Restructuring and Insolvency

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

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

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
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• 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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 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

Jana Essebier specializes in finance law. She regularly advises Swiss and foreign financial market participants in the areas of regulatory law as well as insolvency and restructuring. Moreover she advises both financial market participants and investors in the area of derivatives, structured products and other financial instruments. At the same time she brings in particular also her in-house experience from working at a large international bank.

Universities of Potsdam and Geneva
First Bar Exam in Brandenburg (2000)
University of Hamburg (Dr. iur. 2004)
Second Bar Exam in Hamburg (2005)

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

• Banking and Finance
• Stock Exchange Law
• Compliance
• Financing and Funding
• International Tax Planning
• Capital Markets
• Collective Investment Schemes
• Bankruptcy Law
• Public Economic Law
• Private Equity
• Comparative Law
• Regulatory
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Reorganization
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Asset Management
• Insurance Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Association of German and Swiss Lawyers (DSJV)
Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg
European Lawyers'' Association DACH

Secondment with UBS Investment Bank London in the area of derivatives, structured products and structured funds
Law clerk with White & Case LLP, Hamburg, and Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris
Notary public clerk in Hamburg
Court clerk
Lecturer at the Institute for Comparative Law of the University of Paris II
Research assistant to the Law Faculty of the University of Potsdam (area of private international law) and to the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, Hamburg

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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