Lawyers in Switzerland
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Massimiliano Maestretti
lic. iur., Attorney at Law, Managing Partner Lugano lic. oec. HSG About Massimiliano Maestretti's practice focuses on sports law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate law and business law. Massimiliano Maestretti advises national and international sports teams, particularly in the fields of Formula 1, other types of automobile racing, sailing and soccer. He is also involved in M&A transactions both in Switzerland and abroad. He has been General Counsel of a major international company for several years and combines his legal and business education and experience to provide the best service possible to his clients.
Kellerhals Carrard
Massimo Calderan
Massimo Calderan co-heads the Corporate / M&A Team as well as the Business Italy - Switzerland Team. He advises clients in matters of commercial law, corporate law and M&A. Further practice areas include labor law and immigration (work and residence permits). He also specializes in cross-border issues between Switzerland and Italy.
ALTENBURGER LTD legal + tax
Massimo Chiasera
Massimo Chiasera's practice focuses on white-collar crime, internal investigations, domestic and cross-border litigation as well as international judicial and administrative assistance. He advises and represents clients in internal and regulatory investigations led by Swiss and foreign authorities, in complex compliance matters (including money laundering as well as anti-bribery and corruption) and in criminal proceedings. Massimo Chiasera has an in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry, based on his prior experience as a Litigation & Investigations Counsel at a major Swiss bank where he managed a wide range of internal investigations, white collar and whistleblowing proceedings. In parallel to his work at Bär & Karrer, he was a former prosecutor of the Office of the Swiss Armed Forces Attorney General and now acts as a presiding judge within the Swiss Military Justice Corps. He is listed as a "Rising Star" in the white-collar crime category by Euromoney Legal Media Group (2020, 2021 and 2022).
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Massimo Vanotti
Massimo Vanotti's work focuses on corporate, commercial and banking law. He also advises private clients on legal and tax matters. Other areas of work include advising clients in real estate transactions and in the frame of relocations. Massimo Vanotti is regularly involved in corporate and M&A transactions related in particular to the banking industry.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Mathias Burghardt
Mathias Burghardt is a Senior Associate on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. He advises on national and cross-border restructuring and insolvency law issues. Mathias Burghardt has many years of experience in providing guidance to financial institutions facing crisis, especially in regard to supervisory, stabilisation, restructuring and bankruptcy measures. He has a wealth of experience in handling complex bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings. He also specialises in the area of banking and financial market law. In these areas of the law, he can draw on his many years of experience at FINMA.
Wenger Plattner
Mathias Häni
Mathias Häni focuses on corporate tax law consultancy for groups and SMEs. This includes amongst others national and international restructurings, intra-group transactions, financial reorganisations and tax privileges. He has particular expertise in the special issues arising in relation to the taxation of real estate
ADB Altorfer Duss & Beilstein
Mathieu Simona
Partner
Chabrier Avocats
Mathis Berger
Partner representing clients in proceedings before state courts, arbitral tribunals and administrative bodies, and advising clients focusing on intellectual property, information technology, media, sports, entertainment, advertising, unfair competition and antitrust as well as on corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration
Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG
Matteo Pedrazzini
Partner
100 Legal
Matthew T. Reiter
Matthew Reiter heads Bär & Karrer’s litigation practice. He specializes in litigation and arbitration. He has extensive experience in a wide range of state court and administrative proceedings, including criminal investigations, white collar crimes, enforcement proceedings and international judicial assistance, but focuses on the resolution of large domestic and international commercial disputes. Matthew Reiter has successfully represented clients in numerous domestic and international arbitrations, both in ad hoc and institutional proceedings (primarily ICC, ZCC/Swiss Rules), especially relating to joint ventures and shareholders' agreements, large construction contracts, M&A transactions and supply agreements. Recent highlights include the successful defense of EnBW in a CHF 1 billion arbitration proceeding concerning the Thermoselect technology. Clients of Matthew Reiter include individuals as well as listed and non-listed domestic and foreign companies from various sectors such as the banking and services industry as well as the pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, automotive, aviation and construction industries. The Legal 500 recommends Matthew Reiter in dispute resolution matters (since 2012).
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Matthias Bizzarro
Matthias Bizzarro is a certified tax expert and a lecturer in tax law at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). Matthias Bizzarro's practice focuses on all aspects of domestic and international corporate tax law and tax planning for Swiss and foreign private clients. He also advises in matters of general contract law, corporate and commercial law, regularly providing advice on corporate transactions (including start-up financing rounds). Matthias Bizzarro is also experienced in advising private clients in civil legal matters, with a focus on estate and wealth planning, as well as relocations to Switzerland. Finally, in the past ten years he has gathered broad experience in representing corporate clients and individuals in front of Cantonal and federal courts, in particular in tax and administrative cases. He regularly speaks and publishes articles on topics within his practice areas.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Matthias Courvoisier
Dr. Matthias Courvoisier is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and the head of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice Group. He is also a member of the Firm's European Capital Markets Steering Committee. For more than 20 years, Matthias has worked on legal matters relating to capital markets law, mergers and acquisitions, as well as litigation in these fields. He is a co-editor of the commentary on the listing rules of SIX Swiss Exchange and he has written various articles on capital markets law-related topics. Matthias served as a member of the committee tasked with drafting the standards for auditing public takeover offers and the rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange on the listing of SPACs. He is a regular speaker at the Zurich capital markets' events and webinars and other seminars. Practice Focus Matthias focuses his practice on capital markets transactions in Switzerland, including public takeovers, IPOs and other equity capital market transactions. He has extensive experience working on M&A transactions and represents clients involved in capital markets-related litigation cases.
Baker McKenzie AG
Matthias Gstoehl
Matthias Gstoehl is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Dispute Resolution and White Collar Crime Groups in Zurich. He has extensive experience in complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional proceedings and internal investigations, with a particular focus on white-collar crime (including corruption, fraud and money laundering), asset recovery, insolvency, international mutual assistance, sanctions and ESG litigation. Drawing on his prior front-office experience in derivatives structuring and corporate treasury solutions at leading international investment banks in London and Zurich, he is especially active in contentious banking and finance matters, and regularly advises clients in sectors such as healthcare, natural resources, sports and trusts. Experience: Acted for a group of institutional investors representing an aggregate investment of USD 2.5bn in complex criminal and civil proceedings for the recovery of their losses in connection with a financial investment Conducting a compliance investigation for a listed Swiss multinational into all of the group's joint venture partners and consultants worldwide, with a focus on sanctions and bribery risks. Based on the results of the investigation, the group decided to exit 14 relationships. Advising the group on the exit and related criminal liability, sanctions and litigation risks Acting for the liquidators of a foreign bank in connection with a 500m EUR asset recovery claim Acting for a private equity fund in connection with criminal proceedings against the management of one of its holdings for suspected fraud Co-led a large-scale investigation into aggravated medical malpractice and fraud allegations for a leading healthcare provider
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Matthias Kuert
Partner
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Matthias Langenegger
Matthias Langenegger primarily works in the field of technology, media, and data law. Thanks to his extensive experience in international internet regulation, he possesses a versatile and practically-oriented expertise in the tech policy area. “I have always been fascinated by how technology shapes society. As a technology lawyer, you experience this evolution up close, which makes the job incredibly appealing. Privately, I also live in a dynamic environment: together with my partner, I take care of three wonderfully lively children.“
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Matthias Oertle
Partner
Lenz & Staehelin
Matthias Scherer
Partner
LALIVE
Matthias Schmid
Attonrey-at-Law, Notary, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Matthias Staehelin
Partner, Co-head VISCHER Life Sciences Team, primarily involved in the life sciences and IT industries; he regularly advises on the sale and purchase of companies (M&A), financing through investors (private equity and venture capital), licensing and collaboration agreements (including joint ventures), introductions to the stock exchange (IPOs) and restructuring; he also a notary public in Basel-City and Basel-Country.
VISCHER
Matthias Wolf
Partner
Lenz & Staehelin
Matthieu Tkatch
EXPERTISE Matthieu Tkatch is an Associate with FBT and a member of its Litigation and Arbitration group. His areas of practice include all forms of business law litigation. He is also active in criminal law, contract and public law. In parallel with his work at the firm, Matthieu Tkatch is a PhD candidate at the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Law. He is writing a thesis on economic crime in Swiss law. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Civil litigation Criminal and economic criminal law Contract law Labor law Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law Banking litigation and arbitration
FBT Attorneys-at-Law
Mattias Johnson
Mattias Johnson is partner at MLL Legal. In addition to being a civil law notary in the Canton of Zug with many years of experience, Mattias Johnson deals principally with questions of transactional and corporate law, often in a cross-border context. Besides his notarial work, he advises companies on the structural aspects of their internal organisation, supports international firms in general commercial law matters, and advises them on immigration and employment law issues. Mattias Johnson joined our firm in 2001 and became a partner in 2010.
MLL Legal
Maud Udry-Alhanko
Maud Udry-Alhanko is partner in the private client group of the law firm MLL in Geneva. She has an LL.M. from Duke University and is admitted to the Swiss and New York bars. Maud Udry-Alhanko has considerable experience in family law matters, with an emphasis on divorce and estate issues, most often with a strong international component. She also advises clients in their relocation to Switzerland, in particular with regard to their immigration, taxes, real estate, as well as matrimonial and estate planning. She is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
MLL Legal
Maurice Courvoisier
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.