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About this Practice AreaMartin Ammann became counsel to the firm in January 2018, before which he was co-head of the firm’s employment law and competition law groups. In employment law he represents Swiss and international clients in complex employment law proceedings and civil litigation and advices them e.g. in drafting tailor made solutions for managerial employees, bonus plans and further employment regulations. He handles complex restructuring and mass redundancy cases and supports clients in setting up s...
Maurice Courvoisier advises and represents clients in arbitration and litigation proceedings in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including sales, distribution and licensing contracts, construction and civil engineering, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. His areas of expertise include general contract law, private international law and international procedural law, as well as international judicial assistance and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitr...
Serge Fasel is a Partner with FBT and head of its Litigation and Arbitration group. He has extensive experience both in Swiss and international court litigation and arbitration. His fields of activities cover all forms of commercial disputes, particularly in the financial sector.Serge Fasel is also active in the areas of insolvency law, employment law and economic crime. He has a vast knowledge of the Swiss judicial environment. He is recommended by Legal500 for his expertise in dispute resol...
Walter Häberling is a partner in the litigation department and real estate practice group and has been with the firm for more than 20 years. He represents clients in commercial, real estate and certain private clients litigation and arbitration proceedings. Before joining MLL, he worked for 7 years with two different district courts in the Canton of Zurich, two of which as a district and rental court judge. Thus, he knows from his own experience what counts in judges’ minds. In int...
Rayan Houdrouge advises and represents Swiss and multinational companies as well as international organizations on all employment law matters. He has an extensive experience in executive transfers, compensation packages, work regulations, internal audits and collective procedures such as business transfers and collective dismissals. Rayan Houdrouge is also an accredited social security expert (Swiss federal certificate) and regularly assists clients in matters related to social security and p...
Thomas Loher is managing partner at Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte. He specializes in corporate and employment law. Thomas has many years of experience in all aspects of employment law where he advises companies and private individuals. In this field, he has also gathered substantial experience in relocation, immigration and secondment matters. His corporate practice regularly includes M&A transactions, restructurings and corporate governance questions, he is presently also a board member o...
Philippe Nordmann is Co-Head of our Employment Law Team and Head of our Basel Office. He advises companies as well as executive employees in all aspects of employment law (e.g. drafting of employment contracts and employee regulations, setting upcompensation schemes, support concerning dismissals and plant closures, advising companies in negotiations regarding collective bargaining agreements, assignments of employees, staff leasing, work permits, competition clauses etc.). He has substantial...
Véronique Perroud, active at the bar for more than 15 years, benefits from sound, extensive experience in the field of labour law based on intensive legal practice. She advises and defends the interests of both employees and employers in complex cases. Wishing to be capable of offering her clients a global approach, Véronique Perroud was trained in mediation and obtained a CAS in company mediation in 2014 as well as a general mediation certificate in 2015. FSA specialist in labo...
Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux is a Counsel at the Geneva office of Lenz & Staehelin, where she co-heads the Employment, Immigration and Pension group. As an accredited labour law expert (SBA certificate), she advises national and multinational companies as well as international organizations on employment, immigration and social security matters. Her expertise encompasses both individual employment relationships (contract, company regulation, participation or bonus plan, non-competition clause,...
Guy-Philippe Rubeli advises and represents Swiss and international clients in commercial matters. He advises corporate and institutional clients on matters relating to corporate law, contract law, employment law, real estate law and recovery matters, with a focus on dispute resolution issues, in particular before state courts and arbitral tribunals. Guy-Philippe Rubeli has wide-ranging experience gained nationally and internationally since 1980. He is a member of the firm’s dispute reso...
Beat Spörri is assisting domestic and international companies, including several listed groups of companies, as well as private clients. He is mainly focussing on company law (incl. M&A), capital and financial markets and contracts. In addition, he manages areas such as commercial and competition law, foreign nationals (incl. immigration and naturalization), real estate and employment. He is increasingly involved in the management of complex cases, taking advantage of his military ed...
Markus Vischer is a partner at Walder Wyss since 1995. His main areas of practice are M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, business reorganizations and corporate and commercial incl. employment and real estate law. He is a recognized leader in M&A due to his involvement in major transactions, in particular in the media-, real estate-, IT and health care area, and due to his many publications. Born in 1960, Markus Vischer was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. ...
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