About
- CMS > Zurich - CMS Geneva The firm: CMS von Erlach Partners is a leading Swiss law firm, with a proven track record and a reputation for excellent client service stretching back more than 80 years. The firm has a strong international focus and its expertise covers all areas of commercial law, making CMS Switzerland a solid player for international business law on the legal market. As a member of CMS, one of the world’s ten biggest law firms, CMS Switzerland combines local roots and business connections with the global outlook and reach to serve its clients’ needs across Europe and beyond. CMS von Erlach Partners is the result of the 2014 merger of CMS von Erlach Henrici in Zurich and ZPG Avocats in Geneva, which brought together two prominent Swiss law firms. Working from Switzerland’s major financial and commercial centres, the firm’s experienced teams provide top-tier specialist legal expertise and business-focused advice in domestic and cross-border law and tax matters. Areas of practice: CMS von Erlach Partners’s main areas of practice include banking and finance, commercial, competition, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, employment, funds, insurance, intellectual property, public procurement, real estate and tax. Clients: CMS von Erlach Partners advises a wide range of large and mid-sized national and international clients from all major industries including banking and finance, consumer products, energy, infrastructure and project finance, insurance and funds, life sciences, manufacturing, professional services, real estate and construction, technology, media and telecommunication, and transport and logistics. ### Languages - German - French - English - Italian - Spanish - Dutch - Norwegian - Korean - Japanese ### Memberships - World Law Group ### Staffing Figures - 120 Number of lawyers - 7200 worldwide
Office locations
Zurich
Zurich
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Dreikönigstrasse 7 Po Box 8022 Zurich Zurich Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Esplanade De Pont-rouge 9 Po Box 1211 Geneva 26 Geneva Switzerland
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Alain Raemy
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Andrio Orler
Partner · Tax
Audrey Durand
Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A
Bajar Scharaw, LL.M. (UQ)
Counsel · International Arbitration
Bernhard Lötscher
Partner · Litigation
Christian Gersbach
Partner · Employment Law
Christian Lüscher
Partner · Litigation
Christoph Willi
Partner · Life Sciences
Daniel Jenny
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Daniel Kinzer
Partner · Litigation
David Hürlimann
Managing Partner · Tax
David Müller
Associate | Lead Innovation & Legal Tech · Banking & Finance
Dirk Spacek
Partner · Intellectual Property
Dominique Lea Gemperli
Counsel · Banking & Finance
Florian Jung
Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A
Jodok Wicki
Partner · Litigation
Julia Haas
Senior Associate · Public Procurement
Julien Witzig
Partner | Certified Tax Expert · Tax
Jérôme Levrat
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Kaspar Landolt
Partner · Banking & Finance
Louise Lutz Sciamanna
Counsel · Estate Planning
Marjolaine Jakob
Partner · Insolvency & Restructuring
Mark Cagienard
Partner · Tax
Marquard Christen
Partner · Competition / Antitrust
Matthias Kuert
Partner · Dispute Resolution
Miryam Meile
Senior Associate | Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law · Employment & Pensions
Niklaus Zaugg
Partner · International Arbitration
Olivia Zingg
Associate · Intellectual Property
Olivier Carrard
Partner · Sports Law
Patrick Sommer
Partner · Competition / Antitrust
Philipp Dickenmann, LL.M.
Litigation
Philipp J Dickenmann
Partner · Litigation
Pierre Ducret
Partner · Litigation
Reto Hunsperger
Partner · Litigation
Sarah Busca Bonvin
Partner · Tax
Sibylle Schnyder
Partner · Real Estate
Sidonie Morvan
Partner · Real Estate
Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser
Partner · Intellectual Property
Stefan Brunnschweiler
Managing Partner · Corporate / M&A
Stefan Gerster
Partner · Real Estate
Sébastien Moret
Counsel · Litigation
Tanja Schaub
Counsel · Corporate Tax
Thomas Zweifel
Senior Associate · Real Estate
Tina Balzli
Partner · Fintech & Blockchain
Tobias Somary
Partner · Inheritance Law
Vaïk Müller
Partner · Banking & Finance
