Real Estate & Environmental Law
Corrado Rampini
Corrado Rampini heads the real estate department of Bär & Karrer. He has broad experience in M&A and capital market transactions but specialises in real estate transactions of all types, including asset deals and large-scale portfolio transactions, acquisitions of real estate companies and IPOs and other capital market transactions of listed real estate companies. He also assists lenders and borrowers in financings of real estate portfolios, enforcements and restructurings of defaulting borrowers in the real estate sector. Beyond M&A and real estate, Corrado Rampini is also considered an expert in data protection and privacy law.
Chambers & Partners ranks Corrado Rampini in tier 1 of the leading lawyers in Switzerland for Real Estate. Legal 500 lists him among the leading individuals in the category Real Estate & Construction. He was awarded "Lawyer of the Year 2016" for Real Estate in the Zurich area by Best Lawyers.
Rocco Rigozzi
Rocco Rigozzi's practice focuses on real estate, M&A and corporate law. He specializes in real estate transactions of all types, including asset deals, share deals, large-scale portfolio transactions and real estate related M&A-transactions. He has special experience in the field of the Swiss legislation on acquisition of real estate by persons abroad (Lex Koller) and the associated restrictions for international investors. Tenancy law and environmental law form also part of his practice.
In addition, Rocco Rigozzi advises corporations on commercial and corporate law, in particular in connection with all types of corporate reorganizations, carve-out transactions, incorporations, shareholders' agreements, as well as capital increases and reductions.
Daniel Bader
Daniel Bader provides national and international tax, social security and legal advice to individuals and corporate clients.
He comprehensively advises private clients, executives and entrepreneurs in tax and legal-related questions including successions planning, compensation plans and private wealth structures.
Daniel Bader develops solutions, particularly related to cross-border structuring and to corporate and private relocations from and to Switzerland. He assists clients in questions regarding income and wealth tax, estate and gift taxes, real estate tax and social security.
Daniel Bader is a frequent speaker at national and international tax and private clients conferences, and acts as board member of Family Offices. He is president of the Swiss branch of the International Fiscal Association IFA. He is listed as a leading lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and Citywealth. Furthermore, Who's Who Legal 2018 recognizes him as expert in the practice areas "Private Client" and "Corporate Tax".
Daniel Leu
Daniel Leu advises private clients and family offices on wealth and succession planning, on the handling of estates, in connection with foundations and trusts and on questions in connection with the place of residence. Other areas of work include advising clients who buy or sell real estate in Switzerland and art law.
Daniel Leu is a Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law and publishes regulary in the field of inheritance law. He has published extensively and frequently lectures on trust and estate matters in Switzerland and abroad. In addition to his practice, Daniel Leu is a lecturer at the University of Muenster, Germany (Master of Law in Inheritance Law & Corporate Succession).
Daniel Leu is recommended by Chambers and Partners, Who is Who Legal, Legal 500 as well as by the Legal Week Private Client Global Elite Directory.
Ralph Malacrida
Ralph Malacrida specializes in M&A and corporate finance transactions, including venture capital transactions, structured and acquisition finance as well as capital markets. He has extensive experience in complex corporate restructurings. Ralph Malacrida is co-head of the M&A practice and heads the Finance practice.
He has a strong track record advising clients on domestic and international M&A and finance transactions, successfully executing deals for sellers, buyers, finance providers, borrowers and issuers.
Ralph Malacrida is a member of the board of directors of several Swiss companies. He is ranked as a leading lawyer in IFLR 1000, Legal 500, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global.
Frédéric Bétrisey
Frédéric Bétrisey has a long standing practice in banking and finance. He advises banks and borrowers on all types of banking and finance transactions, including trade and commodity finance, acquisition finance, equipment financing, financial lease and syndicated lending. He also advises financial institutions on a variety of regulatory aspects and assists financial intermediaries in connection with their securities lending and derivative transactions, with a particular focus on the legal issues and documentation relating to netting arrangements and the issuance and distribution of collective investment schemes and structured products.
In recent years, Frédéric Bétrisey has also assisted originators, arrangers and trustees in connection with the securitisation of Swiss law receivables, in particular in respect of residential mortgages (RMBS transactions), consumer credits and leasing agreements.
Frédéric Bétrisey is a visiting lecturer at the University of Fribourg, where he gives a course on acquisition financing, and at the Swiss Training Centre for Investment Professionals (AZEK), in Geneva.
Christoph Suter
Christoph Suter heads Bär & Karrer's tax team in Geneva. He advises corporate and private clients in complex national and international tax matters.
Christoph Suter has broad experience in corporate taxation, in particular M&A, reorganizations, corporate finance, national and international tax planning as well as tax litigation work. He is also an expert in tax topics of the banking and asset management industry, such as the taxation of financial instruments.
Christoph Suter is a frequent lecturer at national and international tax conferences and publishes articles on relevant taxation topics.
Dominik Infanger
Dominik Infanger has specialized in construction and real estate law. In this area, he acts as a Certified Specialist SBA in an advisory and litigation capacity for real estate and construction companies as well as other companies in the construction industry. He also has extensive experience in commercial, business and corporate law as well as debt collection and bankruptcy law.
As a notary public, he covers company law (company formations, reorganisations and mergers), property law (property purchase and pledge agreements and the establishment of condominium ownership) and matrimonial and inheritance law (wills, marriage and inheritance contracts).
Massimo Vanotti
Massimo Vanotti's work focuses on corporate, commercial and banking law. He also advises private clients on legal and tax matters. Other areas of work include advising clients in real estate transactions and in the frame of relocations.
Massimo Vanotti is regularly involved in corporate and M&A transactions related in particular to the banking industry.
Cyrill Diefenbacher
Cyrill Diefenbacher has broad experience in national and international corporate tax matters.
He advises clients on tax-related questions in the area of M&A transactions / restructurings / financing, but also has broad experience in advising clients in the area of tax compliance. He frequently works on M&A transactions (buy-side or sell-side advice over all stages of the transaction, advice on management incentive schemes), restructurings and reorganizations and provides advice on various national or international corporate tax matters. His area of expertise includes Swiss VAT.
Cyrill Diefenbacher regularly speaks in the area of M&A tax / corporate tax law and publishes specialist articles in the field of taxes. He is a lecturer at the EXPERTsuisse Swiss Certified Tax Expert education program and regularly speaks at different tax seminars.
Hanna Brozzo
Hanna Brozzo is a lawyer and tax expert and Partner in Bär & Karrer’s tax team. With more than 15 years of work experience, Hanna Brozzo has specialized in domestic and international tax matters for Swiss and foreign private clients. Her tax practice includes, in particular, wealth and estate planning (including trusts and family foundations), business succession, employment (including social security), relocations and tax residency questions. She further advises and represents charitable foundations regarding tax-exemptions and supports clients in all matters relating to tax-related questions around real estate (private and commercial) and tax compliance. With broad litigation experience, both on the side of a court and as a party representative, Hanna Brozzo regularly represents clients in tax matters before Swiss authorities and courts
Hanna Brozzo regularly publishes and speaks at domestic and international conferences on tax matters. She has been awarded Silver as "Lawyer of the Year – IFC" at the Citywealth Future Leaders Award in November 2024.
Team Services
In recent years, the real estate sector has experienced a major investor inflow that went in hand with a great deal of professionalisation and specialisation. Times of low yields encourage investors to take more commercial risks and consider increasingly complex deal structures. To operate successfully in this environment requires a thorough understanding of the local market and its players, a good sense for timing and in-depth knowledge of the regulatory framework.
Our real estate specialists have the industry knowledge and legal expertise to help our clients mitigate legal risks and tax implications. We follow an interdisciplinary approach and focus on practical solutions to help our clients achieve their goals.
With a strong Swiss base and far-reaching international connections, we have gained the trust of a diverse clientele and act for private individuals, privately held and listed real estate companies, insurance companies, investment banks, real estate and pension funds, developers, public institutions, hotel owners and operators, corporate tenants, as well as sovereign wealth funds.
Our services include:
- Real estate transactions
- M&A in real estate and related sectors
- Development projects
- Leases
- Construction law
- Real estate financings
- Environmental law
- Lex Koller / BBGB
- Holding structures
- Real estate tax
- Hotel and leisure