Corporate and Commercial

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1989; Dr. iur., 1994)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1993)

• Corporate and Commercial (Teamleader)
• Civil Law Notaries (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Private International Law
• Litigation
• Rhine Shipping

Basel Bar Association
Basel Notary Association (Board of Directors)
International Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association

Practising Lawyer (since 1991) and Notary Public (since 1995)

Andreas Albrecht is involved with all legal matters relating to large scale building projects. This includes the sale and purchase of property, the examination of zoning and usage questions, the preparation of investment and project contracts, the structuring of construction consortiums and the design of joint venture agreements. Andreas Albrecht also advises and assists his clients in estate, corporate, and administrative law matters. He is a member of parliament in the Canton of Basel-City, president of the Bank Council of Basler Kantonalbank and member of the Board of Directors of Bank Coop.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998);
New York University (LL.M. with specialisation in corporate law, 1998)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Health
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Banking and Finance
• Public Construction Law
• Corporate Governance
• Inheritance Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Private International Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Public Procedure Law
• Constitutional Law
• Law of Foundations
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Administrative Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Notaries Association
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Swiss Association for Protestant Church Law

Attorney at Law and Civil Law Notary (since 1998)

Due to his interest in business and his admission to the New York Bar, Sebastian Burckhardt mainly advises international companies based in the USA and major Swiss companies and their owners on a long-term basis. These include companies in the Life Sciences, chemical and financial field. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Straumann Holding Ltd., President of the Board of Directors of Dolder AG, member of the Board of Directors of Applied Chemicals International AG as well as Amsler Tex AG and of the Foundation Board of the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired School in Riehen and is Secretary of the Board of Directors of Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers in Basel. His specialization has since the beginning of his legal career in 1981 remained in the area of company successions, M&A, Private Equity as well as licensing agreements.

New York University Law School (M.C.J.)
University of Basel (Dr. iur.)

• Private Clients (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Civil Law Notaries

• License Agreements
• Technology Law
• Contract Law

American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
STEP, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Basel

Associate with Law Offices of S.G. Archibald (Paris) and with Davis Polk & Wardwell (1984/85)

Straumann Holding Ltd., Basel (listed at SWX)
Institut Straumann AG, Basel
Applied Chemicals AG, Basel
Amsler Tex AG, Aesch
Biotechnologie AG für Emulsan, Basel
Cell International AG, Basel
Dolder AG, Basel (president of the supervisory board)
Foot Locker Switzerland AG, Basel
P&P Private Bank AG, Basel
persona service AG, Basel
Foundation GSR School for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Riehen
The Misrock Foundation, Basel

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1965; Dr. iur., 1968)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Health
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Biotechnology Law
• Chemical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Administrative Law

Associate with a law firm in Geneva

Chairman of the Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation, Basel, and other charitable trusts
Trafina Private Bank Ltd., Basel, and other Swiss companies

Former member of the cantonal Parliament (President, 1984)
Former member of the constitutional Council of Basel City (President, 2001) 

Adrian Dörig is primarily active in the area of banking and finance. His main interest is in structured finance transactions with a focus on acquisition, restructuring and leasing financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes as well as asset management. In addition, he advises clients in M&A projects and real estate transactions. From Legal 500 (EMEA 2011): Adrian Dörig is experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practice advice.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1996)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• Banking and Finance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Stock Exchange Law
• Real Estate
• Information Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German-American Lawyer's Association (DAJV)
Forum Kapitalmarktinstrumente - Kapitalmarktfinanzierung e.V.

Court Clerk
Associate with Cantonal Tax Administration
Foreign Associate with Howard Darby & Levin (by now Covington & Burling) in New York
Associate with major law firm in Zurich and Geneva

Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg
University of Basel
IMD Lausanne
Harvard Business School

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial

1996 Member of the Steering Committee of Regio Basilensis, Basel
2002 - 2009 Member of the Committee Natural History Museum, Basel

1973 Legal Counsel UBS
1974 Ciba-Geigy AG, Counsel Legal Department; head of personnel Legal Department
1996 - 2006 Ciba-Geigy / Novartis, Corporate Secretary
2001 Vice-Chair Gebäudeversicherung des Kantons Basel-Stadt
2006 SVC / Credit Suisse: Jury President "Unternehmerpreis Nordschweiz"
2006 Member Diveristy & Inclusion Advisory Council Novartis International AG
2007 - 2009 Former President of the International School Region Basel
2008 President metrobasel, Think Tank and plattform for the development of the metropolitan region of Basel

Felix W. Egli is mainly practicing in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and corporate finance and advises in all aspects of corporate and commercial law. As Swiss counsel of large industrial groups he also has extensive experience in Corporate Governance and related issues. He is the head of the VISCHER China desk.

University of St. Gall, HSG (lic. iur., 1984; Dr. iur., 1989)
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (LL.M., 1988)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Banking and Finance

• M&A
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Private International Law
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Location Planning

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Association of Lawyers
European Association of Attorneys (DACH)
International Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
International Fiscal Association

Law clerk with a major Zurich law firm (1985/86); Associate (1988 -1993) and Partner (1993 - 2003) with a medium size Zurich law firm

As from 1993, Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

University of Basel (Dr. iur. 1949);
Further studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) and in Cambridge (UK)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

Member of the Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Notarial Association Basel-Stadt
Swiss and Basel Chambers of Commerce
Former member of the Swiss Anti-Trust Commission and the executive committees of the Swiss and Basel Chambers of Commerce
Former chairman of the Basel Bar Association

Stefan Grieder’s primary practice areas are finance and capital market law, company and contract law and M&A/private equity. He advises banks, securities traders and asset managers in supervisory law matters and in relation to their customers. One of his special interests here is the law on collective capital investments. His clients in the area of company and contract law include leading international companies in the furniture trade, laboratory technology, mechanical engineering and aviation interior design sectors. In the area of M&A and private equity Stefan Grieder specializes in life science companies. Here he supports his clients all the way from formation through financing and right through to the exit stage in the form of an IPO or sale. Stefan Grieder is also active as judge at the Tax Appeals Commission for the canton of Basel-City and as lecturer in capital market law at the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1990; Dr. iur., 2003)

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

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Collective Investment Schemes
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Stock Exchange Law
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Financing and Funding
• Asset Management

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro Jure

Legal Counsel of Migrosbank, Basel
Senior Manager Tax and Legal Department of Ernst & Young Ltd. in Basel
Head Swiss Legal Desk of Ernst & Young LLP in New York

Member or Secretary of Board of Directors of several Swiss companies

Markus Guggenbühl primarily advises Swiss and foreign banks, financial services providers and international companies. His specialities include debt financing, capital market transactions (related to debt, equity and hybrid financial instruments) and financial services regulations where he ranks among the leading experts in Switzerland. In addition, Markus has many years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, restructurings and bank insolvency law. He is head of the Banking & Finance practice team in Zurich.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1985; Dr. iur., 1990)
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M., 1992)
University of St.Gallen (Diploma in European Economic Law, 1994)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Arbitration

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Zurich Chamber of Commerce
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce

Court Clerk, Research Assistant to Professor Arthur Meier-Hayoz (University of Zurich), Associate with major Swiss law firms and with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

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)

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

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

Ursula Hubschmid specializes in labor 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 labor law. She is the contact for many HR officers who in difficult situations are looking for answers that are correct, feasible and fast. Ursula Hubschmid also advises companies on restructurings and mass layoffs. She supports clients in negotiations on collective labor agreements and the design of cooperation rights. Ursula Hubschmid acts for employers and employees in contentious and non-contentious proceedings.

University of Berne (lic. iur., 1971)

• Employment Law (Teamleader)
• Corporate and Commercial
• 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

David Jenny advises and represents corporations since 1991 in transactions and corporate and trade legal matters. In the area on insolvency, he acts as liquidator and advises governing bodies of corporations and creditors. He supports various international professional services organizations which are structured as Swiss associations. In addition he also acts as arbitrator. He is a member of various Board of Directors and Foundation Councils. Presently David Jenny is President of the Basel Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights (SIRC) of the International Bar Association. He regularly publishes about various legal topics and is recommended by authoritative directories.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1984; Dr. iur., 1988)
University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1989)
additional studies at the University of Neuchâtel and Western Washington University/USA

• Restructuring and Insolvency (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Bankruptcy Law
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Arbitration
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)
• Contract and Commercial Law

Basel Bar Association (President, Treasurer 2007 - 2010)
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Association of Jurists
Swiss Association of Jurists
Swiss Enforcement of Debts and Bankruptcy Law Association (member of the board)
Swiss Arbitration Association
International Bar Association (Co-Chair Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors'' Rights (SIRC))
American Bar Association

Research and teaching assistant for constitutional and administrative law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel to Prof. Kurt Eichenberger, court clerk.

Member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations
Liquidator of Menag Energie AG

University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 1967)

• Corporate and Commercial

Member of the "Academia dei Giusprivatisti Europei" (Pavia);
Correspondent of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT, Rome);
Member of the Leading Board of the German Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung (Civil Law Teachers Association)

1966-1974 Scientific Assistant at the University of Salzburg;
1974-1977 Ordinary Professor for commercial law at the University of Innsbruck; 1977-1992 Ordinary Professor for civil law and commercial law at the University of St. Gallen; since 1992 Professor for civil law at the University of Basel; 1994/95 and 2001/02 Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Basel; Visiting Professor at the Donau-University of Krems (A)

Merlin-Trust (Schaan FL)

Christoph Löw is primarily involved in advising private clients and charitable organizations. He is a member of the Board of Directors in local and international companies. In addition his interests include private asset planning and the changing of generations in companies and their implementation. Moreover he is involved in financial accounting and governance in companies and charitable institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1965; Dr. iur., 1973)
Columbia Law School, New York (additional studies, 1968/1969)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

• Real Estate
• Estate Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association 
Union Internationale des Avocats

Associate with a law firm in Geneva

Chairman or member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations

Jürg Luginbühl’s main practice area is mergers & acquisitions, advising Swiss and foreign clients in national and international corporate acquisi-tions, company mergers and restructurings, as well as in public takeo-vers. Additional areas of particular interest include business transfers, spin-offs, outsourcing, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, private equity and venture capital as well as succession arrangements. His primary practice area also includes the preparation and implementation of shareholders’ meetings, the drafting of shareholder agreements and all issues pertaining to corporate governance and compliance.
Jürg Luginbühl heads up the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams at the Zurich location.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1993)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Teamleader)
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance (Teamleader)
• Corporate and Commercial
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Zürcher Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
International Bar Association
Europa Institut
Schweizerisch-Chinesische Handelskammer
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Unternehmensfinanzierung

1995 till 1996 at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Hongkong
since 2000 Partner at VISCHER

Board Member of various Swiss corporations

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1973; Dr. iur., 1978)
Additional studies at the University of Berlin
University of St Gallen, HSG (M.B.L., 1996)

• Real Estate (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime (Teamleader)
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Civil Law Notaries

President of the Basel notary public association 1993-1998
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Notaries Association
Swiss Lawyers Association

Associate with New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell and with S.G. Archibald (Paris)
Lecturer for company law at the University of St Gallen and at the University of Basel
Member of the arbitration body of the authority for compliance with money laundering regulations established by the Swiss Bar Association

Member of the board of directors of several Swiss and foreign owned companies a.o. Sybron Group, Haecky Group, Rheinfinanz AG, Gilso AG, Füglistaller Group, Menderes AG, Puma Group Switzerland, IBO Development AG, Ficus AG, ARFA Röhrenwerke AG

President Democratic Party BS (1991-1996)

Ulrich Vischer was head of the legal and tax department of a major international Swiss insurance company before spending twelve years as a member of the government of the canton of Basel City heading the Departement of Finance. Since then he has been advising small and medium-sized companies and private individuals on legal, financial and personal matters. His experience is also an asset to boards of directors and other management bodies of listed companies, small and medium-sized companies and public institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1974; Dr. iur., 1977)

• Private Clients
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate

• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Asset Management
• Administrative Law
• Real Estate
• Inheritance Law
• Pensions Law

Swiss Bank Corporation (1977/1978); Lawyer of the Economic Union of Basel; Head of the General Secretariat / Legal and Tax Department of the Baloise Group; Member of the Government of the Canton Basel-Stadt (Minister of Finance), 1992-2005

Chairman and Member of the Board of various Swiss companies and foundations.

University of Basel (Dr. iur., 1946)

• Corporate and Commercial

• Private International Law
• Public International Law
• Labour Law
• Intellectual Property

1994-1999 President of the Institute for European Studies of the University of Basle
Since 1999 Honory President
Member of the Institut de Droit International, Dr. iur. honoris causae of the University of Freiburg, Germany
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
President or Member of the Board of Arbitrators in numerous international arbitrations

1948-1950 Assistant at the Swiss Bank Corporation in London, Legal Department1950-1964 practicing law in Basle, 1953 Privatdozent at the University of Basle1956-1963 Professor at the Universities of Zurich and Basle for private international law1964-1993 Ordinary Professor for civil law, private international law and labour and employment law at the University of Basle1968, 1978, 1988 Dean of the Law Faculty1979/1980 Rector of the University of Basle1975/1976 Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School
Lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law 1974, 1992: General Course on Private International LawSwiss Government delegate to the Hague Conferences on Private International Law and to the Vienna Conference on the International Convention on the Sale of Goods (1980)President of the Federal Commission for the elaboration of a new Swiss Statute on Private International Law, official adviser to the Swiss Government on various new statutes (private international law, corporation law etc.) Swiss Government mandate to elaborate new Federal Law on Mergers, Demergers and Transformations of Companies (1992)

Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is Titularprofessor for public law, in particular environmental law, at the University of Basel. At VISCHER she is legal counsel both in an advising and forensic capacity in questions such as prior encumbrances, environmentally compatible examinations, water conservation requirements, chemicals etc. Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is a board member of the Swiss Association of Environmental Law and Vice-President of the Federal Expropriations Commission responsible for the Canton of Basel-City. She wrote her habilitation on genetically changed organisms and published a textbook in two volumes about environmental law. In addition she regularly publishes in technical magazines relating to questions of environmental and expropriation law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1978; Dr. iur., 1981)
Traineeship at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and EC Commission in Brussels
Habilitation at the University of Basel (1997)
Appointment as Titularprofessor for Public Law, particularly Environmental Law at the University of Basel (2001)

• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation

• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law
• Real Estate
• Chemical Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Public Economic Law

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Associaton
Basel Lawyers Association (board member)
Swiss Association for Environmental Law (VUR) (board member)

Associate professor on public law, particularly Environment law, at the University of Basel, faculty of law
Vice-president of the Swiss Court for compensations for expropriations, 7th district (Basel)

Ursina Brack is primarily practicing in the area of immigration law/work and residence permits. She regularly advises companies which want to employ foreign employees for a short or longer duration in Switzerland. The companies profit from Ursina Brack’s broad experience, her good relationships to the authorities involved in particular in the area of Zurich and from the existing network of correspondent attorneys in Switzerland and abroad. Many special agreements have been able to be found in the past for clients in collaboration with the authorities. Ursina Brack also works in the areas of corporate law, contract and commercial law as well as data protection law.

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

• Corporate and Commercial

• Immigration Law
• Work and Residence Permits
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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 aspects associated therewith. A second specialty of his practice since 2007 is advising in real estate transactions and planning questions. Also Conradin Cramer has abundant experience in corporate law, namely in the comprehensive legal and notarial assistance for incorporations and changes in capital. Conradin Cramer is moreover a proven expert for bonus payments and employee participations 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)
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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 specializes in the areas of employment law, immigration law 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 Fridland has excellent command of English; international clients and law firms further benefit from Ms. Fridland's LL.M. at the University of Sydney, Australia, where Ms. Fridland gained among others insight into the employment law under the Common Law.

Universität Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
Universität 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

Advokatenkammer Basel
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband

Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt 2000
Justizdepartement Basel-Stadt 2001
VISCHER 2001-2002 (jur. Volontariate)
Juristische Beraterin der Parlamentarischen Untersuchungskommission betreffend das Kantonsspital Liestal 2002-2003

Matthias Glatthaar is primarily practicing in the areas of corporate and securities law with his focus of attention on M&A, Private Equity, capital market transactions as well as Corporate Governance. He has in particular experience in advising on public take-over offers. In addition Matthias Glatthaar advises companies in the internet and telecommunication industries on IT transactions and general IT law issues. Matthias Glatthaar is completing at the present time a LL.M. graduate degree at Harvard law school.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (Dr. iur., 2007)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 2004)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Association

Teaching Assistant with Prof. Dr. Peter Nobel (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Teaching Assistant Research Center for Information Law (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Teaching Assistant with Prof. Dr. Urs Bertschinger (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Internship with VISCHER, Zurich

Diana Imbach Haumüller specializes in the areas of banking and finance, compliance and prevention of white collar crime, in particular money laundering, as well as corporate and contract law. Within the scope of her dissertation Diana Imbach Haumüller dealt intensively with the theme whistle blowing in Switzerland and internationally, specifically in connection with internal control systems, and supports her clients in implementing corresponding concepts and policies. During her LL.M. studies at the University of Sidney, Australia and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, she could also intensify her knowledge on an international level. Diana Imbach Haumüller 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
• Private Clients
• Employment Law
• White Collar Crime
• Real Estate

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Compliance
• White Collar Crime
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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

Moritz Jäggy is primarily practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial law as well as contract law. He regularly advises companies in contract negotiations and supports them in rental matters. These companies profit in particular from his understanding of commercial connections and value his winning and committed manner.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2008)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial

• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• 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)

Thomas Krizaj is mainly practicing in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate and commercial law. He advises clients from a wide range of sectors. His clients benefit from his broad practical experience in the areas of restructuring and insolvency. His expertise further includes supply, distribution and agency agreements and their enforcement. Thomas Krizaj is also a member of the team specializing in commercial criminal law and regularly represents injured parties in criminal investigation proceedings with respect to white collar crimes.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1996)
University of Exeter, U.K. (LL.M., 2000)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• White Collar Crime

• M&A
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Stock Exchange Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• White Collar Crime

Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association

Law Clerk with a medium size Zurich law firm
Court Clerk (Zurich District Court)
Associate with a medium size international Zurich law firm

Mathias Kuster mainly advises our clients on real estate law, company law and matrimonial property law and inheritance law.

Universities of Basel and Geneva (lic. iur., 2002)

• Corporate and Commercial

• Public Construction Law
• Inheritance Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Contract and Commercial Law

Legal Counsel at Novartis Pharma AG, Basel (2007-2010)
Visiting Attorney at Panalpina Inc., San Francisco (2006)
Internship at Bernasconi Peter Gaggini, Lugano (2004)
Internship at Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Geneva (2003/04)
Internship at Böckli Bodmer & Partner, Basel (2003)

Carla Lang is primarily practicing in the areas of corporate law, mergers & acquisitions as well as banking and finance. She supports clients also in contract and commercial questions. Clients benefit from her interdisciplinary background with a degree in Law and Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG, 2006; M.A. HSG, 2009)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking and Finance
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Capital Markets
• Banking and Finance

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the District Court of St. Gallen
Legal internship at a law firm in Zurich

Reto Mäder primarily advises Swiss and foreign clients in connection with M&A transactions, Corporate Governance as well as legal questions relating to commercial, contract and corporate law. During his LL.M. graduate degree at the University of Melbourne, he could expand his practical experience with knowledge relating in particular to various areas of international finance and capital markets as well as selected business administration aspects.

University of Melbourne (LL.M., 2011)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur. HSG, 2005)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate Governance
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship with a Swiss insurance company (Corporate Legal Services)
Internship with an international audit and consulting firm (Corporate Tax / M&A)
Internship with a law firm in Zurich

Fabian Martens specializes in the areas of corporate law and transactions (mergers and acquisitions). He consults companies from Switzerland and abroad, with a special focus on incorporations, restructurings, changes in capital and purchases and sales of companies and parts of companies. He also supports clients with regard to the legal issues of their day-to-day business and in drafting their contracts. Fabian Martens has practical experience in Asia and a good network of contacts with first-rate corresponding attorneys in Japan. He also has experience dealing with Asian clients and is a member of the Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2007)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial

• M&A
• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Europa Institut Zurich (EIZ)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce

Internship with an international law firm, Tokio

Janusz Marty is primarily involved in the areas of financing, corporate law and M&A. He regularly advises companies in general contract and corporate questions as well as questions relating to credit security. Moreover he has experience in collective investment schemes.

Northwestern University (LL.M., 2010)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2002)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Banking and Finance

• Banking and Finance
• Financing and Funding
• Collective Investment Schemes
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law

Basel Bar Associaton
Swiss Bar Association

Associate with an important law firm in Geneva
In-house lawyer with an international insurance company in Nyon
Trainee with the Court of Appeal of Geneva

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Civil Law Notaries

• Inheritance Law
• Private International Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Civil Law Notary
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship in law firms in Basel
Legal internship at the Civil Court of Dorneck-Thierstein (Solothurn)

Fabienne Ochsner specializes in banking and finance, M&A, securities and capital markets law. She also advises clients on contract and corporate law. Clients benefit from her interdisciplinary background with a degree completed in law and economics.

University of St. Gallen (M.A. HSG in Law and Economics, 2008)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial

• Banking and Finance
• M&A
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and Commercial
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship at the District Court of St. Gallen
Internship at VISCHER Ltd, Zurich
Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken, University of St. Gallen

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 2004)

• Private Clients
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Basel Association of Jurists

Scientific Assistant at the University of Zurich Law Faculty (1999-2002)
Independent Work on the PhD-Project by Award of the University of Zurich (2002-2004)
Internship at a Civil Court in Ticino (2004)
Internship with a Corporate Law Firm in Basel (2004-2005)

Laura Rey primarily advises clients in the areas of Life Sciences, industry and IT in all legal matters, in particular also in transactions and corporate finance (Private Equity, Venture Capital) and restructurings in Switzerland. The advising of start-up businesses, for example in IT, Life Sciences, pharma and biotech areas, likewise belongs to her core activities. At the same time she is particularly involved in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate and commercial law as well as contract law. Laura Rey completed her studies of law in Basel and Neuchâtel.

University of Basel (lic.iur., 2007)

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

• Financing and Funding
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Contract and Commercial Law
• IT Law
• License Agreements

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal Internship at the Civil Court of Dornach (2007)
Legal Internship at VISCHER (2007 - 2008)
Legal Internship at the Criminal Court of Basel-Stadt (2008)
Legal assistant of the Legal Service of the Group Helvetia Assurances, Basel

University of Fribourg (lic. iur. 2002)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association

Legal internship at a law firm in Basel
Legal internship at the Court of Appeal in Basel
Law clerk at the Court of Appeal in Basel

Martina Strub Meier’s primary focus is in the areas of M&A, private equity and venture capital. As a member of the Life Science group she mainly advises young companies in the life science, pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. She also supports our clients in all matters of corporate law and advises on matters of commercial law, including the design and negotiation of licensing and cooperation agreements. Martina Strub Meier also has considerable experience in acting for international companies in connection with cross-border M&A deals, having acquired a large part of this experience during the many years when she worked in one of the leading law firms in east and southeast Europe in Vienna.

University of Montpellier (1996-1997)
University of Freiburg i.Ue (lic. iur., 1999)
College of Europe, Bruges (LL.M., 2000)

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

• Private Equity
• Financing and Funding
• Contract and Commercial Law
• License Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Corporate Governance
• Compliance
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Expertenpool für zivile Friedensförderung

Associate bei Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte, Wien (2005-2010)
Rechtspraktikum am Handelsgericht Wien
Praktikum in einer Rechtsanwaltskanzlei in Aarau
Praktikum am Obergericht des Kantons Aargau
Legal and Human Rights Officer, OSZE Brčko, Bosnien-Herzegowina

Christian Wyss advises clients in the areas of Life Sciences and IT regarding licensing, research collaborations and transactions. He regularly supports companies in financing, acquisitions and Joint Ventures. Christian Wyss has particular experience in contract manufacturing and technology transfer, distribution agreements, clinical trials, transition services agreements, coordination of multi-jurisdictional due diligence as well as the implementation of Swiss data protection compliance in international companies.
Christian Wyss recently advised Saba Software, Inc. in the acquisition of a Swiss-based international information technology company. He was part of the VISCHER team advising Hannover Finanz in acquiring the hardware business from Kofax plc. Moreover, he acted as Swiss Counsel to IK Investment Partners in acquiring Hansa Metallwerke AG and its Swiss subsidiary KWC AG from private investors.

University of Lausanne (1998/1999)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2000)
Wake Forest University School of Law (LL.M., 2005)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• License Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Intellectual Property
• Data Protection

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Pro Iure

Legal internships with a corporate law firm in Basel and at the Basel-Land Criminal Court
Law clerk at the Basel-Land Criminal Court