Mr Daniel Tunik > Lenz & Staehelin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

‘Outstanding’ Lenz & Staehelin enjoys a strong reputation within banking and finance litigation, representing a variety of Swiss financial institutions in relation to money laundering and investment fraud schemes. The team also demonstrates considerable capabilities across the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Switzerland, company law disputes and employment disputes. Notable corporate and M&A disputes expert Harold Frey, who is noted for his ‘great advocacy skills’, and commercial litigator Daniel Tunik spearhead the practice. Martin Burkhardt‘s wealth of experience extends from handling financial services and joint ventures to general corporate matters, while Xavier Favre-Bulle bolsters the team’s commercial disputes expertise. ‘Excellent advocate’ Dominique Müller leads the investigations practice, and Hikmat Maleh advises on the full gamut of criminal and commercial litigation.

A team recommended for its ‘truly global outlook’ and ‘great communication and organisational skills’, Lenz & Staehelin has recently been engaged by an impressive roster of clients to assist with mandates including post-M&A and construction disputes, as well as substantive and procedural matters produced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis. It is pre-eminent with a diverse scope of sectors, from energy and telecoms to luxury goods and sports. ‘Exquisite top-performing colleague’ Harold Frey and ‘one of the leading arbitration practitioners’ Xavier Favre-Bulle spearhead the team from the firm’s Zurich and Geneva offices respectively. The former is especially noted for his vast experience in construction and M&A disputes on an international scale, and the latter utilises his wide-ranging experience to take on the role of President of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre. Commercial litigator Martin Burkhardt and IP expert Thierry Calame further bolster the practice. Daniel Tunik is notably active in the banking sector, and Martin Aebi consistently covers construction, M&A and banking arbitration.

Lenz & Staehelin advises and represents employers and senior employees in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters including executive compensation, immigration, and transfer of undertakings. In Zurich, Dominique Müller and Matthias Oertle head the team, whilst Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux and Daniel Tunik lead the Geneva team. Rousselle-Ruffieux has expertise in both individual employment relationships, such as company regulations, secondments, and bonus plans, and collective labour relations, namely hiring of services and business transfers. White-collar experts Müller and Tunik support in employment litigation matters, whilst Oertle advises on cross-border restructurings, business transfers and the compensation of executives in public and private companies. Anja Affolter Marino assists and represents clients in such matters in proceedings before Swiss courts and administrative authorities.

Providing ‘superior service with outstanding knowledge, skill, and judgment’, Lenz & Staehelin advises clients on the full spectrum of insolvency related matters including in out-of-court and in-court restructuring proceedings, the implementation of cross-border restructuring schemes, creditors rights in Swiss insolvency proceedings, pre-insolvency enforcement scenarios, distressed debts, insolvency-related litigation, and sale and acquisition of distressed companies. The team is co-led by Zurich-based Tanja Luginbühl and Geneva-based Roman Graf. Luginbühl is an ‘expert’ in insolvency and restructuring and has been involved in several complex domestic and cross-border cases representing companies in financial distress, banks and creditors whilst Graf has a special focus on distressed M&A and insolvency matters, including in-court and out-of-court restructurings and directors’ liability. Dominique Müller and Daniel Tunik are litigators and represent corporations and private individuals in proceedings before Swiss courts and international arbitral tribunals.