Luftfahrt

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

Robert Bernet specializes in advising Swiss and foreign clients in corporate transactions - public takeovers of listed companies, mergers, de-mergers, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions - and has considerable experience in transaction management. He also advises national and international companies and their owners and executive bodies on matters relating to company law and corporate governance & compliance.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1997)
University of London, London School of Economics (LL.M., 1998)

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

• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets

Zurich Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
German-Swiss Lawyers Association

Research Assistant at the University of Basel for Civil and Commercial Law
Lecturer in Corporate Law and Securities and Capital Markets Regulation at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School of Business

Benedict F. Christ, LL.M. joined VISCHER in 2002 and specializes in mergers & acquisitions, banking, finance, contracts and corporate law. Benedict has a wealth of transactional experience, and advises regularly on real estate, private equity, structured finance and capital increase matters.

University of Freiburg i.Ue. (lic. iur. with focus on EU law, 1996; Dr. iur., 1999)
Manchester Metropolitan University (1995)
New York University (LL.M. in Comparative Jurisprudence, 2001)

• Aviation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Real Estate
• Banking and Finance

International Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Basel Bar Association

Court Clerk
Associate with Mayer Brown LLP (New York)

Adrian Dörig is primarily active in banking and finance. He specialises in structured finance transactions, in particular in acquisition, restructuring and lease financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes and asset management. In addition, he advises clients on M&A projects and real estate transactions.
According to the Legal 500 (EMEA 2011), Adrian is "experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practical 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 Reorganisation
• 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

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.); he also serves as arbitrator in arbitration proceedings. Daniele has extensive experience of working with clients from the United States and Latin America, having worked as a practitioner in these regions. In addition to German and English, Daniele’s working languages are Italian, Spanish, and French. A founding member and a member of the Academic Council of the Swiss Arbitration Academy, Daniele has a teaching assignment as head coach of the VIS Moot Team of the University of Lucerne. He publishes and regularly lectures on 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)

• Aviation
• 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
• Licence 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)

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)

Christian Oetiker is one of our proven specialists in litigation and arbitration. He represents businesses in proceedings before national courts throughout Switzerland as well as before national and foreign arbitral tribunals. He also acts as arbitrator. Christian studied at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the London School of Economics, he has an in-depth understanding of economic issues. He regularly represents both national and international companies from the chemical industry and aviation industry. In addition to dispute resolution, he advises on private international law and unfair competition law. Christian publishes and speaks regularly on litigation and arbitration matters 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

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

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

Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is titularprofessor of public law, in specialising environmental law, at the University of Basel. At VISCHER she is legal counsel both in an advising and forensic capacity on issues such as prior encumbrances, environmentally compatible examinations, water conservation requirements and chemicals. Beatrice 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 thesis on genetically changed organisms and published a two volume textbook on environmental law. In addition she regularly publishes in technical magazines on environmental and expropriation law issues.

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 of Public Law (specialising in 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
• Regulation of chemicals
• 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 (specialising in environment law) at the University of Basel, faculty of law
Vice-president of the Swiss Court for compensation for expropriations, 7th district (Basel)

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 publishes and lectures on a regular basis on national and international civil procedure law as well as Swiss inheritance law. He is editor in chief for civil procedure law for 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)

• Aviation
• 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

Azra Dizdarevic-Hasic advises both companies and the public sector on energy law, government procurement law and general administrative law. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and administrative courts and in administrative criminal proceedings. In addition she practices in the areas of law relating to food products, product security and aviation.

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

Peter Kühn specialises in M&A, banking and finance and private equity. In addition he advises domestic and foreign clients on corporate, contract and aviation law, and is experienced in cross border legal issues. Educated in Constance (Dr. iur.) and London (LL.M. in International Financial Law), Peter has been admitted as an attorney in Germany since 2005 and in Switzerland since 2008. He gained his practical experience in several law firms and the legal department of an international airline. Peter is a visiting lecturer in the University of Constance law department.

University of Constance (First State Exam 2002, Bar Exam 2004, Dr. iur. 2007)
King's College London, School of Law (LL.M. in International Financial Law, 2010)

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

• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Aviation
• Contract Law

German Bar Association
Bar Association Tübingen
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Association of German and Swiss Lawyers (DSJV)
Europe Institute at the University of Zurich (EIZ)

Visiting Lecturer at the University of Constance, Department of Law
Secondment with Swiss International Air Lines AG, Zurich-Airport, Legal Department
Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Winfried Boecken, LL.M., Chair of Civil Law, Labour and Employment Law, Social Security Law, University of Constance
Freelancer with Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Wilms & Schaub Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Donaueschingen / Friedrichshafen
Law clerk with Luther Menold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Rechtsanwälte Kues & Partner GbR, Constance, and Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Hanhörster, Constance
Court clerk

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

Sacha Sekulic advises Swiss and foreign clients on corporate, contract and commercial law and supports them in national as well as in international proceedings before courts and other administrative authorities. He also advises clients on a regular basis on estate matters.

University of Hawai’i at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law (LL.M. 2011)
University of Fribourg (lic. iur. 2002)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Clients

• Corporate and Commercial
• Inheritance Law

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