Transport/Aviation
Peter Kühn
Counsel
Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer
Counsel
Robert Bernet
Partner
Benedict F. Christ
Partner. Ben is a versed M&A lawyer experienced across a broad spectrum of complex national and cross-border transactions and business matters including real estate, TMT, transport, restructing, finance and private equity transactions.
Adrian Dörig
Partner, Head of Banking & Finance Practice Group. Adrian Dörig is primarily active in banking and finance. He specialises in structured finance transactions, in particular acquisition, restructuring and lease financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services, collective investment schemes and asset management. In addition, he advises clients on M&A projects and real estate transactions.
Daniele Favalli
Partner, head Arbitration practice.
Klaus Neff
Partner. Head of Antitrust Practice Group.
Christoph Niederer
Partner, Head of Tax
Christian Oetiker
Christian Oetiker is a partner in VISCHER's litigation and arbitration team. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts throughout Switzerland as well as before national and international arbitral tribunals. He also acts as arbitrator. Christian studied at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics. He has an in-depth understanding of economic issues. He regularly represents both national and international companies from the financial, chemical and aviation industry. Recent cases include litigation on derivative contracts (governed by the ISDA Master Agreement) and on accounting matters. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises on private international law, general contractual issues and unfair competition law. Christian publishes and speaks regularly on litigation and arbitration matters as well as other selected topics. He is a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and of the Swiss Commission of Arbitration and ADR of the ICC. From 2008 until 2019, he was a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution.
Stefan Rechsteiner
Partner.
Thomas Weibel
Partner - Head of Dispute Resolution.
Main practice areas: Litigation and Arbitration, Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Private International Law, Inheritance Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law, White Collar Crime.
Particular focus on:
(i) complex cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular focus on the financial industry, aviation, and shareholder disputes,
(ii) high-profile and bet-the-company disputes, as well as
(iii) white collar cases (fraud, embezzlement, including tracing and freezing of assets).
Also acts regularly as expert for Swiss law in high-stake disputes before foreign courts and arbitral tribunals, including cross-examination as Part 35 Expert under the UK CPR.
Further practice areas:
i) recognition and enforcement of judgments and awards,
ii) internal investigations,
iii) injunctive relief, and
iv) inheritance disputes.
Regularly publishes and lectures on national and international civil procedure law as well as inheritance law, and acts as editor in chief for civil procedure law for a case law periodical.
Team Services
We advise and represent the largest Swiss airline as well as other domestic and foreign international and national aviation companies in all legal aspects of their core business and in related areas. Our demanding clients also include numerous aviation-related businesses active in the areas of maintenance, interior completion, cargo and catering.
Our services include advice and support in connection with
- concessions, AOCs, registration of aircraft, fees and tariffs and
- all administrative law matters, including environmental and antitrust issues,
- court and out-of-court proceedings (including tariff disputes) with aviation, customs, tax, administrative and criminal authorities as well as airport operators and other counterparties,
- all matters of company and contract law (for example, also in the area of contracts for work and services, orders, transport contracts) including contract negotiations, for example, with flight-related service providers, tour operators and catering companies,
- the leasing, chartering, purchase and sale as well as financing of aircraft and engines, in the handling of claims and insurance cases,
- as well as all tax-related matters of our clients.
Awards and Recognition
