Energy

Stefan Rechsteiner is mainly practicing in Public and Administrative law and in public civil procedure. His specialty is advising companies that are active in regulated markets such as in the energy industry as well as public traffic and health. He regularly represents companies before administrative courts and regulators.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1996; Dr. iur., 2000)

• Public Sector and Regulatory (Teamleader)
• Energy (Teamleader)
• White Collar Crime

• Public Procedure Law
• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law
• Competition Law
• Energy Law

Swiss Association for Energy Economics

Research Assistant at the University of Basel, Senior Manager Legal Department of Ernst & Young Ltd. in Zurich, Industry Leader Energy of Ernst & Young Ltd. Switzerland

Rolf Auf der Maur has since the beginning of his career as an attorney in 1992 concerned himself with the legal aspects of the Internet. In this way he is able to combine his interest for new communication technologies with his legal experience in an ideal manner. His clients include leading companies from the areas of media, the entertainment industry as well as telecommunications and information technology. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Rolf Auf der Maur publishes and speaks regularly on legal questions in connection with the Internet and is also entrepreneurial. He is considered the leading expert in Switzerland for legal questions for the interfacing of telecommunications, media and IT. The Directories “Chambers and Partners” and “Legal 500” recommend him for the area TMT (“1st tier”) and for intellectual property.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1990)
continuing education in entertainment law at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA (1992)

• Intellectual Property (Teamleader)
• Media and Entertainment (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology (Teamleader)
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• License Agreements
• Trademarks
• Online Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Regulatory
• Technology Law
• Unfair Competition
• Advertising Law
• Competition Law

Vice-President of the Executive Board of simsa swiss interactive media and software association
Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Vice-Chair of the Technology Law Committee of the International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Proprièté Intellectuelle
Forum on Communication Law
Swiss Institute for Industrial Property

Court clerk
Associate with a mid-sized law firm specialising in intellectual property matters
Associate with an international law firm in Zurich
Intellectual property department of a leading law firm in London (1994)
Partner in a mid sized law firm in Zurich
Partner at VISCHER since 2000

Peter Hettich is Assistant Professor (tenure track) for Public Commercial law with regard to construction, planning and environmental law at the University of St. Gallen. He acts as the Director of the Research Department for Information Law (FIR-HSG) and as counsel for VISCHER. With his team he practices, researches and publishes in the areas of commercial constitutionality and regulated markets. These activities include Competition law, Domestic Market law, Commercial Supervisory law, Infrastructure law and the law relating to public companies.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. 1999; Dr. iur. 2003);
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M. 2006)

• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology

• Public Economic Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust Law
• Competition Law
• Public Medial Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Information Law
• Communication Law
• Constitutional Law
• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Association of Jurisprudents
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Director of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen (FIR-HSG)
Assistant Professor for Economic Constitutional Law, Regulated Markets, Regulation of Land Use, and Environmental Law at the University of St. Gallen
Lecturer for Market Regulation at the University of Basel
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and at Columbia University School of Law, New York

University of Neuchâtel (licence en droit, 1993)
New York University (LL.M., 1998)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Financing and Funding
• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Real Estate
• Location Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Union Internationale des Avocats (M&A Commission; standing member for Switzerland)
PPP Association
SchKG-Association
Chambre franco-suisse du commerce et de l'industrie

Assistant (droit des sociétés) at the University of Neuchâtel and Lausanne
membre de l'Autorité de conciliation en matière de bail (Neuchâtel)

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

Klaus Neff heads the competition law practice team at VISCHER. His practice focuses on all aspects of Swiss and European competition law. Klaus Neff regularly represents clients in antitrust related administrative and civil proceedings as well as in national and multinational merger control proceedings. In addition, his practice includes advice on compliance and internal investigations, regulated markets and public procurement. Further fields of expertise are contract and corporate law as well as mergers & acquisitions.

Universities of Zurich and Lausanne (lic. iur., 1994)
College of Europe, Bruges (LL.M., 1999)

• Antitrust and Competition (Teamleader)
• Real Estate
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• White Collar Crime

• Competition and Antitrust Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Law
• M&A
• Contract Law
• Administrative Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.

Court clerk; Research assistant to the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich in the areas of Antitrust and Commercial Law; Associate with a major law firm in Zurich

Nadia Tarolli Schmidt heads up the Basel office of VISCHER’s tax team. She advises companies and private individuals on all matters pertaining to Swiss tax law – both in the national and international environment and also in criminal tax law. She can draw on over ten years’ experience in topics such as restructurings, relocations and succession planning.
The know how she has gained from her previous work at the Swiss Bankers Association is regularly brought to bear in banking and finance issues and in the advice she provides to banking clients. With regard to the latter, clients particularly appreciate the experience she has with US tax aspects. Because questions about occupational pensions are often associated with tax aspects attorney Schmidt also heads up the VISCHER Occupational pension funds team, which advises both pension funds and the insured.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
Swiss certified tax expert (2008)

• Pension Funds (Teamleader)
• Tax
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Energy
• White Collar Crime
• Private Clients

• Social Insurance Law
• Location Planning
• Banking and Finance
• Tax-optimized Restructuring
• Capital Markets
• Tax Litigation
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Estate Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro Iure
Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera (CCIS)
IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants

Secondment at Swiss Bankers Association
Secondment at an Italian company in the sections strategy / taxes
Legal secretary at the Tax Appeal Commissions of Canton Zurich
Legal internships at a law firm and court

Azra Dizdarevic-Hasic advises both companies and the public sector in questions of Energy law, Government Procurement law and general Administrative law. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and administrative courts as well as in administrative criminal proceedings. In addition she practices in the areas of law relating to food products, product security and aviation law.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 2004; lic. oec., 2001)

• White Collar Crime
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation

• Technology Law
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
• Competition Law
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Assistant at the University of St. Gallen in the field of Constitutional and Administrative Law (especially Economic Constitutional and Economic Administrative Law)
Internship at the District Court of Meilen
Internship at the Coordination Unit EEA, Vaduz

Katrin Ehrensperger advises primarily companies in the areas of Trademark, Intellectual Property and Health law. In addition she is involved with proceedings before administrative authorities and courts.

University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG, 2004; M.A. HSG, 2007)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Antitrust and Competition
• Energy
• Intellectual Property
• Health
• White Collar Crime

• Trademarks
• Intellectual Property
• Advertising Law
• Public Medial Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Regulatory
• Contract and Commercial Law
• License Agreements
• Antitrust Law
• Public Economic Law
• Litigation

Jurist Association of Schaffhausen
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the cantonal public administration of Schaffhausen
Legal internship at the district court of Horgen
Legal internship at VISCHER Ltd, Zurich
Legal internship at a Chinese law firm, Hong Kong

Claudia Keller is primarily practicing in the areas Intellectual Property Law (in particular Trademark and Copyright law) as well as Media and Communication law. She advises media companies and companies in the advertising business in particular also in connection to legal requirements for new media and digital forms of advertising, including data information protection requirements particularly relevant in this area. Claudia Keller also assists companies in other fields in regard to the legal aspects of media, advertising and intellectual property law issues. Our clients are able to benefit especially from Claudia Keller’s interdisciplinary education in the area of Brand Management and Social Media Management.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2001)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (LL.M., 2004)
CAS Brand Management University of Lucerne (2007)
Social Media Manager (SOMEXCLOUD, 2011)

• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Intellectual Property
• Media and Entertainment
• White Collar Crime

• Data Protection
• Information Law
• Communication Law
• Online Law
• Advertising Law

INGRES
INTA
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal assistant at the Copyright Department of the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute
Internship with VISCHER, Attorneys at Law, Zurich
Internship with the Swiss Competition Commission
Internship with the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute

Felix Kesselring is primarily practicing in the areas of Health, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences law. He advises Swiss and international companies in the areas of research, permits, drug registrations, advertising and marketing, data protection as well as insurance compensation. He represents such companies regularly in proceedings before administrative authorities and courts. Additional specialties of Felix Kesselring include the advising and representation of companies in other regulated markets (e.g. in the energy and food products market), in administrative criminal proceedings and the area of European law.

Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (2004/2005)
Universität Zürich (lic. iur., 2006)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Health
• White Collar Crime

• Biotechnology Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Technology Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Economic Law
• Data Protection
• Advertising Law
• Social Insurance Law
• Competition Law
• Unfair Competition
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Law
• Chemical Law

Swiss Association of Jurists
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal Assistant to a Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg
Legal Internship with international corporate law firm in Zurich
Examinations Expert for the Swiss Association of Property Regulators (SVIT)

Michael Waldner’s main fields of practice are energy and environmental law. He regularly advises companies in the areas of renewable energies, climate law, regulation of the power market and construction of power stations. His clients in particular benefit from his interdisciplinary background which includes a master degree of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and an LL.M-degree in Natural Resources Law and Policy (on-going) of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mining Law and Policy (CEMPLP) of the University of Dundee/UK.

Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Natural Sciences (dipl. Natw. ETH, 2001)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur. HSG, 2003)

• Energy
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Real Estate

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Regulatory
• Public Economic Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Chemical Law
• Technology Law
• Competition Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
INLA - International Nuclear Law Association
AIPN Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Swiss Association for Environmental Law (VUR)

Assistant at the University of St. Gallen, HSG, in the field of Administrative Law (especially Environmental Law)
Internship at the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen
Internship at the Administrative Court of St. Gallen