Dr Roland Bachmann > Wenger Plattner > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Wenger Plattner Offices
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CH-8700 KÜSNACHT-ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Dr Roland Bachmann
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Liability and Insurance Law
Employment Law
Life Sciences and Health Law
Banking and Finance
Position
Roland Bachmann is specialised in commercial litigation, with a focus on insurance and employment law. He regularly represents insurance companies in complex liability claims. He represents companies, employers and executives in commercial and employment law disputes. He has experience with global insurance programs for business and product liability, complex coverage claims arising under D&O policies, and in defending corporate liability claims. He advises companies operating worldwide on all issues relating to employment law and provides assistance to them in obtaining work permits. Through his litigation work, he gained extensive insight into complex bonus plans.
Roland Bachmann has experience in international arbitration and with cross-border litigation. In Switzerland, he has successfully appeared at every level of appeal court, including the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. Roland Bachmann is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration business group and, as a Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law, is the point of contact for the Employment Law business group.
Career
Bar admission (2008), Partner Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwälte AG (2015), Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law (2017), Partner Wenger Plattner (2018)
Languages
German, English, French
Education
University of Zurich (Dr. iur. 2005), University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Employment
The employment team at Wenger Plattner has a special focus on dispute resolution for high-profile companies and individuals, including entrepreneurs and senior management staff. The team is particularly strong in bonus disputes, employment termination litigation, and litigation relating to non-competition clauses including interim relied proceedings and arbitration. The practice is headed by Roland Bachmann, who has extensive experience litigating on separation agreements and complex bonus plans and advising clients on all issues relating to employment law. The team is supported by IP expert Damian Schai and commercial dispute specialist Yannick Hostettler.
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
Counting corporations, public law entities and private clients in its varied client roster, ‘excellent’ Wenger Plattner fields a wide-ranging litigation practice, advising on liability, banking and inheritance law disputes to name a few. The team operates across its Zurich and Basel offices, the latter of which being notable experienced in pharma industry mandates. Zurich-based team leader Stephan Kesselbach principally focuses on corporate, contract and insolvency law litigation. Other key names to note include Zurich-based Roland Bachmann, as well as Dieter Gränicher and Yannick Hostettler, who operate in the firm’s Basel office.
Switzerland > Private client
In addition to offering comprehensive tax advice, Wenger Plattner also has extensive experience drafting deeds of inheritance, wills, and estate distributions. Filippo Th. Beck is at the forefront of the private client practice, and focusses on law relating to banking and financial markets. Praised as ‘a very knowledgeable and experienced professional’, Roland Bachmann is recommended for matters relating to employment law and work permits.
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