Mr Thomas Stoltz > Bär & Karrer Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Notarial Services | Employment | Corporate & Commercial | Mergers & Acquisitions | Private Clients | Social Security & Pension | Fintech | Startup Desk

Position

Thomas Stoltz heads the notarial services as well as the employment, migration and social security practice areas of Bär & Karrer. He manages the Zug office.

Thomas Stoltz advises national and international clients mainly located in the Zug business area on all legal issues related to corporate, commercial and employment law. He also specializes in questions of Swiss migration law.

In his capacity as civil law notary, Thomas Stoltz is regularly responsible for the notarial acts in the various national and cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs assisted by Bär & Karrer.

Who’s Who Legal lists Thomas Stoltz as an expert in the practice area Corporate Immigration (since 2014).

Career

  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2007)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (2000-2007)
  • Civil Law Notary in the Canton of Zug (2000)
  • Law Clerk at the Administrative Court of Zug (1999)
  • Law Clerk at the Cantonal Court of Zug (1998)
  • Trainee at a Swiss law firm (1997)

Languages

German, English, Dutch

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Zug Bar Association
  • Member of the Zug Bar Exam Commission of Experts
  • European Employment Lawyers Association
  • Swiss Federation of Civil Law Notaries
  • Association of Lawyers of Central Switzerland
  • Chairman of the Board of the “Dutch Business Round Table”, Zug

Education

  • University of Toronto: LL.M. (2003-2004)
  • Admitted to the Zug Bar (2000)
  • University of Leiden / NL (1994-1995)
  • University of Fribourg: lic. iur. (1992-1997)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Employment

(Leading partners)

Thomas StoltzBär & Karrer Ltd.

Bär & Karrer Ltd.‘s leading employment and migration team advises clients in German, French, and Italian and covers the full breadth of employment law topics. Notably, the firm often represents clients in employment-related litigation matters, as well as advising on employment considerations regarding M&A and private equity transactions, and in relation to the employment aspects of restructuring or winding down companies. Heading the practice is Laura Widmer, who specialises in individual and mass dismissals, reorganisations, compensation plans, and employment investigations. Thomas Stoltz advises clients on all legal issues relating to employment and immigration law, with a special focus on companies opening new offices in Switzerland.