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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.

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...

Peter Straub is counsel in the Litigation & Arbitration Team. He is specialised in complex international commercial disputes and represents parties in both state court litigations and before arbitral panels. His main areas are disputes stemming from telecommunications, pharmaceutical products, construction, joint ventures, commodities trading, high end consumer goods, shareholders' positions, post M&A, etc. Peter Straub is sitting as an arbitrator in international arbitrations (ICC, S...

Partner Reto Hunsperger acts as head of the insolvency and restructuring department at CMS Zurich.He specialises in litigation and arbitration. With this focus, he represents national and international companies and individuals before state courts and arbitral tribunals (under ICC Rules, Swiss Rules and CAS Rules), mainly in civil, enforcement and sport law matters. In addition, he serves as an arbitrator. A further focus of Reto Hunsperger lies in all sorts of domestic and international inso...

Daniel Glasl is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation. Daniel, 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 Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

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...

Partner Dirk Spacek is partner and in charge of the practice groups TMC and IP. He primarily deals with new business models arising in the media-, internet- and technology(IT)-sector, data protection and intellectual property law. Dirk Spacek mainly advises clients from the media, technology, industry and financial services sectors on technology-related legal matters, in particular IT-contract law, outsourcing, data protection, Internet of Things (IoT), patent research and compatibility coope...

Reto Arpagaus supports Swiss and international companies, entrepreneurs and private individuals in drafting and reviewing contracts as well as with corporate transactions, and he advises his clients in matters of intellectual property and competition law. Reto Arpagaus represents clients before state courts and courts of arbitration. He has extensive experience and specialist knowledge, in particular in the areas of financial services, industry, telecommunications, IT and the sports sector. R...

Managing Partner Jodok Wicki concentrates on dispute resolution, litigation and international arbitration. He heads the firm's dispute resolution group and leads also the litigation practice group of CMS. Jodok maintains an active practice of state court litigation and appellate proceedings in a variety of commercial matters, such as purchase and sales agreements, joint ventures, post M&A disputes, director and officer and auditor liability and product liability. He has also a particular ...

Dr. Florian S. Jörg, MCJ, is a partner in the Zurich office of Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob, one of the larger independent Swiss law firms. He graduated from the University of St. Gallen Law School and obtained a postgraduate degree from NYU Law. His areas of practice include corporate law, M&A and banking law. Florian S. Jörg is also a lecturer for corporate and contract law at the University of St. Gallen Law School. Florian is a frequent speaker both on a national and an in...