Lawyers in Switzerland
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Greg Lourie
Dr. Greg Lourie is a Counsel in Schellenberg Wittmer's international arbitration group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are international commercial and investment arbitration. He further specializes in public international law, advising clients in contentious and non-contentious matters and providing investment structuring advice to companies. Greg also sits as an arbitrator and has significant institutional experience from his tenure as the head of the ICA 3 case management team at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Experience: Acted as counsel in commercial and investment arbitrations under the rules of the leading arbitral institutions, including ICC, ICSID, PCA, DIS, VIAC and WIPO, as well as in UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitrations. Advised governments and state-owned entities, in particular sovereign wealth funds, on questions of public international law, including sovereign immunity, diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities, human rights and maritime delimitation. Led the ICA3 case management team of the Secretariat of the ICC Court of International Arbitration and supervised in this capacity more than 400 arbitrations primarily in connection with the Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Northern Europe. Has extensive expertise in arbitrations involving sanctioned entities
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Gregor Bühler
Partner. Head of the IP / IT team and Deputy Head of the Litigation / Arbitration team. Main areas of work are IP and IT-related litigation and arbitration. Other areas include sports, distribution, internet, privacy and sports law as well as technology-related transactional work. Experienced litigator before civil and administrative courts.
Homburger
Gregory Strohmeier
Gregory Strohmeier is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Geneva office. He specializes in real estate and construction law, advising institutional and private investors on complex transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, sale-leasebacks, mortgage financings, restructurings, leasing, and development projects. Gregory also provides expert advice on real estate regulatory matters, including compliance with Lex Koller, Lex Weber, and environmental regulations. He represents clients in high-stakes real estate disputes, including contractors, developers, owners, brokers, and tenants. Gregory is a Certified Specialist SBA in Construction and Real Estate Law.
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Grégoire Schafroth
Grégoire Schafroth’s practice focuses on banking and finance as well as corporate and commercial law. He advises financial institutions and financial services providers on the regulatory and transactional aspects of their activities, and he assists companies in all areas of business law, such as M&A, financings and general corporate and organizational matters. He also assists high-net-worth individuals with their business and private affairs.
MLL Legal
Grégoire Tribolet
Grégoire Tribolet is a Partner and Co-Head of our Banking and Finance Group in Geneva. He is a specialist in banking, financial services and corporate law. With a focus on servicing clients in the financial industry, he covers a broad range of specialized services, including regulatory compliance, licensing applications and proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Grégoire has also developed niche expertise in fintech solutions, blockchain and data protection. Experience: Advising banks, asset managers and other financial intermediaries on a wide range of regulatory matters, including the implementation of new regulations, corporate governance, AML, cross-border, professional secrecy, sanctions, outsourcing, market conduct, data protection and cybersecurity, as well as on contractual and business matters Assisting financial institutions with licensing applications and proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) Advising financial institutions and corporations on financing transactions with a value ranging from tens of million to several billion U.S. dollars Assisting financial institutions, crypto companies and corporations with blockchain projects, including in connection with the issuance of tokens, the custody of digital assets, and regulatory approvals from FINMA Acting as escrow agent in transactional matters, including in a multi-billion transaction Advising financial institutions with mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition or sale of client portfolios, bank mergers and the acquisition of asset managers and family offices Assisted two Swiss banks in obtaining their full banking license from FINMA Assisted several Swiss banks in setting up their crypto custody offering
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Grégoire Uldry
Grégoire advises families, entrepreneurs, financial intermediaries and sport individuals on cross-border private client, family law, philanthropy and sports matters. Grégoire acts as executor of high-net worth estates. He also advises clients who are living in, or looking to relocate to, Switzerland. Grégoire specialises in asset structuring and estate planning, charitable trusts and foundations, as well as commercial law for family-owned businesses. He has particular expertise working with international families who are looking for effective governance structures through which to organise the long-term transition of wealth, including family businesses. Grégoire's clients include wealthy families, boards of trustees, trust companies, business owners, sports individuals and agents. Grégoire is admitted to practise in Switzerland.
Charles Russell Speechlys AG
Grégoire Wuest, LL.M.
Grégoire Wuest is a partner in our Geneva office and a member of the firm's Management Committee. His practice focuses on banking and finance, in particular in the fields of private banking, where he advises banks and financial institutions on regulatory and clients' matters, and complex finance transactions. He also advises private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning. Experience: Advising international and Swiss banks, financial institutions and financial intermediaries and insurance companies on regulatory, business and legal matters, such as the implementation of new regulations Counsel to banks and financial institutions on their restructuration and extension of services (e.g. sales and acquisitions of client portfolios, opening of branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, development of new products and services offered to clients, digitalization), covering both the regulatory side (with FINMA approval) and the corporate/contractual aspects Advising banks on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on transactions secured by unusual assets such as business jets, yachts, art, etc. Extensive experience in corporate and transactional matters, focus on the shipping and business aviation industries Advising private clients on all aspects of trusts and international estate planning
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Guido E. Urbach
Co-founder and Managing Partner Attorney at Law
Hafner Urbach Partner
Guillaume Fournier
Guillaume is co-head of the firm’s trademark and design group. His practice encompasses all aspects of IP law, with a focus on IP litigation and arbitration, trademark and design prosecution and contractual and commercial intellectual property. He has extensive experience in litigating IP cases (both technical and non-technical) in both the French and German-speaking parts of Switzerland. Having taken care of clients’ IP issues in China for a long time and practised in China for a year, he regularly advises rights holders on China-related IP and anti-counterfeiting strategies (both inbound and outbound).
MLL Legal
Guillaume Grisel
Guillaume Grisel is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Private Wealth group. He assists high net worth individuals and families, including entertainers, art collectors and philanthropists. Guillaume Grisel regularly advises banks, wealth managers, family offices and professional trustees in compliance and regulatory matters too. He is the author of the only comprehensive textbook on trust law in Switzerland (Le Trust en Suisse). Experience Estate and tax planning for high net worth individuals and families Trust law, taxation of trusts Regulation of financial institutions Anti-money laundering law Mutual assistance and automatic exchange of information in tax matters (CRS, FATCA)
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Guy Deillon
Associated Partner
Prager Dreifuss AG
Guy Vermeil
Partner, Head of Technology and Outsourcing
Lenz & Staehelin
Guy-Philippe Rubeli
Guy-Philippe Rubeli advises and represents Swiss and international clients in commercial matters. He advises corporate and institutional clients on matters relating to corporate law, contract law, employment law, real estate law and recovery matters, with a focus on dispute resolution issues, in particular before state courts and arbitral tribunals. Guy-Philippe Rubeli has wide-ranging experience gained nationally and internationally since 1980. He is a member of the firm’s dispute resolution group as well as of the employment practice group. He actively participates in the activities and development of the firm’s corporate practice.
MLL Legal
Haakon Orgland Bingen
Haakon specialises in international arbitration. For more than a decade, he has worked almost exclusively with international arbitration proceedings, acting as counsel in numerous arbitrations governed by ICC, SCC and OCC arbitration rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations governed by the Norwegian Arbitration Act. In addition to working as counsel, Haakon also regularly sits as arbitrator. In total, he has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 25 arbitrations, including some of the largest commercial arbitration disputes in the world, with amounts at stake exceeding dozens of billions of euros. The arbitrations have concerned in particular the European gas sector, the renewable energy sector (wind) and post-M&A. He has handled matters governed by Norwegian, German, Swedish, Swiss and Ukrainian law. Haakon also has experience with leading challenge and enforcement proceedings in numerous jurisdictions, as well as with EU procedural, competition and energy law, and sanctions. In addition to Norwegian (native) and English (fluent), Haakon also speaks Russian (proficient) and Spanish (intermediate). AREAS OF EXPERTISE International Commercial Arbitration Public International Law Joint Ventures / Consortia INDUSTRY SECTOR Construction & Engineering Infrastructure Oil & Gas Energy & Resources Mergers & Acquisition REPRESENTATIVE CASES Ad hoc arbitration over an SPA related to renewable energy (wind). A large ICC arbitration between an Eastern European gas market participant and a Russian gas seller. SCC arbitration over an SHA relating to multimillion (EUR) damages claims based on non-correction of breaches (Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal). Multiple SCC arbitrations between an Eastern European gas buyer and transporter and a Russian gas seller arising from the Parties’ gas sales and transit agreements. Ad hoc arbitration regarding a price review under an LNG sales agreement between two Western European companies.
Peter & Kim
Hana Virag
Attorney-at-Law
Bratschi Ltd
Hanna Brozzo
Hanna Brozzo is a lawyer and tax expert and Partner in Bär & Karrer’s tax team. With more than 15 years of work experience, Hanna Brozzo has specialized in domestic and international tax matters for Swiss and foreign private clients. Her tax practice includes, in particular, wealth and estate planning (including trusts and family foundations), business succession, employment (including social security), relocations and tax residency questions. She further advises and represents charitable foundations regarding tax-exemptions and supports clients in all matters relating to tax-related questions around real estate (private and commercial) and tax compliance. With broad litigation experience, both on the side of a court and as a party representative, Hanna Brozzo regularly represents clients in tax matters before Swiss authorities and courts Hanna Brozzo regularly publishes and speaks at domestic and international conferences on tax matters. She has been awarded Silver as "Lawyer of the Year – IFC" at the Citywealth Future Leaders Award in November 2024.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Hannah Cipriano-Favre
Hannah Cipriano-Favre is a counsel in the firm’s dispute resolution team in Geneva, where she assists individual clients and companies in civil, criminal and administrative matters with regard to dispute resolution. Hannah Cipriano-Favre specializes in labor law and regularly represents employers and employees in labor court proceedings. Her know-how enables her to efficiently advise employers and employees on all issues relating to their employment relationships and immigration status. As a litigator, in addition to labor law, she represents her clients in all civil and criminal proceedings, including matters pertaining to tenancy law and debt collection.
MLL Legal
Hans Nater
Senior Counsel representing clients before state courts, arbitral tribunals and administrative bodies, focusing on corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. He also serves as arbitrator in arbitrations, in particular in proceedings under the ICC Rules, the Swiss Rules, the Rules of the CAS and in ad hoc proceedings.
Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG
Hans Rudolf Trüeb
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Hans-Jakob Diem
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Hans-Peter Schwald
Hans-Peter Schwald advises national and international companies in corporate legal matters, in mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance. Moreover Hans-Peter Schwald acts as chairman and member on various boards of directors with listed and unlisted – especially trade and manufacturing – companies.
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Hans-Ulrich Brunner
Partner
Prager Dreifuss AG
Hansjörg Stutzer
Hansjörg founded Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte together with André Thouvenin in 1983. He acted as chairman, sole arbitrator (party appointed and appointed by arbitration institutions), party-appointed arbitrator, counsel and co-counsel in over 160 international and national arbitrations under the rules of ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, CAS, Swiss Chambers’ Arbitration Institution, Vienna International Arbitral Centre, Zurich Chamber of Commerce, Slovak Arbitration Court and ad hoc.
Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte
Hansjürg Appenzeller
Partner. Mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as equity offerings and IPOs, in particular in the (re-)insurance sector. Recent transactions include assisting Zurich Insurance in its acquisition of a portfolio of CSS Versicherung AG.
Homburger