automotive and mining industries
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Christopher D’Ambrosio
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
SKANDAMIS AVOCATS SA
Cinzia Catelli
Cinzia Catelli's preferred area of practice focuses on domestic and international arbitration and litigation. She also acts as arbitrator in ICC and SCAI proceedings. Her practice encompasses commercial disputes in various industries, including real estate development contracts, distribution agreements, sales contracts, lease agreements, labour law, and corporate law disputes litigation. Cinzia Catelli is admitted to all Swiss courts since 2010. Since 2014 she is a member of Bär & Karrer's litigation and arbitration practice teams in Zurich, working regularly also with the litigation practice in Ticino. She holds a degree from the University of Zurich, an LLM degree from Harvard Law School and passed the New York Bar Exam in 2013.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Citlali Muster
Citlali Muster is an Attorney-at-Law at Thouvenin Attorneys at Law. Her practice focuses primarily on inheritance law, estate planning and administration, matrimonial property and divorce law, adult protection law, and contract law. A particular emphasis of her work lies in the planning and implementation of business successions. She further enhanced her expertise while working at a specialized law firm in Bern and in estate advisory services at renowned Swiss banks.
Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte
Clara Bodemann
Clara Bodemann practices in the areas of national and international tax law with a focus on VAT law. She advises clients on VAT issues, in particular in connection with tax planning, restructurings, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, real estate transactions, and VAT-related matters in the financial sector. “When I am off work, I enjoy spending time with my family, playing sports, or on the golf course. These activities provide me with lots of energy and a clear head allowing me to understand my clients and their backgrounds, and to find the best possible solutions for often complex issues surrounding VAT law at the interface between law and business.“
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Clara Poglia
Clara Poglia is a partner and member of the firm's Management Committee. Her practice areas include white collar crime, international mutual assistance proceedings, internal investigations, asset tracing and recovery, and compliance. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Criminology. Experience: Representation of a company in a major Swiss investigation involving potential wrongdoing (allegations of corruption); Representation of a corporation in criminal proceedings targeting a large Ponzi scheme and in related bankruptcy proceedings and assets recovery; Representation of multiple individuals and corporations in large scale requests for mutual legal assistance in tax matters addressed to Switzerland by France, Spain and Netherland notably; Representation of Brazilian individuals and companies in Swiss criminal proceedings related to the lava jato Brazilian scandal; Representation and assistance to a former high ranking executive in proceedings conducted by a sports authority and authorities in Switzerland; Representation of European corporations targeted by a request of mutual legal assistance in criminal matters addressed by the U.S. Department of Justice to Switzerland and representation of the same entities in the related Swiss domestic criminal proceedings
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Clara-Ann Gordon
Clara-Ann Gordon is specialized in the areas of TMT/Outsourcing, data privacy, internal investigations/e-discovery, compliance and represents clients in these areas in court proceedings (including mediation/arbitration) and in transactions.
Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd