Litigation, Arbitration

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1980; Dr. iur., 1983)
Further studies at the University of Neuchâtel and the Columbia Law School, New York (LL.M., 1985)

• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Real Estate

• Real Estate
• Competition and Antitrust Law
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Advertising Law

International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Notary Association

Attorney at Law and Civil Law Notary

Member of the Board of several companies i.e.
Neue Medien Basel AG,
Foot Locker Switzerland Ltd.,
WEKA Business Media AG and
member of the Foundation Board of the Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel

Felix Meier-Dieterle, a former judge at the District Court of Zurich, 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 law, as well as real estate and financial matters.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)

• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)
• Real Estate
• 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
hpm human power management AG
Park Forum Wylihof AG

Christian Brückner is a general practitioner with emphasis in litigation (estate disputes, representation of defendants in proceedings regarding medical treatment negligence and the responsibilities of corporate governing bodies). In addition he is a public notary and expert in notarial law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1966; Dr. iur., 1969)
Harvard (LL.M., 1972)

• Pension Funds
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Civil Law Notaries

• Litigation
• Inheritance Law
• Liability Law

Member of the Basel Bar Association

President of the International Potash Institute, Horgen
Christoph Burckhardt AG, Basel
Fr. Sauter Holding AG, Basel
Jungbunzlauer Holding AG, Basel
Nordson Schweiz AG, Vilters-Wangs (SG)

Daniele Favalli is a partner in the Dispute Resolution Team of VISCHER. He represents Swiss domestic and international clients in commercial disputes before Swiss and international courts and arbitral tribunals (Swiss Rules, ICC, AAA, etc.). Daniele Favalli as well serves as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. Because of his experience as a practitioner in the United States and in Latin America, Daniele Favalli has a special focus on matters and clients stemming from this region. Beside German and English, his working languages are Italian, Spanish, and French. Daniele Favalli is a founding member and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, and has a teaching assignment as head coach of the VIS Moot Team of the University of Lucerne. He publishes and regularly lectures on topics of arbitration, procedural law, and international private law.

University of St. Gallen (lic. iur. HSG, 1994, JD equivalent)
Master of Laws at University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (LL.M., 2000)

• Real Estate
• Information and Communication Technology
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Litigation
• Private International Law
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Unfair Competition
• Bankruptcy Law
• License Agreements

Member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy
Lecturer at the University of Lucerne
American Arbitration Association (AAA), Roster of Neutrals, Commercial Panel
International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel (ICDR), International Panel
Chairman of the Annual ICDR Miami International Arbitration Conference (2003 - 2006)
Swiss Association for Cultural and Economic Relations with Italy (ASRI)
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
German Arbitration Institution (DIS)
Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
American Bar Association (ABA)

Associate with Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Zurich (1994 - 1999)
Of Counsel with Steel Hector & Davis LLP, Miami, Florida (2000 - 2005)
Daniele Favalli, P.A., Miami, Florida (2005 - 2006)

Christian Oetiker is one of our proven specialists for litigation and arbitration. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts in all of Switzerland as well as before national and foreign arbitral tribunals. In addition he acts as arbitrator. Due to his studies at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics, he has a special understanding for economic issues. He regularly represents companies from the chemical industry, international trade as well as the aviation industry. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises in particular regarding questions of private international law and unfair competition law. Christian Oetiker publishes and speaks regularly about the topics litigation and arbitration as well as other selected topics.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1996; Dr. iur., 2003)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London (LL.M., 2001)

• Litigation, Arbitration
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Real Estate

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland (CCIS)
Member of the Arbitration Committee, which administers arbitrations under the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration (SCCAM)

Practising Lawyer at VISCHER since 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
• Aviation

• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Private International Law

Schweizerische Vereinigung für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (ASA)
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Luft- und Raumrecht (ASDA)
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
International Bar Association
Europa Institut Zürich der Universität Zürich, Revisor
Zürcherischer Juristenverein
Zürcher Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Juristenverein

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich im Bereich Handelsrecht
Gerichtspraktikum
Mitarbeiter einer international tätigen Zürcher Anwaltsfirma
Leiter der Rechtsabteilung und der Planungsabteilung Tankstellen bei Royal Dutch Shell
Lehrbeauftragter an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Zürich im Obligationenrecht

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

Thomas Weibel advises and represents clients before state courts and arbitral tribunals. His practice focuses on complex national and transnational commercial disputes, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, injunctive relief, and white collar crime. Thomas Weibel publishes and lectures on a regular basis on national and international civil procedure law as well as Swiss inheritance law; moreover, he is editor in chief for civil procedure law of a periodical on Swiss case law.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1997; Dr. iur., 2001)
University of Kent at Canterbury (LL.M. in International Commercial Law, 2004)

• Private Clients
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• White Collar Crime

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro iure
Basel Lawyers Association
European Bar Association (DACH)
Swiss Lawyers Association

Internship STG-Coopers & Lybrand Ltd (now PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.) Legal Department, Basel (1997-1998)
Internship F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Corporate Law, Basel (1998)
Court clerk at the District Court of Liestal (1999)

Cappella Nova, Basel: Vorstandsmitglied
La Cetra Barockorchester, Basel: Vorstandsmitglied

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2005)

• Litigation, Arbitration
• White Collar Crime

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Private International Law
• International Civil Litigation
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• White Collar Crime

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Attorney at law at a business law firm in Zurich (2009 - 2010)
Legal internship at the Civil Court of Basel-City (2007)
Legal internship at a business law firm in Zurich (2006 - 2007)
Academic junior assistent to Prof. Dr. iur. Mark Pieth (2003 - 2004) and Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. h.c. Kurt Seelmann (2004 - 2005) at the division for criminal law of the Faculty of law of the University of Basel

University of California Los Angeles, School of Law (LL.M., 2011)
Swiss Arbitration Academy (ArbP, 2009)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2003)

• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arbitration
• Contract Law
• White Collar Crime
• Advertising Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association

Attorney at Law since 2007
Legal internship in Basel
Legal internships at the civil court of Arlesheim and at the criminal court Basel-Landschaft

Adrien Jaccottet was admitted in December 2010 as attorney at law after his studies at the University of Basel (2003-2008), legal internships at the civil and criminal courts as well as at VISCHER. Since January 2011 he is an attorney at VISCHER with emphasis on litigation. Adrien Jaccottet represents the interests of his clients before national and arbitration courts. The clientele profits from his command of 6 languages (German, French, Catalan, Spanish, Italian, English).

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2008)

• Litigation, Arbitration
• White Collar Crime

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Arrest and Attachment

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal Internship at the Civil Court of Basel-Stadt (2008)
Legal Internship at the Criminal Court of Basel-Stadt (2008-2009)
Legal Internship at VISCHER (2009)

Tina Jäger mainly works in the area of national and international litiga-tion. She represents companies and private individuals before courts and authorities in all areas of contract law, including commercial, real estate and labor law. She also handles insolvency and enforcement proceedings. In addition to her many years’ experience in the courts and her previous work as chair of the Conciliation Board for Tenancy Matters, clients benefit from Tina Jäger’s experience working as a substitute judge in the canton of Zurich. She acquired her knowledge of international legal relations 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
• Contract and Commercial Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

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

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

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
• Reorganization
• Contract and Commercial 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 clerc and law clerk with a Schwyz law firm
Associate with a major Zurich law firm

Sabina Naegeli’s main practice areas have been litigation, liability law and social security law since she began working as an attorney in 2009. Her clients include pension funds, which she advises on occupational pension plans, as well as airlines which she mainly advises on matters of contract law. Sabina Naegeli also has experience in anti-trust law and advises various different companies in this regard. In addition to her work as an attorney, Sabina Naegeli regularly publishes and lectures on legal matters in connection with her areas of expertise.

University of Basel, lic. iur. 2006

• Aviation
• Litigation, Arbitration
• Pension Funds

• Litigation
• International Civil Litigation
• Liability Law
• Social Insurance Law
• Insurance Law
• Pensions Law
• Law of Foundations

Swiss Jurist Association
Basel Bar Association
PRO IURE Basel

Legal internship at a Law firm in Basel (2007)
Legal internship at the Criminal Court of Liestal (2007-2008)
Legal assistant at VISCHER AG (2008-2009)

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)

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2004)
University of Geneva (Cértificat de Droit Transnational, 2003)

• Employment Law
• Litigation, Arbitration

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the District Court of Waldenburg (2005)
Legal internship at a Law firm in Binningen (2006)
Court Clerk at the District Court of Liestal (2008)

Matthias Seemann’s main focus is in the area of litigation. He specializes in issues of copyright law, labor law, personality law and association law. He also publishes regularly in these areas. He was previously an assistant at the chair in private law and labor 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
• License 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 specializes 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. As a result of her previous work she has also in-depth knowledge of labor, leasing and general contract law.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2006)

• Employment Law
• Media and Entertainment
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Litigation
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Tenancy Law
• Labour Law
• Contract and Commercial Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

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

University of Fribourg (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Geneva (M.B.L., 2002)
University of Miami (LL.M., 2011)

• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• International Civil Litigation
• Private International Law
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland
Club Español de Arbitraje

In-house counsel with an international organisation in Geneva
In-house counsel with a securities dealer in Geneva
Legal Internship at a Swiss law firm in Geneva

Tatjana von Kameke’s primary focus since she began her work as an attorney in 1999 has been on business law issues in an international context. She advises clients in matters of civil and commercial law and represents them both in national courts and before international arbitration courts. Her areas of expertise are litigation and international arbitration, commercial and business law, international private law, banking law and debt collection and bankruptcy law.

Columbia University, New York, USA, (LL.M. 2002)
Universities Zurich und Lausanne (lic. iur. 1996)

• Litigation, Arbitration
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Arrest and Attachment
• Banking and Finance
• Private International Law
• International Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy Law
• License Agreements
• Arbitration
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Contract and Commercial Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association

Senior Legal Counsel Private Banking with Clariden Leu AG (2007 - 2009)
Associate with Homburger AG (2004 - 2007)
Associate with Wenger Plattner (1999 - 2004)
Trainee at the Zurich District Court (1998)