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.
As one of the largest Swiss law firms, we advise and represent enterprises and entrepreneurs in all aspects of commercial law – transactions, proceedings and complex cases both in a domestic and a global context.
We offer our clients comprehensive legal advice, support them through negotiations and transactions, represent them before public authorities and in court, and protect their interests in administrative proceedings. Throughout, we place great emphasis on identifying legally sustainable solutions to complex legal issues while never losing sight of our clients’ commercial objectives.
We work closely with leading law firms abroad, which enables us to offer optimal solutions to companies with an interest in Switzerland, wherever their business activities take place.
We are organized around our main areas of practice: arbitration, capital markets, competition, corporate governance, corporate / M&A (including private equity), data protection, financial market regulation, financing and investment products, healthcare / life sciences, intellectual property / technology, litigation, regulatory and tax. In addition, we focus on compliance, crisis management, employment and executive compensation, esg / sustainability, insurance, investigations, private clients, real estate, restructuring / insolvency, technology and digital economy and white collar crime.
All of the 36 equity partners and over 130 lawyers and tax advisors are members of at least one expertise team. Most of our lawyers have additional legal qualifications and have studied or worked abroad. Legal publications and league tables consistently rank Homburger in the top tier of its main areas of practice.
In addition to Switzerland, we focus on established markets in Europe, North America and Asia. This is supported by regional focus groups that foster good relations with selected regional markets.
We are a leading Swiss business law firm with offices in Zurich, Geneva and Singapore. We take care of all our clients' needs – transactions, advisory, disputes around the world.
Expertise & International Reach
- Our headquarters in Zurich and Geneva, covering the whole of Switzerland, provide a comprehensive range of legal services to a worldwide client
base of domestic and international companies and entrepreneurs.
- Our Singapore office provides a gateway to the Asian market, enabling us to assist clients with their inbound and outbound investments in Asia. We also represent clients in connection with international arbitration matters in all major Asian cities.
- As for our regional desks (without onsite presence), they were set up to develop our existing cross-border business initiatives, centralize case-work across these regions, and underpin our commitment to the provision of top-tier, full business law services to clients on a global level.
BARANDUN is a dynamic Swiss law firm operating nationally and internationally, with offices in Zurich and Zug.
For almost 30 years, we have been advising and representing national and international companies, as well as private clients from Switzerland and abroad, in all areas of commercial and tax law. We also advise entrepreneurs, executives and private individuals on their personal matters. With personal advice and support for our clients in small, partner-led teams, we are able to respond to their individual needs quickly and cost-effectively. We handle each mandate entrusted to us with the same commitment to our clients' interests, with quality being our top priority.
BARANDUN employs around 40 experts who, in addition to their professional expertise and passion for their work, have the team spirit and knowledge of human nature to ensure optimal cooperation with clients and among themselves. Our collaboration in the firm is characterized by mutual inspiration and acceptance and a shared commitment to success. This personal style characterizes our firm. We are equally open and transparent with our clients.