
Walder Wyss Ltd. has been recommended as a TOP-TIER FIRM in 10 practice areas and been recommended in 10 practice areas in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 edition
FIRM RANKINGS SUMMARY
TOP TIER FIRM in
10
practice areas
RECOMMENDED in
10
practice areas
TOP TIER FIRM Practice Areas
- ►Switzerland > Competition
- ►Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection
- ►Switzerland > Employment
- ►Switzerland > Intellectual property
- ►Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
- ►Switzerland > Private client
- ►Switzerland > Public law
- ►Switzerland > Real estate and construction
- ►Switzerland > TMT
- ►Switzerland > Tax
RANKED Practice Areas
- ►Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
- ►Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
- ►Switzerland > Capital markets
- ►Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- ►Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration
- ►Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
- ►Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
- ►Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- ►Switzerland > Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- ►Switzerland > Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
LAWYER RANKINGS SUMMARY
Leading Individuals
14
lawyers are listed in the elite "Leading lawyers" group.
Partners: Next Generation lawyers
9
lawyers are listed in the "Next generation lawyers" group.
Associates: Rising Stars lawyers
1
lawyer is listed in the "Rising stars" group.
Legal 500 commentary: A total of 63 lawyers are mentioned by name in Legal 500 EMEA commentary for their standout contribution to respective practices.
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Full list of ranked lawyers
Switzerland > Competition > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Competition > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Employment > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Employment > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Intellectual property > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Intellectual property > Hall of Fame
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland > Leading Individuals
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland > Rising stars
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Private client > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Private client > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Public law > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Public law > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Real estate and construction > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Tax > Leading individuals
Switzerland > TMT > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich > Hall of Fame
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A > Leading individuals
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration > Next Generation Partners
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva > Leading individuals
FIRM & LAWYER RANKING DETAILS: IN DEPTH
TIER 1 FIRM RANKINGS
Switzerland > Competition
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Monique Sturny
- Reto Jacobs
Other key lawyer(s):
- Gion Giger
- Daniel Zimmerli
Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Recommended:
- Bernadette Bucheli
- David Vasella
- Florian Roth
- Jürg Schneider
- Martin Zobl
Other key lawyer(s):
- Martin Zobl
- Bernadette Bucheli
- Jürg Schneider
- Florian Roth
Switzerland > Employment
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Philippe Nordmann
- Rayan Houdrouge
- Simone Wetzstein
Other key lawyer(s):
- Jonas Knechtli
Switzerland > Intellectual property
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Hall of Fame
Recommended:
- Markus Frick
- Roger Staub
Other key lawyer(s):
- Manuel Bigler
- Stefano Codoni
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
TIER 1
Leading Individuals
Rising stars
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Davide Jermini
- Stefano Codoni
- Stefano Fornara
Other key lawyer(s):
- Stefano Fornara
- Marco Galli
Switzerland > Private client
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Kinga Weiss
- Olivier Sigg
- Philippe Pulfer
- Robert Desax
Other key lawyer(s):
- Olivier Sigg
- Robert Desax
- Fouad Sayegh
- Philippe Kohler
Switzerland > Public law
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Hans Rudolf Trüeb
- Martin Zobl
- Rayan Houdrouge
Other key lawyer(s):
- Martin Zobl
- Lena Götzinger
- Florian Roth
- Felix Tuchschmid
- Isabelle Hanselmann
- Matthieu Seydoux
- Rayan Houdrouge
Switzerland > Real estate and construction
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Recommended:
- Francis Nordmann
- Johannes A. Bürgi
- Marco Strahm
- Samuel Dürr
Other key lawyer(s):
- Samuel Durr
- Albane Selimi
- Etienne Trandafir
- André Kuhn
Switzerland > Tax
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Recommended:
- Fabienne Limacher
- Fouad Sayegh
- Maurus Winzap
- Samuel Dürr
- Thomas Meister
Other key lawyer(s):
- Thomas Meister
- Martin Busenhart
- Robert Desax
- Fouad Sayegh
- Samuel Dürr
- Fabienne Limacher
Switzerland > TMT
TIER 1
Leading individuals
Recommended:
- David Vasella
- Mark Reutter
- Michael Isler
Other key lawyer(s):
- Mark Reutter
- Michael Isler
TIER 2 FIRM RANKINGS
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
TIER 2
Hall of Fame
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- David Borer
- Johannes Bürgi
- Luc Defferrard
- Lukas Wyss
- Roger Ammann
- Theodor Härtsch
- Thomas Müller
Other key lawyer(s):
- Luc Defferrard
- Johannes Bürgi
- David Borer
- Roger Ammann
Switzerland > Capital markets
TIER 2
Recommended:
- Alex Nikitine
- Daniel Dedeyan
- Lukas Wyss
- Markus Pfenninger
- Theodor Härtsch
- Urs Schenker
Other key lawyer(s):
- Urs Schenker
- Lukas Wyss
- Markus Pfenninger
- Daniel Dedeyan
- Thomas Müller
- Alex Nikitine
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
TIER 2
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Alex Nikitine
- Luc Defferrard
- Markus Vischer
- Stefan Knobloch
- Urs Gnos
Other key lawyer(s):
- Markus Vischer
- Luc Defferrard
- Urs Gnos
- Ramona Wyss
- Christian Hagen
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration
TIER 2
Next Generation Partners
Recommended:
- Andrea Meier
- Diana Akikol
- Dieter Hofmann
- Micha Bühler
- Michael Feit
Other key lawyer(s):
- Micha Bühler
- Michael Feit
- Diana Akikol
- Andrea Meier
- Michael Cartier
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
TIER 2
Recommended:
- Andrea Meier
- Dieter Hofmann
- Maurice Courvoisier
- Micha Bühler
- Rodolphe Gautier
Other key lawyer(s):
- Micha Bühler
- Maurice Courvoisier
- Rodolphe Gautier
- Andrea Meier
- Oliver M. Kunz
- Antonio Carbonara
Switzerland > Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
TIER 2
Recommended:
- Adriano Antonietti
- Diana Akikol
- Fouad Sayegh
- Jürg Schneider
- Olivier Sigg
Other key lawyer(s):
- Fouad Sayegh
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Béatrice Viertl-Bujard
- Adriano Antonietti
- Rodolphe Gautier
- Diana Akikol
- Adriano Antonietti
Switzerland > Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
TIER 2
Recommended:
- Florian Gunz Niedermann
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Michael Isler
Other key lawyer(s):
- Florian Gunz Niedermann
- Michael Isler
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Markus Frick
- Urs Gnos
- Alex Nikitine
- Reto Vonzun
- Hans Rudolf Trüeb
- David Vasella
- Reto Jacobs
- Philippe Nordmann
- Markus Pfenninger
- Luc Defferrard
TIER 3 FIRM RANKINGS
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
TIER 3
Leading individuals
Recommended:
- Adriano Antonietti
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Patrick Vogel
- Valentine Schnyder
Other key lawyer(s):
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Adriano Antonietti
- Valentine Schnyder
Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
TIER 3
Recommended:
- Andreas Wildi
- Martin Zobl
- Michael Isler
- Philippe Nordmann
Other key lawyer(s):
- Andreas Wildi
- Martin Zobl
- Philippe Nordmann
Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
TIER 3
Recommended:
- Dieter Hofmann
- Dominik Hohler
- Mark Reutter
All FIRM RANKINGS
- Adriano Antonietti
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Patrick Vogel
- Valentine Schnyder
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Adriano Antonietti
- Valentine Schnyder
- David Borer
- Johannes Bürgi
- Luc Defferrard
- Lukas Wyss
- Roger Ammann
- Theodor Härtsch
- Thomas Müller
- Luc Defferrard
- Johannes Bürgi
- David Borer
- Roger Ammann
- Alex Nikitine
- Daniel Dedeyan
- Lukas Wyss
- Markus Pfenninger
- Theodor Härtsch
- Urs Schenker
- Urs Schenker
- Lukas Wyss
- Markus Pfenninger
- Daniel Dedeyan
- Thomas Müller
- Alex Nikitine
- Alex Nikitine
- Luc Defferrard
- Markus Vischer
- Stefan Knobloch
- Urs Gnos
- Markus Vischer
- Luc Defferrard
- Urs Gnos
- Ramona Wyss
- Christian Hagen
- Monique Sturny
- Reto Jacobs
- Gion Giger
- Daniel Zimmerli
- Bernadette Bucheli
- David Vasella
- Florian Roth
- Jürg Schneider
- Martin Zobl
- Martin Zobl
- Bernadette Bucheli
- Jürg Schneider
- Florian Roth
- Andrea Meier
- Diana Akikol
- Dieter Hofmann
- Micha Bühler
- Michael Feit
- Micha Bühler
- Michael Feit
- Diana Akikol
- Andrea Meier
- Michael Cartier
- Andrea Meier
- Dieter Hofmann
- Maurice Courvoisier
- Micha Bühler
- Rodolphe Gautier
- Micha Bühler
- Maurice Courvoisier
- Rodolphe Gautier
- Andrea Meier
- Oliver M. Kunz
- Antonio Carbonara
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Philippe Nordmann
- Rayan Houdrouge
- Simone Wetzstein
- Jonas Knechtli
- Andreas Wildi
- Martin Zobl
- Michael Isler
- Philippe Nordmann
- Andreas Wildi
- Martin Zobl
- Philippe Nordmann
- Dieter Hofmann
- Dominik Hohler
- Mark Reutter
- Markus Frick
- Roger Staub
- Manuel Bigler
- Stefano Codoni
- Adriano Antonietti
- Diana Akikol
- Fouad Sayegh
- Jürg Schneider
- Olivier Sigg
- Fouad Sayegh
- Hubertus Hillerström
- Béatrice Viertl-Bujard
- Adriano Antonietti
- Rodolphe Gautier
- Diana Akikol
- Adriano Antonietti
- Florian Gunz Niedermann
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Michael Isler
- Florian Gunz Niedermann
- Michael Isler
- Irène Suter-Sieber
- Markus Frick
- Urs Gnos
- Alex Nikitine
- Reto Vonzun
- Hans Rudolf Trüeb
- David Vasella
- Reto Jacobs
- Philippe Nordmann
- Markus Pfenninger
- Luc Defferrard
- Davide Jermini
- Stefano Codoni
- Stefano Fornara
- Stefano Fornara
- Marco Galli
- Kinga Weiss
- Olivier Sigg
- Philippe Pulfer
- Robert Desax
- Olivier Sigg
- Robert Desax
- Fouad Sayegh
- Philippe Kohler
- Hans Rudolf Trüeb
- Martin Zobl
- Rayan Houdrouge
- Martin Zobl
- Lena Götzinger
- Florian Roth
- Felix Tuchschmid
- Isabelle Hanselmann
- Matthieu Seydoux
- Rayan Houdrouge
- Francis Nordmann
- Johannes A. Bürgi
- Marco Strahm
- Samuel Dürr
- Samuel Durr
- Albane Selimi
- Etienne Trandafir
- André Kuhn
- David Vasella
- Mark Reutter
- Michael Isler
- Mark Reutter
- Michael Isler
- Fabienne Limacher
- Fouad Sayegh
- Maurus Winzap
- Samuel Dürr
- Thomas Meister
- Thomas Meister
- Martin Busenhart
- Robert Desax
- Fouad Sayegh
- Samuel Dürr
- Fabienne Limacher
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva
TIER3
Leading individuals
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
TIER2
Hall of Fame
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Capital markets
TIER2
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
TIER2
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Competition
TIER1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection
TIER1
Leading individuals
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: arbitration
TIER2
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Dispute resolution: litigation
TIER2
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Employment
TIER1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
TIER3
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
TIER3
Recommended lawyers:
Switzerland > Intellectual property
TIER1
Leading individuals
Hall of Fame
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
TIER2
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
TIER2
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Leading firms: Italian-speaking Switzerland
TIER1
Leading Individuals
Rising stars
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Private client
TIER1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Public law
TIER1
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Real estate and construction
TIER1
Leading individuals
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > TMT
TIER1
Leading individuals
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
Switzerland > Tax
TIER1
Leading individuals
Recommended lawyers:
Other key lawyer(s):
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