Excellent in Banking & Finance Litigation

Excellent in Restructuring & Insolvency

Excellent in Fintech

Highly recommended in Banking & Finance

"Jana Essebier shows a a true interest in their clients and thoroughly know what moves them."

"The team understands to bring regulatory experts and experts in IT law and data protection to the table, ensuring a holistic and consistent advice, acting as a one stop shop."

"A professional and very effective team, they know what they are dealing with and when facing a challenge, they resolve it in the outmost professional manner."

"Dedicated, responsive and professional. They do not waste your time and every exchange is effective and straight to the point."

"Jana Essebier is very smart and very easy to work with."

"The team is notable in being able to provide technical advice on highly complex areas of law while also remaining practical and keeping the client’s interests at heart."

"We have worked with Jana Essebier and found her to be highly experienced and detail oriented, but also able to communicate complex legal issues in a way that can be easily understood."

Recommended for Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Recognized as Highly Regarded Lawyer 2024

"She is a great person to work with because she has an eye for detail."

‘Jana Essebier has an excellent understanding of finding pragmatic solutions, very much hands-on and very responsive.’

Highly recommended in Fintech - 2022

"She is a great person to work with because she has an eye for detail."

Excellent in Fintech

Jana Essebier acts as liquidator during bankruptcy proceedings. She also assists with insolvency-related disputes

"She is part of the generation of lawyers who are trying to grow the crypto practice and build bridges with traditional banking and finance."

"I am impressed with her knowledge of the law in Switzerland that is applicable in a commercially useful way. We have very high regard for her. I think she is excellent all round."

‘Jana Essebier: industry experience, subject matter expertise, service mindedness’

‘Jana Essebier is a standout regulatory attorney. Knowledgeable, creative, practical, and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Jana Essebier is an excellent communicator; she makes it easy for clients to understand complex legal issues allowing clients to reach decisions based on her advice.’

‘Markus Guggenbühl, Adrian Dörig, Jana Essebier, Christian Oetiker and Thomas Weibel are just great lawyers – very accessible, highly skilled, most experienced.’

Jana Essebier acts as liquidator during bankruptcy proceedings. She also assists with insolvency-related disputes. She is noted for "her good knowledge of restructuring law."

“Very knowledgeable about banking and insolvencies, extraordinarily structured and pragmatic approach.”

"Very knowledgeable about capital markets & banking industry; extraordinarily structured and pragmatic."

The VISCHER team has a notable sweet spot in public takeovers and proxy solicitations but also assists issuers and underwriters with the listing of securities at the SIX Swiss Exchange. The group is sought after by clients from the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors in particular, but also acts for banks, securities dealers, insurance companies, hedge funds, and asset managers. Adrian Dörig leads the team, which also includes key practitioners Markus Guggenbühl, Jana Essebier and counsel Peter Kühn.

The team at VISCHER acts for creditors and debtors in a range of matters; it assists in insolvency disputes, voluntary liquidation and extracting funds, as well as in the freezing of assets. Its members also act as liquidators and administrators. The practice is led by David Jenny in Basel, who also has corporate expertise. Jana Essebier's expertise includes bankruptcy proceedings of banks.

Jana Essebier has extensive experience working on cryptocurrencies, mobile payments, crowdfunding and complex financial instruments. She is regularly consulted by regulators for her expert opinion at roundtable discussions. One interviewee enthuses: "Jana is somebody you think of when it comes to blockchain and cryptocurrency.", "She's active on projects around distributed ledger technology for the government," says a leading peer; "she's really been focusing on FinTech for a long period of time now."

"The team at VISCHER is led by Basel-based David Jenny, who has extensive experience in assisting governing bodies of companies and creditors and in acting as liquidator. The team is also involved in bank bankruptcy proceedings. Another key member is Jana Essebier; her practice includes dispute resolution and regulatory law. Markus Guggenbühl and Thomas Weibel in Basel are also noted."

"At VISCHER, the team is active in financing transactions, banking-related dispute resolution, insolvencies and fintech. The broad client portfolio includes a mix of domestic and foreign banks, funds, insurance companies, securities dealers and asset managers. The team is jointly led by Markus Guggenbühl, who is also well versed in financial market regulations, and Adrian Dörig, who specialises in structured finance transactions. Jana Essebier is noted for her expertise in financial instruments, including derivatives and structured products, and is also active in fintech-related matters, where she advises on crowdfunding, mobile payments and blockchain. Stefan Grieder in Basel and senior associate David Weber are further key contacts."

"VISCHER's team handles asset tokenisation and international blockchain disputes, as well as providing legal compliance training to start-ups and drafting their set-up agreements. Mobile payments and crowdfunding expert Jana Essebier heads the practice, which has acted as a main adviser to the Interchain Foundation on all fintech-related issues, assisted Vreo with the set-up of an in-game video advertising platform, and aced for Bank CIC (Schewiz) AG on the development of its mobile payment processes. Stefan Grieder and Basel-based Christian Wyss are other names to note."

"VISCHER advises on a broad spectrum of capital market matters, including IPOs (where it is particularly active in the life sciences industry), bond issues and regulatory matters. The client portfolio is similarly diverse with national and foreign banks, hedge funds, and companies, among others, instructing the team. Team leader Markus Guggenbühl focuses on debt financing, capital market transactions and public takeovers, while Jana Essebier is well versed in structured products and other financial instruments. Basel-based Matthias Staehelin and Robert Bernet are other key practitioners."

Jana Essebier often acts as a liquidator during bankruptcy proceedings. One interviewee praises her for being "a very analytical lawyer who you can be sure to spot all the small points," adding: "She is a great person to work with because she has an eye for detail."

A banking and finance lawyer by background, Jana Essebier heads Vischer's FinTech initiatives. Essebier is heavily involved in policy-making and political initiatives in Switzerland, including recent financial regulatory changes and the potential new FinTech licence still to be approved by the Swiss parliament. She also has substantial expertise in dealing with cryptocurrencies, mobile payments and crowdfunding. Peers say: "She is a brilliant lawyer, no doubt," while clients report that "she had really profound knowledge of not only the law, but also FINMA. She gave us all that knowledge, and told us how to approach them. She was really hands-on."

"VISCHER provides 'top advice, which is clearly above the market standard'. The team has core strengths handling bankruptcies in the financial sector, having been involved in the Lehman Brothers insolvency as liquidator's counsel. In recent work, Adrian Dörig represented indenture trustee Wilmington Trust in the bankruptcy of Toys'R'Us. 'Truly knowledgeable and profoundly experienced practitioners' David Jenny and Thomas Weibel are also recommended, while Jana Essebier is another name to note."

"Jana Essebier is well respected for her involvement in insolvency matters. She advises on contentious matters and is experienced in acting as liquidator."

Recommended for Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

"Vischer has 'a very strong financing practice' that is 'pro-active, forward-looking and creative in generating solutions'. The team advised an international bank who acted as a lender in relation to a credit facility granted to an oil and gas company. Practice head Markus Guggenbühl is an 'outstanding strategic thinker', while insolvency expert Jana Essebier is also recommended. The 'service-oriented' Benedict Christ and Christian Oetiker are the key contacts for banking M&A and litigation."

"Vischer is known for its expertise in liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings revolving around banks. The practice successfully defended PwC in its role as liquidator of Lehman Brothers Finance in court proceedings brought by two companies of the Klaus Tschira group. Clients also include Weidenareal Metall and LoneStar. Team lead David Jenny, Markus Guggenbühl, Jana Essebier and Christian Oetiker are the key advisers."

"Vischer is 'extremely well connected on an international level and has unique market expertise to deal with complex derivatives and financial instruments'. The practice advised Bâloise and Basler Leben on their CHF288m acquisition of majority shares in Pax Anlage, followed by a public takeover offer for the remaining shares; and also supported CRISPR Therapeutics during its $92m IPO on NASDAQ Global Market. The 'solution-oriented' Markus Guggenbühl and Jana Essebier are recommended, as is the 'responsive' Benedict Christ."

Selected as one of the world’s leading young restructuring and insolvency specialists.

"[The firm is] extremely professional, quick, and always available - even on short notice from our side."
"[The capital markets team is] extremely thorough and able to grasp highly complex financial transactions very quickly."
"[Jana Essebier is] very clever and quick to grasp complex issues."

"A partner of the firm since January 2015, Jana Essebier holds Swiss and German qualifications and specialises in financial services regulation, restructuring and insolvency." 

"German-qualified Jana Essebier is regularly called on to advise on mandates involving Germany. She covers banking and finance, regulatory and restructuring matters and is recommended for her 'efficient and to-the-point advice.' "

"Senior associate Jana Essebier is qualified to practise in Germany and Switzerland. She is experienced in handling transactions between the two countries."