Lawyers in Switzerland
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Clarence Peter
Attorney at Law, Partner About Clarence Peter is a senior partner in the firm and advises numerous national and international companies in the field of commercial and business law. He has particular expertise in the fields of new technologies and medicine. Clarence Peter has extensive experience in supporting commercial clients through all the stages of development, from founding to maturity. He assists his clients in all cross-border transactions and M&A processes.
Kellerhals Carrard
Claude Chase
An Associate in Baker McKenzie's Geneva office, Claude Chase is an international trade lawyer with over a decade of experience in WTO law and dispute settlement. Claude has extensive experience advising sovereign and private sector clients on how to leverage WTO rules and dispute settlement procedures to achieve their international trade objectives. Claude previously served as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, where he provided legal advice and assistance to adjudicators of the Appellate Body in the context of appeals before the WTO dispute settlement system. Claude's practice focuses on WTO law and litigation. He advises clients on the full spectrum of matters regulated under WTO treaties, and appears before WTO adjudicators in disputes between WTO member States.
Baker McKenzie AG
Claude Lambert
Partner. Specialized in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity, public takeovers and defences as well as general corporate law and corporate governance. Recent assignments include assisting ABB on the carve-out and sale of its robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp. for an enterprise value of USD 5.375 bn, Barnes Group Inc. on the separation into two companies, Barnes Aerospace and The Industrial Solutions Group (each with its own leadership team and capital structure), GAM on the carve-out of its third party fund management services to Carne Group, GAM on the exchange offer from Liontrust, GAM on the partial offer from Newgame, UBS Group AG on its issuance of USD 3 bn Tier 1 Capital Notes with an equity conversion feature, Julius Baer Group Ltd. on the issuance of USD 400 m of 7.5% Perpetual Tier 1 Subordinated Contingent Convertible Bonds (Tier 1 CoCos).
Homburger
Claudia Götz Staehelin
Claudia Götz Staehelin is a partner and specialises in dispute resolution and investigations, representing and advising clients in complex domestic and cross-border court and arbitration proceedings. She is a trusted expert in internal and government-led investigations, with experience in white-collar crime, bribery, fraud, sanctions, ESG, cybercrime, and workplace incidents. She also has extensive expertise in international legal assistance, asset tracing, and compliance. Claudia advises clients across various industries, including technology, industrial, chemical and raw materials, and financial services, and has a particular focus on highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, life sciences and healthcare. With deep understanding of pharmaceutical regulatory matters, compliance risks and industry-specific disputes makes her a sought-after advisor. With over 20 years of experience, including as Head of Litigation at Novartis, Claudia navigates high-stakes disputes, regulatory proceedings and crisis management. She also serves as an arbitrator, particularly in ICC and Swiss Rules arbitrations.
Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG
Claudia Keller
Claudia Keller has many years of experience in her areas of expertise, with a particular focus on technology and data law. Here, she can draw on her interdisciplinary training in information privacy management and brand management. Claudia Keller heads the ICT/IP/Competition Law Team together with Dr. Michael Tschudin. “Even outside of my work, I am fascinated by new technologies and means of communication. Much to the delight of my sons, this is particularly true of gaming and entertainment. Enjoying my work is important to me, as is finding a balance between work and family life.”
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Claudia Suter
Partner. Claudia Suter heads Homburger’s private clients team and is a partner in Homburger’s tax team. She advises private clients, family offices and entrepreneurs in connection with relocations, succession and estate planning, in particular in the areas of tax, inheritance and family law, as well as migration law. She further advises foundations on all legal and tax issues that arise. Beyond that she is involved in trust and foundation governance and structuring matters.
Homburger
Claudia Walz
Attorney-at-Law
Bratschi Ltd
Claudio Bazzani
Partner. Claudio Bazzani heads Homburger’s White Collar Crime & Investigations team. He specializes in large-scale internal and regulatory investigations and advises corporate clients in compliance matters, with a particular focus on anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and economic sanctions compliance. He represents clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings before Swiss and foreign governmental agencies, including U.S. authorities, and in domestic and international litigation proceedings.
Homburger
Claudio Bazzi
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Member of the Board of Directors
Bratschi Ltd
Claudio Helmle
Attorney at Law, Partner About Claudio Helmle is a recognized expert in the field of life sciences. His areas of expertise specifically include the pharmaceutical and biotech fields (e.g. authorizations and approvals, inclusion of products in the federally approved drugs list, reimbursement for advanced therapy medicinal products, advertising and product recalls) and medtech (e.g. authorization, labeling and obligations of economic players). Claudio is also active in the healthcare sector (e.g. official licenses for doctors, practices and hospitals to practice their profession and for their work to be covered by the social health insurance). He advises and represents clients from these sectors in all legal matters concerning their professional activities, and specifically matters of research and development, manufacturing and sales. He also advises his clients in the areas of (product) liability law, antitrust and competition law, contract law, general civil and administrative law, as well as national and international civil procedure laws. Claudio is listed as a life sciences expert in the Chambers and Partners and Who is Who Legal international lawyer directories.
Kellerhals Carrard
Clemens von Zedtwitz
Clemens von Zedtwitz is a Partner at gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd specialising in insurance coverage litigation and arbitration. He focuses his practice on the resolution of large and complex claims from the London and international insurance market, and in the defence of claims against companies and their directors that are insured under all types of liability insurance policies. He also advises and represents insurance and reinsurance companies and brokers in their engagement with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd
Colombe Jacob
EXPERTISE Colombe Jacob is an Associate and member of FBT’s Banking & Finance and White-Collar Crime groups. She advises Swiss and foreign banking establishments, companies active in asset management, as well as Swiss and foreign fund managers.
FBT Attorneys-at-Law
Coraline Jenny
Associate
Lenz & Staehelin
Corina Goldener
Associate
Barandun AG
Corinne Antille
Partner
Chabrier Avocats
Cornelia Stengel
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Partner About Cornelia Stengel specialises in financial markets and data protection law and is a partner at Kellerhals Carrard. She operates mainly in the following areas of law: Banking Law, Anti-Money Laundering Legislation, Financial Services and Financial Institutions Law, Financial Market Infrastructure Law, Data Protection Legislation and Civil or Contract Law (in particular consumer credit, leasing and credit cards). Cornelia Stengel has many years of specific experience in the legal analysis of new products, systems and technologies in the financial market and advises innovation projects related to digitalisation, payment systems, FinTech, blockchain/DLT, artificial intelligence or data policy. She supports clients in internal and regulatory investigations, complex regulatory issues and compliance matters or represents them in authorisation and enforcement proceedings. She combines legal expertise with entrepreneurial experience, which she acquired and continues to develop through involvement in a group legal services department, as member of the Board of Directors of a Swiss bank, and as a member of the executive board of Swiss FinTech Innovations (SFTI) and managing director of the Swiss Leasing Association (SLV). She advises executive boards and boards of directors on legal and reputational issues in her spheres of activity. Cornelia Stengel brings her practical experience to the world of science as a honorary professor at the HSLU as well as a lecturer at various tertiary education institutions. She also involves herself in her spheres of activity, for example as member of working groups of economiesuisse, of the Swiss Blockchain Federation and as an elected permanent guest of the Expert Commission on Digitalization of the Swiss Bankers Association. She supported the Federal Administration in connection with various legislative projects, such as the preparation of the DLT bill, the regulatory framework of ‘artificial intelligence’ and the revision of the legal framework for payment systems and payment services.
Kellerhals Carrard
Corrado Rampini
Corrado Rampini heads the real estate department of Bär & Karrer. He has broad experience in M&A and capital market transactions but specialises in real estate transactions of all types, including asset deals and large-scale portfolio transactions, acquisitions of real estate companies and IPOs and other capital market transactions of listed real estate companies. He also assists lenders and borrowers in financings of real estate portfolios, enforcements and restructurings of defaulting borrowers in the real estate sector. Beyond M&A and real estate, Corrado Rampini is also considered an expert in data protection and privacy law. Chambers & Partners ranks Corrado Rampini in tier 1 of the leading lawyers in Switzerland for Real Estate. Legal 500 lists him among the leading individuals in the category Real Estate & Construction. He was awarded "Lawyer of the Year 2016" for Real Estate in the Zurich area by Best Lawyers.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Costante Ghielmetti
Partner, Certified Tax Expert About Costante Ghielmetti offers advice on national and international tax law to legal entities and individuals. His activities extend in particular to tax assistance in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, tax litigation and advice in the context of the generational transfer of a family business.
Kellerhals Carrard
Cristina Solo de Zaldivar
Cristina Solo de Zaldívar is a Counsel and member of the Employment Law team. She advises employers and executives on the full spectrum of private and public sector employment issues and represents them before courts and governmental authorities. She also advises clients on all legal issues relating to mass redundancies and restructuring, as well as in complex insolvency proceedings. Cristina Solo de Zaldívar is a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law and has considerable practical experience in dealing with employment matters.
Wenger Plattner
Curdin Käser
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Cyrill Barmettler
Cyrill Barmettler advises clients as an attorney primarily in the areas of contract, corporate, and commercial law. His practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity. As a licensed notary of the Canton of Zug, he also provides notarial services. “What I enjoy most about being a lawyer is the opportunity to help my clients achieve their goals by combining thorough analysis with creativity and a pragmatic approach to deliver tailored solutions and a strong starting position. Outside of work, you'll usually find me on my mountain bike or skiing in the mountains.“
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Cyrill Diefenbacher
Cyrill Diefenbacher has broad experience in national and international corporate tax matters. He advises clients on tax-related questions in the area of M&A transactions / restructurings / financing, but also has broad experience in advising clients in the area of tax compliance. He frequently works on M&A transactions (buy-side or sell-side advice over all stages of the transaction, advice on management incentive schemes), restructurings and reorganizations and provides advice on various national or international corporate tax matters. His area of expertise includes Swiss VAT. Cyrill Diefenbacher regularly speaks in the area of M&A tax / corporate tax law and publishes specialist articles in the field of taxes. He is a lecturer at the EXPERTsuisse Swiss Certified Tax Expert education program and regularly speaks at different tax seminars.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Cyrill Süess
Cyrill Süess is an accomplished dispute resolution expert in civil and commercial matters representing international and domestic clients in state courts and arbitration. He worked for several years at different courts and law firms in London and Germany. Cyrill Süess’ profound knowledge of civil procedural law and his experience with contractual and non-contractual conflicts complement the pragmatic advice he offers. It also enables him to identify potential problems early on and act accordingly. He deepened his knowledge of arbitration during his LL.M. studies at Queen Mary University of London. In addition, he advises on employment law and is still a substitute judge at the district court of Dietikon.
Valfor Attorneys-at-law
Cécile Berger Meyer
Partner, Head of Real Estate
Lenz & Staehelin