Restructuring and Insolvency
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.
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.
Robert Bernet
Partner
Gian-Andrea Caprez
Partner; Gian-Andrea Caprez has broad experience in domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions across various industries. He advises his clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law as well as on corporate governance matters. In addition, he supports entrepreneurs and investors in venture capital investments and financing rounds.
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.
Jana Essebier
Partner, specialised in financial services law, FinTech, blockchain, insolvency and restructuring, advice of Swiss and foreign financial market participants on regulatory matters and capital markets law, support of corporate clients on a broad range of compliance issues, including representation before the competent courts and authorities, extensive expertise in dealing with derivatives, structured products and other financial instruments and innovative product platforms, such as crowdfunding.
Daniele Favalli
Partner, head Arbitration practice.
Karin Graf
Partner
Markus Guggenbühl
Markus Guggenbühl regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients in debt financing, capital market transactions (related to debt, equity, hybrid and derivative financial instruments) and financial services regulations. He ranks among the leading experts in Switzerland in these fields and brings to the table many years of experience in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency as well as in advising private clients and family offices. In addition, he is a recognized issuer representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
David Jenny
Partner. Head of Insolvency.
Jürg Luginbühl
Partner
Roland M Müller
Partner. Real Estate & Construction Law: Advising investors, developers, property managers on Swiss real estate matters (including shopping centers, business parcs, sale/lease back etc.) Corporate/Commercial: Domestic and cross-boarder corporate restructurings (mergers, transformations, spin-offs, asset transfers etc.). Advising domestic companies and their owners as well as subsidiaries of foreign corporations (including U.S., German, Dutch, Italian based companies). Advising Swiss stock listed companies on implementation of Swiss Say-on-Pay legislation. Civil law notary: Notarial recording of real estate transactions (Basel-City), corporate matters (formation of corporations, shareholder meetings, capital increases, liquidations, etc.), matrimonial and inheritance deeds (wills, inheritance and matrimonial contracts), deeds re Rhine ships, German corporate transactions
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.
Christian Wyss
Christian Wyss is Partner and head of VISCHER's Corporate & Commercial team. Christian advises clients mainly from the Life Sciences and Information Technology industries on all contractual requirements in their core business. He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating license agreements, research, development or marketing co-operations, clinical trial agreements, contract manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements. Christian also regularly works with clients in financing rounds, acquisitions, or joint ventures, and assists with implementing compliance with the Swiss data protection laws.
Team Services
In financially critical situations, the coordinated collaboration of specialists from a variety of areas of expertise is indispensable: in addition to proficiency in insolvency law itself, expertise in the areas of corporate law, litigation, labour law, IP law and tax law is also essential. The firm has the in-depth knowledge and extensive experience necessary for managing complex mandates, whether from the perspective of a creditor or an affected company.
Awards and Recognition
CHAMBERS 2023 - EUROPE
