Public Sector and Regulatory

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

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG, 1973); University of Berne (lic. iur., 1976)

• Health (Teamleader)
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Private Clients

• Constitutional Law
• Intellectual Property
• Tax-optimized Restructuring
• Capital Markets
• Pensions Law
• Tax Law
• M&A
• Stock Exchange Law
• Tax Litigation
• Litigation
• Inheritance Law
• Contract Law
• Comparative Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Social Insurance Law
• Liability Law
• Administrative Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Fiscal Association

Court Clerk; associate with a law firm specialized in Tax Law; Head of the tax and legal department at one of Switzerlands leading auditing firms

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations and of various Swiss Foundations

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

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)

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