Lawyers in Switzerland
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Virginie Rodieux
Attorney at Law, Partner, lic. iur., LL.M. About Virginie Rodieux advises and assists her clients in the field of intellectual property, life sciences, contracts, and corporate law. Her practice areas include technology transfer contracts and other contracts relating to intellectual property and/or life sciences (licensing agreements, R&D contracts, clinical trial contracts), social media, and copyright and trademark protection and exploitation. She is regularly involved in commercial transactions (business acquisitions or asset transfers), particularly those involving substantial intangible assets (trademarks, patents, domain names). Virginie Rodieux also has a strong background in data protection law. Virginie Rodieux works in French and English. She is licensed to practice throughout Switzerland and is a member of the Bar Association of the Canton of Vaud.
Kellerhals Carrard
Vitaliy Kozachenko
Managing Partner
Fortior Law
Véronique Chatelain Gomez
Véronique Chatelain Gomez is an Associate with FBT and a member of the Banking and Finance Group. She advises a number of Swiss and international banking institutions, as well as companies active in asset management, securities dealing or intermediation as well as Swiss and foreign funds and fund managers, in particular with regard to anti-money laundering issues. Her expertise extends to the different legal aspects of holding structures, notably trusts. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Banking and Finance Regulation Anti-Money Laundering Issues Legal Aspects of Holding Structures
FBT Attorneys-at-Law
Walter Frei
Walter has many years of experience as business lawyer with focus on tax and civil law.
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
Walter Häberling
Walter Häberling is a partner in the litigation department and real estate practice group and has been with the firm for more than 20 years. He represents clients in commercial, real estate and certain private client litigation and arbitration proceedings. As a former Zurich district court judge he knows what counts in judges’ minds. He has wide-ranging experience in real estate matters with a special focus on commercial lease law. International inheritance matters and execution of wills are his main areas of work for private clients.
MLL Legal
Werner Jahnel
Partner
LALIVE
Werner Wenger
Werner Wenger is a founding partner of Wenger Plattner, since 2012 practising as of counsel. Increasingly focusing his practice on international commercial arbitration, Werner Wenger has been serving as chairman or sole arbitrator under numerous institutional rules (among others ICC and Swiss Rules) and in ad hoc-proceedings. His arbitration experience includes disputes relating to long-term supply, joint venture, distribution, agency, licensing and financing agreements as well as to M&A transactions with regard to a broad range of industries (media, telecommunication, insurance, banking, industrial equipment, engineering and construction, pharmaceutical and chemical products, military equipment). In professional directories covering international commercial arbitration, Werner Wenger has been described by peers as a highly experienced practitioner (ranked in Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal and as one of the "Best of the Best" in Expert Guides). In addition, Werner Wenger advises clients involved in negotiating complex commercial contracts and in corporate law matters. He is also acting as board member of various companies and as executor of last wills.
Wenger Plattner
William Hold
Partner
HFW
William Kirtley
Partner at Aceris Law LLC The international arbitration lawyer William Kirtley, Managing Partner of Aceris Law LLC, is a Franco-American Harvard-, Columbia- and Sorbonne-trained lawyer with two decades of experience specialising in international commercial arbitration, investor-State arbitration and international construction arbitration. He is a member of the New York Bar, the Washington Bar and an Avocat au Barreau de Paris (en omission). He has served as arbitration counsel or arbitrator in disputes on all continents, under the UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, JAMS, ICDR, CICA, CIArb, PCA, SIAC, DIAC, AFA and many other arbitration rules. Previously a Partner at a well-regarded Paris arbitration boutique, he was a member of the international arbitration practice groups of Shearman & Sterling and Salans (now Dentons) in Paris, after serving as an American Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in the Ivory Coast and working at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has served as lead counsel in dozens of international commercial, construction and investment arbitrations and has authored numerous academic articles concerning international arbitration in leading journals. He is a member of the International Arbitration Institute, regularly speaks on international dispute resolution topics, has taught at the Universities of Paris X and Paris II – Assas-Panthéon for many years, is a co-founder of the IAA Network and has served as an expert for the World Bank on ADR legislation.
Aceris Law
Wolfgang Müller
Wolfgang Müller focuses on real estate as well as on capital markets and M&A transactions. He heads the firm’s real estate team. Wolfgang Müller joined MLL in 1997 after having successfully completed his MBA at the Australian School of business in Sydney, Australia and the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, USA. Wolfgang Müller is, among others, recommended by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 and he is listed by The Legal 500 as a “leading individual” for real estate and construction in Switzerland.
MLL Legal
Wolfgang Peter
Wolfgang Peter is recognized by clients and his peers as one of the most in-demand counsels and arbitrators in the world, having been engaged in over 270 arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator. Dr. Peter is particularly active in cases involving complex issues of valuations, including post-M&A disputes, joint ventures and projects stemming from the heavy industry. He has decades of expertise in cases involving gas & oil contracts, including upstream and downstream projects, as well as price reviews under long-term gas supply agreements. Dr. Peter regularly advises third-party funding companies in evaluating the merits of the Claimant(s)’ cases, especially with regard to the damages. An active speaker and contributor to the arbitration community at large, he is a member of the LCIA Board of Directors and of the ASA Board. Prior to starting his independent arbitration practice, he headed the arbitration group of Python & Peter, one of the largest Swiss firms, which he also co-founded. Before engaging in arbitration practice full time, Dr. Peter led a successful M&A and corporate practice for 14 years, completing over 40 transactions and IPOs, including such well-known brands and companies as Gucci, Chaumet, Breguet, Tag Heuer, Ebel and Leica. While practicing M&A, he managed two luxury watch-making companies, for 12 years. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Arbitration / Litigation Corporate Law Distribution / Agency Joint Ventures / Consortia Investments & BITs Mergers & Acquisitions INDUSTRY SECTORS Automotive & Heavy Industry Construction & Engineering Electricity Supply Fashion & Luxury Goods Oil & Gas Pharmaceutical & Biotech REPRESENTATIVE CASES Lead counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between a state-owned enterprise and a sovereign state, involving aspects of public international law, with an amount in dispute of USD several billion. Lead counsel in a case involving two state-owned entities in a highly complex ad hoc arbitration involving aspects of public international law stemming from oil production and delivery agreements, securing an award of more than a billion USD for our clients. Co-counsel in two PCA arbitrations involving a state-owned entity and private companies in a dispute concerning gas deliveries, with more than 15 billion USD in dispute. Counsel to a major energy conglomerate in its price adjustment disputes against another European major relating to long-term gas supply agreements subject to ICC Rules. Co-counsel in in an arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules arising out of a dispute between a Canadian company and two mainland Chinese companies in relation to an unconventional gas project in China. Lead counsel in an ICC arbitration for a major mining and metallurgy consortium with more than USD 500 million in dispute, under Swiss law. Chairman of an Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration arising out of nuclear power plant construction (more than USD 1.5 billion in dispute). Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Vivendi v Elektrim arbitration, an important decision on the interrelation between arbitral proceedings and bankruptcy, confirmed by two instances of the English courts. Co-counsel in an ICC arbitration concerning the break-up of Arthur Andersen, resulting in a seminal decision of the Swiss Supreme Court on the joinder of the arbitration agreements. RANKING Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Thought Leaders 2019-2020; Arbitration Switzerland 2010-2020, National Leader Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Energy, Construction 2019-2020 Global Leader Chambers Global and Europe: Most in Demand Arbitrators and Counsel (2016-2020) QUOTES Wolfgang Peter is one of Europe's key names when it comes to arbitration matters. His expertise lies in acting as counsel and arbitrator in post-M&A, joint venture and contractual disputes. WWL THOUGHT LEADERS, 2020 Wolfgang Peter comes recommended for his strength in arbitration related to the oil and gas sector and in post-M&A disputes. Based in Geneva, he is often selected to serve as arbitrator on both commercial and investment treaty cases. Sources praise his good understanding of the commercial and economic stakes in cases, with one praising his" commercial mind – he can see what things mean economically, so I wouldn't hesitate to appoint him for disputes with complex commercial damages issues." Chambers Europe, 2020 Wolfgang Peter is one of the most experienced and smart lawyers in the area of international arbitration. He has over 30 years of experience and is capable of handling the most complex matters with an exceptional level of proficiency. Legal500, 2020
Peter & Kim
Wolfgang Zürcher
Wolfgang Zürcher works in the areas of venture capital, private equity, and M&A. He supports entrepreneurs in the structuring of investment vehicles, in the financing of these vehicles, and in the acquisition and sale of target companies. He is on the governing board of private equity managers and of other listed and unlisted companies. “For me, professional success comes down to two main aspects: Internally, I want my employees to develop into successful partners. When dealing with clients, I appreciate it when impressive, charismatic entrepreneurs consider me an experienced specialist and trusted lawyer.”
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Xavier Favre-Bulle
Partner, Head of Arbitration
Lenz & Staehelin
Xavier Oberson
Swiss and international tax law Taxation of individuals Corporate tax law Taxation of public authorities Taxation of sport and art Ecotax Tax litigation Criminal tax law Tax reforms Philanthropy Art law
OBERSON ABELS SA
Xavier-Romain Rahm
Partner
Fortior Law
Yannic Lütolf
Yannic Lütolf works primarily in the areas of construction and real estate law, real estate transactions, work contract law, and tenancy law. He advises clients and represents them in administrative and judicial proceedings. Yannic Lütolf was admitted to the bar in 2018. “In addition to my work as a lawyer, I enjoy spending time outdoors. There I can recharge my batteries, so that I can give 100% on behalf of my clients.”
Wenger Vieli Ltd
Yannick Hostettler
Yannick Hostettler advises and represents Swiss and foreign companies as well as individuals in proceedings before state courts of all instances and arbitral tribunals. His practice focuses on commercial disputes, particularly in the areas of distribution, general contract, intellectual property and employment law. He also provides advice on non-contentious matters in these fields. Yannick Hostettler has extensive experience in conducting complex cross-border litigation, in the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements and in international mutual legal assistance in civil and criminal matters. He publishes regularly on topics concerning civil procedure and intellectual property law.
Wenger Plattner
Yannick Scheitlin
Yannick Scheitlin works in the area of national and international tax law. One focus of his work is the provision of tax compliance services to high net worth individuals and corporate taxpayers.
ADB Altorfer Duss & Beilstein
Yannick Wavre
Attorney at Law, Partner About Yannick Wavre advises Swiss and international companies and groups mainly in the fields of business law (in particular corporate and contract law), real estate law (real estate acquisitions and/or sales, brokerage, leasing, construction, etc.), and related litigation. Yannick Wavre also advises private clients, HNWIs and family offices, particularly in the fields of investment, wealth and estate planning, matrimonial law and, more generally, settling in Switzerland.
Kellerhals Carrard
Yaël Heymann-Weill
Attorney-at-Law
Bratschi Ltd
Yelis Strittmatter
Associate
Barandun AG
Yelyzaveta Holovan
Associate
Fortior Law
Yolande Lagrange
Yolande Lagrange’s practice focuses on litigation and arbitration, and she regularly assists in matters relating to aviation and transport law. She also advises clients in commercial matters.
gbf Attorneys-at-law Ltd
Yves Jeanrenaud
Yves Jeanrenaud is a Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer and he heads the firm’s Real Estate and Construction Group. Experience: Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating agreements for real estate investments and transactions as well as complex commercial leases, total and general work contracts Advising Swiss and foreign clients on various contractual financing and structuring matters Handles litigation and arbitration in these fields Specialized in art law
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd