Lawyers in Switzerland

Petra Spring

Petra Spring co-heads the Employment Practice Group in Zurich. Her core fields of practice are employment law, global mobility, and immigration law. Petra Spring offers expert guidance and provides strategic advice to domestic and international clients, including listed companies on all HR related matters in complex M&A transaction, covering national and international TUPE transfers, collective redundancies, social plan negotiations, pre- and post-restructuring processes, and due diligence reviews. Additionally, she regularly assists clients across a variety of industries with the set-up of cross-border employments and in relation to global mobility, staff leasing, and Swiss immigration matters and represents parties in employment related litigation proceedings before all Swiss courts. Experience: Advises and assists domestic and foreign clients, including listed companies in all employment law matters along the HR lifecycle (draft and review of employment agreements, internal regulations and policies, executive compensation and employee incentive plans, restrictive covenants, references, individual dismissals, and termination agreements) and represents parties in employment law related disputes and proceedings before Swiss courts. Strategically advices domestic and foreign clients including listed companies in all employment law matters relating to complex national and global M&A transaction and restructuring proceedings such as TUPE transfers, collective redundancies, social plan negotiations, pre- and post-restructuring processes (i.e. benefit harmonization) and due diligence reviews. Advises domestic and foreign clients in cross-border employment, global mobility, staff leasing and Swiss immigration matters, ensuring all necessary contractual documents and permit applications are meticulously prepared and submitted to the Swiss authorities.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Phidias Ferrari

Phidias Ferrari specializes in corporate and M&A transactions (with a focus on private equity and venture capital), as well as corporate governance and commercial contracts. His practice also covers banking, finance & regulatory matters.

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd

Philip Andrea Berti

Philip Andrea Berti is a Senior Associate in our Dispute Resolution Group in Zurich. His main area of practice is domestic and international commercial litigation.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Philip Chrystal

Philip Chrystal is Of-counsel at gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd and specialises in aviation and space insurance and reinsurance law. He brings extensive in-house experience in reviewing coverage, the liability of aviation insureds together with the handling of both hull and liability claims across all categories of aviation lines of business in addition to insured satellite losses.

gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd

Philip Spoerlé

Philip is a corporate finance specialist with a focus on complex debt and equity-linked financing structures, capital markets transactions and international and domestic public and private M&A. He also advises on the issuance of financial instruments, private equity and venture capital investments and general corporate and commercial matters.

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd

Philipp Candreia

Philipp Candreia, Partner, specializes in M&A transactions with a focus on the finance industry and further regulated markets, as well as in regulatory enforcement matters and white collar investigations.

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd

Philipp Dickenmann, LL.M.

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

Philipp E. Zurkinden

Partner

Prager Dreifuss AG

Philipp Fischer

Partner

Lenz & Staehelin

Philipp Groz, LL.M.

Philipp Groz is a partner in our Dispute Resolution team. He heads our Intellectual Property team and co-heads our Life Sciences group. He represents clients in litigation before Swiss courts and in international arbitrations in all types of IP, trade secrets, and unfair competition disputes, and in a wide range of contractual and product liability disputes. He also sits as an arbitrator. Philipp frequently assists clients in drafting and negotiating licensing, R&D, manufacturing, supply, distribution, sponsoring, franchising, and other agreements. He also advises on IP aspects of transactions. His practice further includes regulatory and advertising matters. Experience: Represented pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in several international arbitrations arising out of licensing and/or distribution agreements Represented lab technology engineering company in patent litigation Represented major car manufacturer in various unfair competition proceedings before Swiss courts Advised Swiss listed orphan drug company on various asset sale/purchase, development and licensing agreements Represented global medical device manufacturer in several product liability defense cases in Switzerland Advised consumer goods companies on various aspects of Swiss regulatory law (such as advertising, labeling, product recalls)

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Philipp J Dickenmann

Partner

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

Philipp Lindenmayer

Philipp Lindenmayer is a partner and has many years of experience conducting national and international litigation before both national courts and arbitration tribunals, with a focus on complex trade disputes in the industrial and banking sectors, as well as M&A disputes. “Successful litigation demands great skill and no room for error. We stand by that.”

Wenger Vieli Ltd

Philipp Stamm

Attorney-at-Law, Partner

Bratschi Ltd

Philippe Baumann

Counsel. Philippe Baumann specializes in transactional IP and IT matters, regularly advising clients in the areas of R&D, licensing, services, IT projects, and sourcing and distribution. He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements. In addition to his legal expertise, he has practical experience in software development.

Homburger

Philippe Borens, LL.M.

Philippe Borens is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer’s Zurich office where he heads the Banking and Finance Group. His main areas of practice are banking and finance law, including the regulation of financial intermediaries and financial services, equity and debt capital markets, investment law, and corporate law. Experience: Advising Swiss and international banks, investment firms, asset managers, insurance companies, and corporates in finance transactions, including loans, acquisition finance, rights issues, bonds and notes issues, securitizations, collective investment schemes, hedge funds, derivatives and structured products, as well as securities listings and regulatory issues Swiss counsel to ams AG, a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, in connection with its capital increase in 2020 by way of a rights offering, raising gross proceeds of approx. CHF 1.75 billion, in view of the partial financing of the acquisition of German company Osram Licht AG, with the new shares listed and admitted to trading on SIX Swiss Exchange Swiss counsel to PIERER Mobility AG, a leading manufacturer of powered two-wheelers, in connection with the listing and admission to trading of newly issued shares in the amount of EUR 895 million on SIX Swiss Exchange in 2021, including the prospectus approval procedure by way of an automated prospectus recognition for foreign prospectuses. Previously, counsel to the company before the Swiss Takeover Board in connection with an opting-out clause which in the meantime has been approved by the shareholders assembly.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Philippe Bärtsch, LL.M.

Philippe Bärtsch is a Vice-Chair of our International Arbitration Practice Group and a Co-Head of our Sports Practice Group. He represents clients in complex international commercial, investment and sports arbitration matters as well as in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court. Philippe is highly recommended by the legal directories, both as an arbitration and as a sports lawyer. Experience: Counsel and arbitrator in more than 100 complex commercial arbitrations seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions worldwide, involving a wide array of matters and under many different laws Main areas of specialization include post M&A disputes, energy, construction / engineering, commodities, pharmaceutical, consumer goods and sports Counsel in close to 100 different proceedings before sports arbitral institutions and adjudicative bodies of sports federations, including in some of the highest profile sports cases in recent history

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Philippe Frésard

lic. iur., MLE, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Partner, Managing Partner KC Berne About Philippe Frésard was Managing Partner of the Bern office of Kellerhals Carrard for almost 10 years and is still a member of the management board. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Kellerhals Carrard Switzerland. He is an experienced notary public and native speaker of French, but is also able to advise his clients, both private individuals and companies, in German. He provides advice at a regional, inter-cantonal and international level, in the fields of real estate law, matrimonial and estate planning, corporate law (from incorporation to restructuring, including capital increases and decreases), and foundation law. Philippe Frésard is particularly active in the Franco-Swiss area, especially when it comes to assisting German-speaking Swiss clients in the acquisition, transfer, or sale of real estate in France. He also frequently practices in the fields of sports law (soccer) and energy law.

Kellerhals Carrard

Philippe J.A. Kaiser

Attorney-at-law | Notary | Partner

Kaiser Odermatt & Partner

Philippe Nicod

Philippe Nicod is a Counsel in our Corporate & Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in Geneva.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Philippe Nordmann

Partner

Walder Wyss Ltd.

Philippe Prost

Philippe Prost heads MLL's real estate and construction practice in Geneva. He has developed vast national and international experience in contract, commercial, construction, tenancy, inheritance and labour law, as advisor and as litigator. After graduating from the University of Geneva he was admitted to the bar in 1986 and worked for several months for a prominent American law firm in New York. He also served 14 years as a deputy judge for the Court of Justice in Geneva and is now qualified by the Swiss Bar Association (SBA) as a certified specialist SBA in construction and real estate law.

MLL Legal

Philippe Pulfer

Partner

Walder Wyss Ltd.

Philippe Seiler

Philippe Seiler has broad experience in international and domestic private M&A transactions in various industries with a special focus on life science and health care transactions (incl. medtech, pharma, healthcare providers in various industries, suppliers to healthcare providers etc.). Philippe Seiler does not only cover big size transactions and takeovers but also focuses on small- and mid-size M&A transactions, private equity transactions as well as venture capital and startup transactions. Furthermore, he advises clients on regulatory matters relating to life science and health care law outside of M&A transactions. Philippe Seiler is praised for his pragmatic and solution-oriented advice while at the same time having an excellent technical knowledge. Due to his extensive transaction experience he has a fast and good understanding of the business and the process. Legal 500 ranks Philippe Seiler as a Key Contact for Healthcare and Life Sciences transactions and Who's Who Legal lists him in M&A and Governance. In addition, Philippe Seiler was listed as a "Rising Star in Corporate/M&A/Private Equity" by Legal Media Group. Philippe Seiler has frequent speaking engagements on M&A-related topics and teaches regularly at a number of private and public Universities (e.g. LL.M. of the University of Zurich, Switzerland; Executive MBA University of St. Gallen).

Bär & Karrer Ltd.

Philippe Vladimir Boss

Philippe Vladimir Boss’ practice focuses on investigations in criminal, internal and administrative matters, as well as the corresponding litigation, in financial, commercial, personal or reputational aspects of business. Clients range from financial institutions, commodity trading companies, SME in various sectors and private individuals, He also advises sport governing bodies in ethics, disciplinary or governance matters.

MLL Legal