Lawyers in Switzerland
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Oliver Widmer
Practice in banking, finance and capital markets in regulatory (including FinTech and crypto/blockchain matters) and transactional matters. Further areas of work include private equity, trust, foundation and estate planning matters. Advises domestic and international banks, financial institutions, wealth management service providers and high net worth individuals as well as borrowers and capital markets' issues. Additionally, Oliver Widmer is an authorised issuer’s representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Pestalozzi
Olivia Biehal
Olivia Biehal is Senior Associate at Blesi & Papa with 10 years of experience in employment and labour law. She is a certified specialist SBA Employment Law. Olivia Biehal advises national and international companies as well as individuals in all sectors on all aspects of employment and labour law, including: Drafting employment contracts Termination of employment relationships Enforcement of restrictive covenants Employment litigation Global mobility and cross-border relocations Employment-related internal investigations Employee data protection Olivia Biehal advises in German and English. She also speaks Italian.
Blesi & Papa
Olivia Zingg
Associate
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Olivier Bazin
Partner
HFW
Olivier Carrard
Partner
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Olivier Cramer
Partner
Fortior Law
Olivier Favre, LL.M.
Olivier Favre is a Partner in our Banking and Finance Group in Zurich. He focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance transactions and advises clients on financial services, securities, commodities, fund and insurance regulation. Olivier also advises clients on fintech solutions and legal aspects of asset management activities. Experience: Acted as legal counsel to working groups of industry associations in charge of preparing the Swiss law governed master agreement for derivatives transactions and related documentation (e.g. agreement to exchange variation margin, PRDR agreement, resolution stay acknowledgment, revised documentation for interest rate products) and the Swiss law governed Master Repurchase Agreement (SMRA). Advised clients on programs for the issuance of structured products in the Swiss market and their approval by a Swiss prospectus office. Providing netting and enforceability opinions for derivatives transactions and advising on regulatory margin documentation for OTC derivatives. Advised on regulatory requirements for providing brokerage and custody services regarding crypto-assets. Advised foreign insurance companies on Swiss licensing requirements for cross-border activity into Switzerland. Advised on the implementation of the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA). Advised on the issuance of Swiss law governed structured notes in the form of digital assets (DLT-instruments).
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Olivier Hari
Olivier Hari is Of Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups. He specializes in general corporate law, transactional matters, finance transactions and private fundraising, companies restructuring, distressed refinancing, and complex national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings, and related litigation proceedings. Experience Advised a secured creditor (enforcement of a pledge with cross-border aspects) Swiss counsel in the framework of a financial reorganization of a group of companies Advised creditors of Alevo (restructuring and distressed M&A) Advised a distressed watch making company (restructuring and sale) Advised creditors in bankruptcy proceedings (Ethical Coffee Company, Privatair etc.) Advised minority shareholders (post-closing litigation) FINMA appointed liquidator of Zenith Vie SA, Compagnie d'assurance sur la Vie Court-appointed trustee of several distressed businesses
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Olivier Mosimann
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner About Olivier Mosimann co-chairs Kellerhals Carrard’s Arbitration Practice Group. He specializes in international commercial arbitration and litigation proceedings. He has acted as counsel in numerous arbitration (institutional and ad hoc) and litigation proceedings involving various sectors (including pharmaceutical, chemical, high-tech, energy, construction, consumer-good, financial-service, insurance/reinsurance, maritime, defense and sport sectors) and concerning diverse legal fields (including sales, joint ventures, construction, distribution/franchise, corporate, M&A, IP/IT, public procurement, antitrust/competition and financing). He also regularly sits as arbitrator (president, sole arbitrator co-arbitrator and emergency arbitrator) and is experienced as legal expert. In addition, he is a member of Kellerhals Carrard’s Sports Law Group.
Kellerhals Carrard
Olivier Nicod
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Olivier Sigg
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Olivier Stahler
Partner, Co-Head of Asset Management
Lenz & Staehelin
Olympia Armenian
Associate
Chabrier Avocats
Orlando Battaglia
Orlando Battaglia advises financial market participants on legal and regulatory issues, compliance matters, as well as FinTech business models, and represents them before authorities. Furthermore, he specializes in corporate and contract law. “The intersection of business, law, and technology is a source of fascination and motivation for me in my daily work. My personal dedication, enthusiasm for intricate legal and regulatory matters, and a deep affinity for emerging technologies all contribute to the basis for crafting legal solutions that also align with entrepreneurial perspectives.“
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Orlando Meyer
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Ottavio Muff
Ottavio Muff primarily works in the area of banking and financial services. Before his admission to the bar, he worked at a mid-sized law firm in Zurich as well as at the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug. “What I particularly appreciate about being a lawyer is the variety it offers. Not only is every case different, but you also get to meet people from all over the world. Being able to help these individuals with creative and efficient solutions when they are faced with seemingly insurmountable problems is what drives me.”
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Pablo Bentes
Pablo M. Bentes is a partner in Baker McKenzie Geneva, where he heads the global WTO disputes practice of the Firm. Pablo focuses on representing WTO Members before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and assists private clients and trade associations on how to leverage WTO disciplines to resolve trade disputes. Pablo is one of very few practitioners in the world to have successfully represented WTO Members in all stages in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, serving as lead counsel in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Pablo was managing director at a leading law firm in Washington DC and a Legal Officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO. While working at the Appellate Body Secretariat, Pablo advised on some of the largest and most complex appeals giving rise to the leading case law in areas such as import restrictions, subsidies, trade remedies, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, among others. Pablo was featured as "Next Generation Lawyer – Dispute Resolution: International Trade" in Legal 500 US for three years in a row. Law360 has repeatedly named him a "Rising Star." He is a welcomed speaker at international podiums and publishes regularly in professional journals and international media. Pablo advises sovereign states and private clients in every stage of complex WTO disputes dealing with the inter-section between economic and non-economic objectives. He frequently appears on behalf of WTO members in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body.
Baker McKenzie AG
Pablo Duc
Pablo Duc is a partner on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. He has been active for more than 20 years as a trustee / liquidator and as a private bankruptcy administrator. He handles major bankruptcies and composition proceedings in a national and international context and advises creditors and debtors on restructuring and insolvency cases. He represents clients before the courts and other authorities in relation to debt enforcement and bankruptcy matters and serves on creditors’ committees. In addition, Pablo Duc has broad experience in corporate and property law as well as general contract law. He also has profound knowledge in the area of corporate and real estate financing. He advises and litigates on behalf of clients with respect to these business segments.
Wenger Plattner
Paloma Alcántara
Paloma Alcántara has broad international experience on Antitrust & Competition matters and focuses her practice on transactional matters, merger control, investigations, compliance and general antitrust counselling.
Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd
Paolo Bottini
Paolo Bottini has broad experience in advising large multinational corporations on tax and legal matters, particularly in establishing and moving international and regional headquarters in and out of Switzerland. Furthermore, he is very experienced in coordinating legal and tax advice in M&A projects, in particular due diligence procedures and the preparation of contractual documentation. He also regularly assists private clients in legal and tax matters. Paolo Bottini is a Board member of Helsinn Holding SA, a privately held pharmaceutical company and worldwide leader in supportive cancer care products, where he serves as chairman of the audit committee.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Paolo Marzolini
Jan. 2014 – Partner with PATOCCHI & MARZOLINI, Geneva 2013 – Member of the Advisory Board of ArbIt Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR (former Co-chair, 2015-2016) Jun. 2020 – Member of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre Jul. 2022 – Member of the Special Committee of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre Jan. 2024 – Secretary to the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre Mar. 2025 – Member of the Arbitral Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration
Patocchi & Marzolini
Paolo Michele Patocchi
2014 – Partner with PATOCCHI & MARZOLINI, Geneva 2013 – Lecturer (International Commercial Arbitration), Faculty of Laws, İ. D. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Patocchi & Marzolini
Pascal Diethelm
Attorney-at-Law, Notary, SAV Family Law Specialist, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Pascal Grolimund
Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law, Partner About Pascal Grolimund is a highly renowned, resourceful litigation lawyer. He is one of Switzerland’s leading practitioners and academics in his core areas of procedural law, insurance law and private international law. The preparation of contracts has always been part of his practice. A good contract is a first and important step towards avoiding disputes.
Kellerhals Carrard