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Niklaus Zaugg specialises in contract law, litigation and arbitration. He advises clients in a wide range of commercial disputes, including banking disputes, and he represents their interests both before domestic courts and international arbitral tribunals. Niklaus Zaugg has been practicing as a lawyer since 2008. His clients include Swiss financial institutions and active, listed multinational industrial companies. Niklaus Zaugg studied at the Universities of Geneva and Zurich and received h...

Managing Partner & Certified Tax Expert David Hürlimann’s practice focuses on tax law, in particular taxation of groups, merger & acquisition, corporate restructuring, international tax and tax accounting. Other areas of his tax practice include banking, executive compensation and tax planning for high net worth individuals.David Hürlimann graduated from the Universities Zurich and Geneva in 1998. After serving as a law clerk at the District Court of Zurich for two yea...

Mark Reutter's practice focuses both on a comprehensive advising of clients who are active in the information and technology field and on the advising of other corporate and private clients in relation to technology, arts and entertainment, intellectual property as well as restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy matters. Mark Reutter counsels Swiss and international clients and deals with the structuring, negotiation and implementation of projects and other commercial and contractual matters...

Daniel Staffelbach is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial Team of Walder Wyss. He counsels Swiss and international clients in all sectors of health care & life sciences and in the insurance industry. His main areas of practice include company and contract law, public law and employment law. He advises his clients and also represents them in litigation. Born in 1966, Daniel Staffelbach studied law at the University of Berne (attorney 1993). He worked at the Administrative Law Panel...

Fabienne Limacher is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Fabienne, who practices law in Zürich, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Fabienne is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Partner & Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law Stefan Gerster is a partner with CMS Zurich since 2001. His practice focuses mainly on real estate law. He is the head of our internal practice group Real Estate & Construction. Among the clients of Stefan Gerster are Swiss and foreign institutional real estate investors, companies with corporate real estate matters and individuals. He provides advice in real estate transactions, including acquisition and financing as...

Partner Mark Cagienard specialises in tax law, covering individual and corporate taxation both on a domestic and international level with a particular focus on corporate finance, M&A and VAT. Mark Cagienard assists clients frequently in obtaining tax rulings and represents them in front of courts and tax authorities. Mark Cagienard graduated from the University of Zurich in 2006 (magna cum laude) and was admitted to the bar in 2008. In 2012 he qualified as a Swiss Certified Tax Expert. In...

Ivo Hungerbühler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Antitrust/Competition Law and Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Ivo, who practices law in Zürich, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ivo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Irène Suter-Sieber is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Labor and Employment Law. Irène, who practices law in Zürich, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Irène is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Partner Stephan Werlen focuses on M&A and corporate law, joint ventures, MBOs, acquisition finance, venture capital transactions, corporate restructuring and corporate relocation. He has broad experience both in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions (including auction processes) and the financing of such transactions. In addition, he is an expert in W&I insurance transactions (M&A insurance) with a long track record in this area. Stephan Werlen also regularly advises...