Arbeitsrecht

Ursula Hubschmid specialises in labour law. For many years she has been advising small, mid-sized and major companies in contract design, the dissolution of employment relationships and in matters of public labour law. She is the contact for many HR officers who in difficult situations are looking for answers that are correct, feasible and fast. Ursula also advises companies on restructurings and mass layoffs. She supports clients in negotiations on collective labour agreements and the design of cooperation rights. Ursula acts for employers and employees in contentious and non-contentious proceedings.

University of Berne (lic. iur., 1971)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law (Teamleader)
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Corporate and Commercial
• Litigation
• Administrative Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Many years of practice at the office of the Secretary-General of the Federal Parliament and the Federal Department of Justice and Police
Associate with a law firm in Berne
Member of the cantonal Arbitration Body for Discrimination issues

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)
University of California at Davis and Berkeley, Orientation in American Law (1991)
University of St. Gallen (M.B.L.-HSG, 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation (Teamleader)
• Private Clients

Zurich Bar Association (President 2009/2010)
Zurich Lawyers Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German competition lawyers association

Managing Partner VISCHER (2006-2011)
Associate with a major law firm in Zurich
Court clerk

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

Felix Meier-Dieterle worked as a judge at the District Court of Zurich and specialises in civil lawsuits, debt enforcements and insolvency proceedings. In Switzerland, he is considered one of the leading experts in attachment law (the judicial seizure of debtors’ assets). He maintains the know-how databases www.attachment.ch and www.konkurrenzverbot.info, and regularly lectures on these topics. As an active board member in various small and medium-sized companies, Felix Meier-Dieterle regularly advises clients on labour and inheritance, real estate and financial law matters.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)

• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Employment Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)

Assistant to a District Attorney, judge at the district Court of Zurich (1993-1995)

ABIA Immobilien AG
Architektur + Design Arnold Dieterle AG
brefis personal ag
[Diners Club AG] (http://www.dinersclub.ch)
hpm human power management AG
Park Forum Wylihof AG

Christoph Niederer primarily advises companies and private individuals on international tax law and procedural and criminal tax law. His clients include several multinationals from various industrial sectors. He also has extensive experience in structuring company sales. In addition to his work as an attorney, Christoph lectures on a regular basis at the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants and for a number of years worked as a substitute judge at the Zurich District Court.

University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1998)
Swiss certified tax expert (2006)

• Aviation
• Private Clients
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Employment Law
• Tax (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
IFA, Swiss Association for tax law

Senior Manager with Deloitte Ltd., Zurich, FSI (Financial Services Industries and International Tax (October 2007 - August 2010)
Associate at VISCHER Ltd., Zurich (2007)
Associate, responsible for taxes at Blum & Partner, Zug (2005 - 2007)
Clerk at the tax court of appeal of the Canton of Zurich (2000 -  2005)
Auditor at the district court in Zurich (1998 - 1999)

Christoph Pestalozzi is a senior partner in the dispute resolution team and heads its international commercial arbitration group. His main professional focus for more than 20 years has been on international arbitration. He is very active in institutional arbitration (including the ICC in Paris, the Swiss Chambers of Commerce in Zurich and Geneva (Swiss Rules) and the VIAC in Vienna) and in ad-hoc arbitration proceedings. He has handled around 100 arbitration proceedings in Europe as chairman, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator and is a member of various prestigious international arbitration organisations. Christoph Pestalozzi also acts as counsel for Swiss and foreign companies, private individuals and foreign states before international arbitration tribunals and national courts, especially in the area of commercial, contract and insolvency law. In addition, he has vast practical experience with private clients and as a board member in the banking and pharmaceutical sector, and chairs a major non-profit organisation in Zurich (pro bono).

University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1977)
Post-graduate studies at New York University, NYU School of Law (M.C.J., 1982)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Private International Law

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Swiss Air & Space Law Association (ASDA)
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
International Bar Association
Europa-Institut Zurich at the University of Zurich , Revisor (EIZ)
Zurich Jurist Association
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Jurist Association

Research assistant to the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich the area of Corporate Law
Court clerk
Associate with a major law firm in Zurich
Head of the legal department and the planning department petrol stations at Royal Dutch Shell
Lecturer to the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich in the area of Swiss Code of Obligations

Board member of various Swiss corporations and chairman or member of the board of several Swiss companies and member of various foundations.

Ursina Brack is primarily practices Immigration law and regularly advises companies which want to employ foreign employees in Switzerland for a short or long period of time. Her clients profit from her broad experience, good relationships with the authorities involved (in particular in the Zurich area) and from VISCHER's network of correspondent attorneys in Switzerland and abroad. To date, she has regularly succeeded in reaching special agreements with the authorities for her clients. Ursina also advises on corporate, contract, commercial and data protection law.

University of Freiburg i.Ue. (lic. iur., 2006; Dr. iur., 2009)

• Employment Law
• Corporate and Commercial

• Immigration Law
• Work and Residence Permits
• Corporate and Commercial
• Data Protection

Alumni University of Freiburg i.Ue.
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association

Internship with a law firm in Berne
Internship with The Boston Consulting Group, Zurich
Internship with VISCHER, Zurich

Conradin Cramer regularly assists private clients as attorney and public notary in estate and succession planning and all associated aspects. Since 2007, he has developed a second specialisation in real estate transactions and planning matters. Conradin slso has a wealth of experience in corporate law, namely in comprehensive legal and notarial assistance for company incorporations and changes in capital. Conradin is moreover a proven expert in bonus payments and employee participation schemes and regularly advises employers and employees in this area.

Universities of Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau (lic. iur., 2003)
University of Basel (Dr. iur., 2006)
University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2011)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Real Estate
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Law of Foundations
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)
• Labour Law
• Equity Compensation
• Law of Personality Rights

Basel Bar Associaton
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Association
Pro iure

Scientific assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter Böckli (2003-2004)
Attorney at Law (since 2007), Civil Law Notary (since 2009)

Member of the Foundation Board of C. & R. Koechlin-Vischer-Stiftung, Basel

Member of the Great Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (Member of the Committee on Economy and Taxation)

Gili Fridland specialises in employment, immigration and data protection law. Her clients are primarily Swiss companies and international company groups with a Swiss presence as well as international law firms.
Gili completed her LL.M. at the University of Sydney, Australia, which has given her a valuable understanding of employment law under the common law system, and enable her to perfect her excellent command of English.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Sydney (LL.M., 2009)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law

• Labour Law
• Data Protection
• Work and Residence Permits
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Civil courts of Basel-Stadt 2000
Justice Department of Basel-Stadt 2001
VISCHER 2001-2002 (trainee)
Legal counsellor to Parliamentary Investigationcommission of the Liestal Cantonal Hospital 2002-2003

Tanja Gustinetti Henz advises Swiss and foreign clients on banking, financial market, mergers & acquisitions, corporate financing, and company and commercial law. She also advises companies, on labour law issues.
As a result of her experience gained working at a Swiss bank, Tanja has in-depth knowledge of banking law, particularly in derivatives. She has also gained valuable experience and developed usefull in-depth know-how in cross-border transactions, where her work to date has included providing legal support for the purchase of a Swiss life science company by a US listed company.

University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2010)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Banking and Finance
• Employment Law

• Banking and Finance
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Financing and Funding
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Labour Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
PRO IURE

Associate with a corporate law firm in Zurich
Research assistant at the University of Basel
Legal internships at a court and with a law firm in Basel
Associate in a bank

Diana Imbach Haumüller specialises in banking and finance, compliance and the prevention of white collar crime (in particular money laundering) as well as corporate and contract law. In her university dissertation Diana Imbach Haumüller focused on whistle blowing in Switzerland and internationally, specifically in connection with internal control systems. She advises her clients on implementing appropriate procedures and policies. During her LL.M. studies at the University of Sidney, Australia and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, she gained international experience and was employed for several months by a leading commercial law firm in Sydney.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)
University of Sydney (LL.M. 2010)
University of Zurich (Dr. iur. 2011)

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Employment Law
• White Collar Crime
• Real Estate

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Compliance
• White Collar Crime
• Corporate and Commercial
• Labour Law
• Corporate Governance

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Pro Jure

Legal internship at the Civil Court of Basel-City
Legal internship in law firms in Basel and Zurich
Foreign Legal Associate with Freehills in Sydney, Australia

Tina Jäger specialises in national and international litigation. She represents companies and private individuals before courts and authorities in all matters involving contract law, including commercial, real estate and labour law. She also handles insolvency and enforcement proceedings. In addition to her many years’ experience in court, and her previous work as chair of the Conciliation Board for Tenancy Matters, clients benefit from Tina's experience working as a substitute judge in the canton of Zurich. She gained international legal experience when she worked as a foreign associate in an Australian corporate law firm.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2002)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Labour Law
• Public Construction Law
• Liability Law
• Real Estate
• Private International Law
• International Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Law
• Tenancy Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Insurance Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Foreign Associate with Allens Arthur Robinson, Sydney
Court clerk
Chairwoman of the mediation authority in tenancy matters

Moritz Jäggy specialises in corporate and commercial law and contract law. He regularly advises companies in contract negotiations and in rental matters. His commercial understanding and dedication are highly valued by his clients..

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2008)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial

• Corporate and Commercial
• Tenancy Law
• Trademarks
• Real Estate
• Inheritance Law

Legal Internship at the law enforcement authorities of Arlesheim (2008)
Legal Internship at a law firm in Basel (2009)

Cédric-Olivier Jenoure has been involved in the area of employee participation schemes since he began his career. In addition to designing plans, he is particularly interested in the internet-based management of such plans and in the (tax) compliance of these plans. He also regularly advises international groups (including Asian groups) and foreign entrepreneurs who want to invest directly in Switzerland or even want to move their base here. His clients include leading national and international companies as well as private clients, all of whom are seeking tax-optimized structures. As a tax expert with Advanced Federal Diploma, he is a member of the VISCHER tax team. He speaks English and French (native language) – and is the tax consultant for the firm’s Frenchdesk.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2000), Tax Expert with Advanced Federal Diploma

• Tax
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Employment Law
• Real Estate

• Tax Law
• International Tax Planning
• Tax-optimised Restructuring
• Social Insurance Law
• Pensions Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Lawyers Association
Pro Iure
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
GEO - Global Equity Organisation

Deputy Head of Legal at Bank CIC (Switzerland) Ltd in Basel
Compensation & Benefits Manager,  International Equity Team at Syngenta AG in Basel
Managing Partner of JT Asset Compensation

Barbara Meyer has many years of experience in contentious and non-contentious work. She advises and represents clients before all national courts primarily in contract law (including private international law) and in insolvency cases (debt collection and bankruptcy, including bank bankruptcy). In 2011 Barbara gained a specialist degree in employment law and advises both national and international clients on employment law related questions (incl. social security, work permits and data protection issues).

Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law (2011)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur. HSG, 1999)

• Employment Law
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Labour Law
• Work and Residence Permits
• Pensions Law
• Data Protection
• Equity Compensation
• Social Insurance Law
• Litigation
• International Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Law
• Private International Law
• Civil Law Notary

Zurich Bar Association
Schwyz Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship with an international audit and consulting firm
Court clerk and law clerk with law firm (in Schwyz)
Associate with a major Zurich law firm

Yvonne Pieles mainly practices in the areas of litigation and dispute resolution. She represents and advises companies and individuals before state courts and in administrative proceedings. Yvonne Pieles is mainly focusing on the practice areas white collar crimes, contract law and complex commercial litigation. She publishes and speaks regularly on legal topics in the areas of her core competences.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2004)
University of Freiburg i. Br. (Eucor, 2003)

• Employment Law
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• White Collar Crime

• Inheritance Law
• Private International Law
• Contract Law
• White Collar Crime

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the administrative court of the canton of Aargau (2005)
Legal internship at the district exchange of Baden (2006)
Legal internship at a law firm in Liestal (2006)
Legal associate at a law firm in Liestal (2007-2008)
Lawyer at a law firm in Liestal (2008)

Matthias Seemann’s main focus is on litigation. He specialises in copyright, labour, personality and association law. He also publishes regularly in these areas. He was previously an assistant to the chair of private and labour law at the University of Zurich and has written a dissertation on copyright law which was awarded the Professor Walther Hug prize.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2000; Dr. iur. 2007)

• Employment Law
• Media and Entertainment
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Litigation
• Licence Agreements
• Labour Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Law of Personality Rights
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)

Assistant with Prof. Dr. Wolfang Portmann, Chair of Civil and Employment Law, University of Zurich
Internship with a law firm

Carole Sorg specialises in civil procedural law, advising and representing individuals and companies in proceedings before Swiss courts and authorities. Clients benefit in particular from her many years’ experience in the courts and her work as chair of the conciliation board for tenancy matters. She has also in-depth knowledge of labour, leasing and general contract law from her previous work.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2006)

• Employment Law
• Media and Entertainment
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Litigation
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Tenancy Law
• Labour Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Chairwoman of the mediation authority in tenancy matters
Court Clerk at the district court of Uster