Switzerland

Firm overview

Bär & Karrer is a renowned Swiss law firm with more than 200 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug, Basel and St. Moritz. Our core business is advising our clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. Our clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world.
We have offices in the German (Zurich, Zug, Basel and St. Moritz), French (Geneva) and Italian (Lugano) speaking parts of Switzerland. While our Zurich office is our main location, all our offices provide the full range of legal services.
We have an extensive international network of correspondent law firms, which are market leaders in their jurisdictions. Thanks to these close working relationships, we can seamlessly assist our clients on cross-border and international issues.
Bär & Karrer was repeatedly awarded "Switzerland Law Firm of the Year" by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.

Firm overview

VISCHER is one of the leading independent Swiss business law firms with offices located in Zürich, Basel and Geneva, the three largest and most important economic centers in Switzerland.

The firm's practice covers all areas of business law with particular emphasis on Corporate/M&A, Litigation and Arbitration, Banking and Finance, IP/IT (including Media and Entertainment), Taxation, and Private Clients, all of which are served by specialised practice groups. Additional sector specific groups (ranging from Aviation to Telecom) ensure that client needs are served by attorneys having the relevant industry background. In addition, the Basel office provides full notarial services.

Firm overview

Pestalozzi is a Swiss business law firm focusing on high-end work for domestic and international clients since 1911. The firm guides and supports its clients in their strategic business decisions, anticipates their future challenges and helps them solve their critical issues.

Pestalozzi lawyers are strong and empathic personalities, known for their truly independent approach to advising and representing their clients. They are capable of handling complex transactions and are team players within interdisciplinary project groups.

The firm is part of the Lex Mundi international network and can draw on an extensive international network of lawyers in other jurisdictions, with whom they work seamlessly in multi-jurisdictional matters.

Pestalozzi predominantly represents and advises enterprises as well as associations, public institutions, foundations, and private individuals in economic and legal affairs with a connection to Switzerland. About half of the clients are located in Switzerland while the other half is located all over the world and includes top-ranked enterprises, as well as medium-sized and smaller companies from a broad range of sectors.

Firm overview

Advestra was founded in 2020 by passionate lawyers on a shared vision: clients deserve sophisticated advice by dynamic and approachable professionals with a deep commercial understanding.

Advestra is a corporate law firm combining the power of a big law firm with the personal and lean approach of a small firm. The team consists of experienced lawyers with outstanding legal and transactional expertise. Clients in Switzerland and around the world retain Advestra for advice on all matters related to corporate|M&A, capital markets, finance, financial services and tax. For practice areas the firm does not cover itself, it teams up with specialist law firms leading in their field to deliver comprehensive services to the clients.

Key matters include advising

• on the first GDR listing by PRC issuers on SIX Swiss Exchange
• on the fist Swiss SPAC IPO
• Goldman Sachs, UBS and BofA Securities in a combined offering of shares and guaranteed convertible bonds of Zur Rose Group
• Groupe Bruxelles Lambert on the acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis
• Andermatt Swiss Alps on the investment by Vail Resorts
• SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen's fresh carton business in Asia
• Swiss Re on the sale of Elips Life to Swiss Life
• Patrimonium on the refinancing of Bogner
• Swiss Prime Site on its comprehensive refinancing
• UBS and other banks on the comprehensive refinancing of Vantage Education Group
• Falcon Private AG on the sale of its shares in Falcon Private Wealth Limited to ONE swiss bank AG