‘The team lead by Peter Hsu has excellent insurance knowledge, is strong in its capabilities with respect to large transaction and is able to develop creative solutions for complex issues.’

‘Highly reputable and established insurance law practice group.’

‘Practice Leader, Peter Hsu, always provides meaningful, innovative and yet independent legal advice.’

‘Baer-Karrer has the go-to practice for insurance transactional and regulatory matters in Switzerland. They are instructed by our insurance sector clients and by us on behalf of our insurance sector clients and investor clients.’

‘Peter Hsu is practical, commercial and responsive and his understanding of the approach and workings of FINMA is invaluable when working on transactional and regulatory matters.’

‘Quality advice clearly thought through and communicated whilst adapting to the needs of the client’

‘Peter Hsu and Pascal are both always quick to respond with clear advice. Both are outstanding lawyers who happily explain and guide client in unknown legal waters .’

‘Dr. Clemens von Zedtwitz: Outstanding knowledge and expertise in Swiss and foreign insurance related laws and regulations. He is able to apply such outstanding knowledge to in-house “realities” corporate lawyers like me are faced with internally. Thus, his advice is not only driven by pure legal assessment but also takes the clients´ business perspective and realities into account.’

‘This team is one of our most trusted partners due to their cooperative, uncomplicated yet sophisticated way of working. We have made very good experiences with several highly complex and contentious litigations that GBF have handled very well and within reasonable monetary budgets.’

‘Lars Gerspacher is accessible, obliging and strategically thinks three steps ahead. His support has been invaluable in many claims.’

‘We have mutual clients and refer always.’

‘Dominik Skrobala is an excellent business lawyer, having great knowledge on insurance matters. Always market oriented, easy to contact and open minded. He has a great knowledge on insurance and regulatory matters and a considerable experience in this area.’

‘Boutique law firm providing a unique combination of excellent knowledge and an explicit can-do attitude.’

‘The team consists of incredibly nice and competent people who know what they do in a hands-on approach.’

‘A team of great lawyers who understand the business of their clients and how the regulator works inside out. Boutique insurance law firm with very strong individuals, all top notch in their fields and concentrating on what they are best at.’

‘The team is the right size (neither too big nor too small). The partners are experts in their fields and the associates deliver high quality work. The firm is well networked and cooperates profitably with other firms when necessary. As far as we can tell, the firm offers associates a better work-life balance than comparable firms.’

‘We appreciate the consistently excellent quality of the cooperation, Dr. Graber’s profound knowledge of insurance, contract and procedural law, his experience, his tactical skills, his understanding of the insurance market and his weight as one of the best-known insurance law specialists in Switzerland, whose published doctrinal opinions are not only dogmatically well-founded but also always the result of balanced considerations of interests.’

‘Not only are they very skilled from a thematical point of view, but they are also able to bring calm back on disputes that have been escalated already. Prager Dreifuss now also has a specific Cyber practice, which is one of the most advanced among law-firms.’

‘Christoph Graber is very well known on the market for his negotiation skills, his creativity when analyzing complex matters. He is able to bring structure into the most confusing disputes. His communication skills are widely known to the market.’

‘Reto Jenny: what distinguishes him most from his peers is that he is not just trusting his experience, but he is very patient and diligent when having to analyze extensive documents received from the client or the claimant in a dispute. He is very well organized and able to quickly understand and put a memo in place for any large and chaotic cases. Also his writs are well received.’

‘Christoph Graber has a very large experience and a very practical approach combined with good know-how.’

‘They field one of the largest insurance teams in Switzerland and regularly advise and represent Zurich in insurance matters, in particular in complex claims. Their team is highly skilled and very dedicated to its clients, making them one of the leading providers in this field.’

‘Often representing Insurers in coverage disputes. Very experienced in the area of claims handling and liability assessments for Insurers. Strong focus on Cyber Insurance, maintains a Cyber Insurance – Emergency – Hotline on behalf of various Insurers.’

‘Dr.Jodok Wicki is an excellent lawyer with very much expertise in the Insurance industry. He is quick-witted and very strong in the strategical analysis of cases. He is great for complex, difficult Insurance or Re-Insurance claims.’

‘I have only worked with Dr. Kaspar Landolt, and in a fairly limited capacity. On behalf of my employer, an American insurance company, I have sought Dr. Landolt’s counsel on Swiss law as it applies to foreign insurers. I have found Dr. Landolt both knowledgeable and pragmatic in his approach. I trust his judgement and his counsel which I find invaluable.’

‘Responsive and pragmatic.’

‘Kaspar Landolt has been very easy to work with: knowledgeable and user friendly.’

‘Dr Lukas Morscher and team are strong on regulatory insurance and reinsurance queries/transactions, and an authoritative source of Swiss advice in this space’

‘Dr Lukas Morscher, lead partner on (re)insurance and Swiss regulatory advice: personable, clear communicator who is tenacious in transaction negotiations’

‘Very professional and forward-thinking team. Good understanding of their client’s business.’

‘Solution oriented engagement and pro-active development of targeted strategies.’

‘Highly reputable and knowledgeable insurance practice group led by Hansjörg Appenzeller.’

‘Hansjörg Appenzeller is clearly one of Switzerland’s leading insurance contract and regulatory lawyers.’

‘Experienced lawyers in the Swiss corporate and insurance field. Provide helpful insights and good availability, can source additional resources when needed. Fair billing.’

‘Seasoned, experienced lawyer in the corporate and insurance field. Good collaboration and clear, actionable communication.’

‘Roberto Dallafior is intelligent, pragmatic and has a good network of resources to get complex cases handled successfully. He acknowledges the unpredictability of legal disputes, but finds ways to get the case across convincingly to the judges hearing the case.’

‘Excellent service, small firm, extremely dedicated professionals.’

‘Perfect availability, thorough work, convincing the claims’ team at insurers.’