The Legal 500

Within Geneva, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli is ‘very responsive and proactive, with a high level of professionalism’. It advises banks and other financial services providers on a wide range of subjects, such as regulations or the Swiss aspects of complex multi-jurisdictional transactions. Practice head Jérôme de Montmollin and Patrick Vogel are recommended.

Within Zurich, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

Froriep Renggli advises domestic and international clients on a wide range of matters, with regulatory matters being a notable strength. Complex financial transactions and structures are also specialisms. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler and Beat Barthold are recommended.

Within Capital markets, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s ‘very professional’ team provides ‘targeted and customer-oriented’ advice. Areas of strength include equity capital market transactions for issuers, sponsors and principal shareholders. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler ‘provides hands-on legal advice to the client, and gives clear recommendations’.

Within Dispute resolution, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

‘First-rate’ firm Froriep Renggli ‘always responds within time limits set, provides in-depth practical and academic approaches to instructions, and provides client-sensitive responses’. The team is able to advise private or public sector clients in litigation or arbitration. Team head Marcel Steinegger is ‘very reliable, technically strong and pleasant to work with’, and arbitration specialist Jean-Marie Vulliemin is ‘a strong fighter and meticulous jurist with deep knowledge of different national law systems, with capability to foresee the best solution for his clients’. Philippe Pulfer is ‘adept at marrying the differences between civil and common law jurisdictions and communicating clearly’.

Within EU, competition and WTO, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli ‘provides service of the highest quality’, and acts for clients before Swiss competition authorities including assessing merger controls, joint ventures and contracts. Practice head Alessandro Celli has ‘very good in-depth knowledge, gives practical advice and has a good understanding of implications for daily business’. Boris Wenger has ‘excellent intellectual know-how of all competition matters in combination with a great sense for commercial issues’.

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli provides ‘great value for money’ and ‘sound business judgement’ in representing companies, individuals and state agencies in a range of complex bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings. The team includes Geneva-based Roland Kaufmann and Zurich-based Felix Mathis.

Within Intellectual property, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s clients express their ‘absolute satisfaction’ with the firm and its ‘commitment, know-how, experience, service orientation, and swift and efficient working attitude’. The firm’s clients span the IT, food and drink, media and financial sectors. Practice head Roger Staub is ‘a great strategist with a no-nonsense approach’.

Within Geneva, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s Geneva branch has notable expertise in the oil and gas market. Managing partner Jérôme de Montmollin is well respected; Roland Kaufmann is recommended for corporate and transport matters; and Patrick Vogel is a corporate and M&A expert.

Within Zurich, tier 4

Froriep Renggli’s ‘established’ group provides ‘excellent quality’ advice, and is especially notable for its corporate, finance and dispute resolution expertise.

Within Mergers and acquisitions, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s service is ‘excellent’ and response times are ‘unbeatable’. It acts on matters in sectors including banking and financial services, automotive, aviation, defence, insurance, entertainment and retail. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler is recommended.

Within Private banking, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s Philippe Pulfer leads a group that has experience advising individuals on relocation and tax planning opportunities.

Within TMT, Froriep Renggli is a third tier firm,

Froriep Renggli advises on contentious and non-contentious TMT matters with particular experience in IT outsourcing projects, software development, licences, maintenance contracts and service agreements. Lucien Valloni is a sports law expert.

Within Tax, tier 4

Danielle Wenger heads Froriep Renggli’s tax group, which advises a range of corporate and private clients.

Within Transport: Aviation, maritime and rail, Froriep Renggli is a second tier firm,

Froriep Renggli’s aviation and shipping team has expertise in financing, leasing, insolvency, liability and other litigation, as well as regulatory advice. Roland Kaufmann is recommended.