Walder Wyss Ltd. — Switzerland

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- Walder Wyss Basel - Walder Wyss Bern - Walder Wyss Geneva - Walder Wyss Lausanne - Walder Wyss Lugano - Walder Wyss Zurich The firm: Around 300 legal experts make Walder Wyss one of the most successful and fastest growing Swiss commercial law firms. The firm specialises in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, intellectual property and competition law, dispute resolution and tax law. Its clients include national and international companies, publicly held corporations and family businesses as well as public law institutions and private clients. Growth and a close relationship to its clients are the factors that determine the firm’s success. Walder Wyss was established in Zurich in 1972 and has since grown continuously. With offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Lugano, it provides its clients with seamless one-stop-shop, personalised and high-quality services in all language regions of Switzerland. Its strong national and international network of correspondents and partners from a broad range of disciplines are selected according to the highest standards of professional competence. ### Areas of practice Banking, finance and insurance: Walder Wyss handles domestic and international banking, securitisations, infrastructure and project finance, domestic and cross-border leasing, and structured financial instruments, as well as over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives. Walder Wyss advises on all aspects of Swiss securities laws and regulations. IT, telecommunications and multimedia: Walder Wyss focuses on the interlinked and converging areas of information technology, internet, multimedia, as well as media and telecommunications law. It advises on software protection, licensing issues, systems integration contracts, and data processing contracts. Intellectual property: the firm has a wide range of experience in protecting intellectual property rights, as well as exploiting such rights by way of licensing, franchising and merchandising. Corporate and commercial: Walder Wyss advises on and assists in the incorporation and organisation of business activities in Switzerland, including the establishment of corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, joint ventures and non-profit organisations. M&A, restructuring, joint ventures, IPOs and private equity: Walder Wyss handles the structuring and implementation of corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, outsourcings, shareholder agreements, takeovers, demergers, capital restructurings, repurchases of shares, management buyouts, joint ventures, reorganisations, cross-border business arrangements and other direct investment transactions. Walder Wyss advises on seed, early stage and growth financing. Litigation, arbitration and ADR: Walder Wyss is renowned for its international arbitration and litigation practice. This is reflected both by a high number of arbitration cases, both with respect to party representation and arbitrator appointments, and a well-established commercial court practice leading to an important number of pending cases before the Zurich Commercial Court and other relevant courts throughout Switzerland. Tax: Walder Wyss’ tax specialists advise on private and public M&A, capital market transactions, IPOs, real estate, structured finance, tax-optimised financial products and investment funds. Competition/antitrust: Walder Wyss is proficient in all aspects of the regulation of competition. The competition team regularly handles complex merger filings in Switzerland and co-ordinates them with filings in other jurisdictions. The team is routinely involved in questions of market dominance and the design of agreements that do not violate competition law. Private clients: Walder Wyss advises high-net-worth individuals regarding domestic and international estate planning and provides tailor-made succession solutions. Its services include drafting of wills, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, particularly matrimonial property agreements, and inheritance contracts, as well as any related contractual arrangements, all of which are drawn up in close collaboration with Walder Wyss’ experienced notaries. The firm supports relocations and taking up residence in Switzerland and the planning and setting up of appropriate structures. ### Languages - Croatian - Dutch - Italian - Persian - Polish - Rhaeto-Romanic - Russian - Serbian - Spanish - Swedish - English - Farsi - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hindi - Hungarian ### Staffing Figures - 300 Number of lawyers

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Adriano Antonietti

Partner · Banking & Finance

Adrien Alberini

Counsel · Technology Law

Alain Alberini

Partner · Intellectual Property

Alex Nikitine

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Alexander Gutmans

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Alexandre Both

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Anaëlle Genoud

Managing Associate · Banking & Finance

Andrea Meier

Partner · International Arbitration

Andreas Wildi

Partner · Life Sciences

André Kuhn

Partner · Real Estate

Annemarie Lagger

Managing Associate · Data & Technology

Antonio Carbonara

Partner · Litigation

Aude Peyrot

Partner · Private Clients / Trusts & Estates

Celine Weber

Managing Associate · Healthcare & Life Sciences

Christian Eichenberger

Partner · Real Estate

Christian Hagen

Partner · Corporate / M&A

David Borer

Partner · Banking & Finance

David Vasella

Partner · Information Technology

Davide Jermini

Partner · Banking & Finance

Diana Akikol

Partner · International Arbitration

Dieter Hofmann

Partner · Litigation

Dominik Hohler

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Fabienne Limacher

Partner · Tax

Florian Gunz Niedermann

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Florian Roth

Managing Associate · Public Law

Fouad Sayegh

Partner · Tax

Francis Nordmann

Partner · Real Estate

Gion Giger

Counsel · Competition / Antitrust

Hans Rudolf Trüeb

Partner · Technology & IP

Hans-Jakob Diem

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Hubertus Hillerström

Partner · Banking & Finance

Hugh Reeves

Partner · Intellectual Property

Irène Suter-Sieber

Partner · Employment

Jamar E. Brown

Partner · Private Clients

Jonas Knechtli

Managing Associate · Employment

Jürg Schneider

Partner · Information Technology

Katja Schott-Morgenroth

Partner · Real Estate

Kinga M. Weiss

Partner · Private Client

Luc Defferrard

Partner · Banking & Finance

Lukas Wyss

Partner · Banking & Finance

Manu Ferro

Senior Associate · Banking & Finance

Marco Galli

Managing Associate · Corporate / M&A

Marco Strahm

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Marion Bähler

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Mark A. Reutter

Partner · Intellectual Property

Markus Pfenninger

Partner · Banking & Finance

Markus R. Frick

Partner · Intellectual Property

Markus Vischer

Partner · Corporate / M&A

Martin Busenhart

Partner · Tax

Martin Zobl

Partner · Public Law

Maurice Courvoisier

Partner · Litigation

Maurus Winzap

Partner · Tax

Micha Bühler

Partner · Litigation

Michael Cartier

Partner · International Arbitration

Michael Feit

Partner · International Arbitration

Michael Isler

Partner · Intellectual Property

Monique Sturny

Partner · Competition & Antitrust

Nicolas Iynedjian

Partner · Real Estate

Oliver M. Kunz

Partner · Litigation

Olivier Nicod

Partner · Corporate / M&A