Lawyers in Switzerland
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Armin Kühne
Attorney at Law, Partner About Armin Kühne’s practice focuses on providing legal advice to regulated financial institutions in the areas of asset management, banking law, insurance law, financial market enforcement and anti-money laundering in connection with regulatory, corporate law and contract law matters. Another focus of his work is the conducting of licensing procedures and restructuring for supervised financial institutions, collective investment schemes, and investment foundations, as well as the clarification of licensing obligations under financial market law. He also provides legal advice in connection with organizational issues (ICS, risk management, compliance, corporate governance, etc.) and the drafting and amendment of contracts, corporate documents, and the internal rules of supervised financial institutions. Armin Kühne is a member of the online platform FIDLEG SOLUTION, a fintech solution for ensuring compliance with FIDLEG/FINIG.
Kellerhals Carrard
Arnaud Martin
Arnaud Martin heads the firm’s tax practice in Western Switzerland. He is a Swiss Certified Tax Expert and has more than 15 years of experience in Swiss and international taxation, with particular expertise in business restructurings, corporate financing, tax litigation and VAT.
MLL Legal
Arnaud Philippe
Attorney at law, Partner About Arnaud Philippe's practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions (acquisitions and divestures in public and private companies, mergers), private equity transactions (assistance to investors, sellers and management teams in MBOs, venture capital and start-ups) and general corporate law (corporate governance, shareholders' agreements, joint ventures, restructurings, executive incentive arrangements). Arnaud Philippe also regularly assists banks and other financial institutions on financing transactions, asset management and regulatory matters. Arnaud Philippe holds an LL.M. in corporate governance and practice from Stanford Law School and a PhD in corporate law from the university of Geneva (summa cum laude). He is a regular speaker and regularly publishes in the field of corporate law.
Kellerhals Carrard
Astrid Waser
Partner, Head of ESG
Lenz & Staehelin
Aude Peyrot
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.
Audrey Duffner
Associate
Gabriel Arbitration AG
Audrey Durand
Senior Associate
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Audrey Frizzarin
ASSOCIATE
SKANDAMIS AVOCATS SA
August Adamowicz
Associate
LKK Arbitration
Augustin Barrier
Partner
LALIVE
Aurélie Conrad Hari
Aurélie Conrad Hari leads the civil litigation practice of Bär & Karrer in Geneva, where she has been a partner since 2017. She has a broad experience in handling complex multi-jurisdictional disputes in financial, banking and commercial disputes. She also specializes in private clients' assistance and representation. Her practice encompasses shareholders' and employment disputes, insolvency as well as asset recovery, with the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She also frequently acts as counsel representing parties in commercial arbitration related to various industries, eg, sale, distribution, agency, construction (including power plants) and energy. Additionally, she conducts internal investigation on specific fact findings and compliance issues upon instructions from clients or supervisory authorities. Aurélie Conrad Hari is a regular speaker and publisher on topics of her expertise. She is co-chair of the officers of the commissions committee and member of the Extended Bureau of the International Young Lawyers Association and chairs the Expert Forum on Dispute Resolution established by the Geneva Bar Association in 2017. Who's Who Legal lists her as a leading lawyer in litigation, asset recovery and as a future leader in arbitration. She is also recognized by Chambers and Partners and Legal500 for her litigation practice as well as by Leaders League, the Global Elite Private Client Directory as well as Citywealth where she is featured in in the IFC Powerwomen Top 200 since 2018.
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Aurélie Moyal-Azra
Aurélie Moyal-Azra is an Associate and a member of FBT’s Banking & Finance group. She advises Swiss and foreign banking establishments, companies active in asset management, as well as Swiss and foreign fund managers. Her experience extends to providing advice to individuals and legal persons with respect to financial market legislation, contract law or criminal business law. She also advises private clients. Areas of expertise : Banking and Financial Regulations Regulatory and Financial Disputes Money Laundering
FBT Attorneys-at-Law
Aurélien Barakat
Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Certified Tax Expert, University Lecturer at Neuchâtel University and UniDistance About Aurélien Barakat specialises in various aspects of individual taxation, in particular real estate taxation, as well as for private clients with regard to estate planning or wealth restructuring. He is also active on behalf of companies, in particular in relation to company transfers, restructurings and profit-sharing plans. Finally, he regularly acts for his clients before the courts in matters of tax litigation. He is also involved in civil and political society, being vice-president of the Geneva Green-Liberal Party. He regularly teaches tax law and accounting law at the Universities of Neuchâtel and UniDistance, and is involved in other university and postgraduate courses on these same subjects.
Kellerhals Carrard
Aurélien Flückiger
Aurélien Flückiger advises mainly individuals in relation to their personal taxation, but also legal entities. Having decided to focus his practice on taxation over the past ten years, he has developed first-rate theoretical and practical skills, particularly in relation to complex situations. He has particular expertise in wealth and estate planning issues – both tax and civil –, real estate issues (acquisition, structuring of ownership and financing, real estate transactions and trading) and those related to the relationship between entrepreneurs and their businesses/companies (asset restructuring, acquisition and sale of companies, reorganization, successions). He also advises his clients on the various tax and administrative procedures related to the transfer of residence (lump-sum or ordinary taxation, real estate acquisition, procedures related to the employment of personnel, advice on social insurance and residence permits). Finally, Aurélien Flückiger is regularly involved in assisting and representing his clients in proceedings, essentially administrative (contentious or not) and administrative criminal law, before the various authorities and jurisdictions, both federal and cantonal.
Aegis Partners LLC
Axel Buhr
Partner
Gabriel Arbitration AG
Bajar Scharaw, LL.M. (UQ)
Counsel
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Balz Gross
Partner. Balz Gross is the Head of Homburger’s Disputes (Litigation / Arbitration) practice. He advises clients on the international coordination of arbitral, state court and criminal proceedings covering multiple jurisdictions. He has extensive experience regarding all aspects of international arbitration (ICSID, ICC, LCIA, Swiss Rules, ad hoc, etc.) and complex litigation before Swiss state courts and authorities, including criminal proceedings and employment (compensation) related disputes. He has acted as party counsel in more than one hundred international arbitrations, in particular in proceedings relating to mergers and acquisitions, long-term supply contracts, distribution contracts and joint ventures. Balz Gross acts as counsel in large, mostly international proceedings before the state courts in all Swiss cantons, in particular the Commercial Courts, and represents foreign and Swiss clients in proceedings involving criminal law issues. Balz Gross is the Co-Head of the Employment and Executive Compensation Practice and has extensive experience in employment related disputes and employment aspects of transactions.
Homburger
Balz Hösly
Dr. Balz Hösly is a Certified Specialist SBA in estate planning for private individuals and succession planning in family businesses.
MME Legal | Tax | Compliance
Baptiste Lanini
Attorney-at-Law
Bratschi Ltd
Barbara Abegg
Counsel
Lenz & Staehelin
Barbara Jecklin
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Bratschi Ltd
Bas de Graaf
Associate
Barandun AG
Basil Grötzinger
Basil Grötzinger’s areas of expertise and practice focus on property and inheritance law (including estate planning), corporate and commercial law, real estate law, and general contract law.
burckhardt Ltd
Bastian Thurneysen
Bastian Thurneysen areas of expertise are national and international tax law. He advises groups of companies, small and medium enterprises and start-ups on all tax law issues, in particular on mergers and acquisitions, financing, reorganizations and employee participation plans. In addition, he advises on tax issues in the crypto area and advises private clients in all tax matters. One of Bastian Thurneysen's areas of expertise is tax litigation, in particular in the area of international tax administrative assistance. As co-author of iusNet Steuerrecht, Bastian Thurneysen is always informed about the latest case law in tax law and advises his clients efficiently and practically.
burckhardt Ltd