(Main Office)

Understanding the business interests of our clients, as well as analyzing and providing efficient solutions for complex legal issues, constitute our core competencies. As one of Switzerland's largest law firms with about 100 attorneys and tax advisers, we offer timely and reliable assistance in a wide range of practice areas.

Our offices are located in Switzerland's two most important business centers, Zurich and Basel. Our law firm combines specialists practicing in all areas of business law. We regularly act for domestic and international clients in all sectors, thus increasing our wide-ranging and diverse experience, which, in turn, means we rank amongst Switzerland's leading tax and legal experts. Our mission is to assist our clients in solving their problems in a reliable and efficient manner. We strive to meet the highest quality standards.

In order to provide our clients with continuous, up-to-date expertise and thorough knowledge of each sector, we have structured our firm into specialist practice area and sector groups. Furthermore, we have a strong network of partner offices across the world and can therefore handle major mandates in an international context.

Statement of Practice

Banking and Capital Markets, Communications Law, Competition Law, Contracts and Commercial Matters, Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment, Energy Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Notarial Services, Private Clients, Private Equity/Venture Capital/Corporate Financing, Real Estate, Regulated Markets, Restructuring and Insolvency, Tax Planning and Tax Advice.

Address

Aeschenvorstadt 4 P.O. Box 526
Basel 4010
Switzerland

Phone

Phone: +41 61 279 33 00
Fax: +41 61 279 33 10

Website

http://www.vischer.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only

Firm/Affiliate Offices

COUNSEL

Christian Brückner, LL.M. (Counsel) born 1942; admitted, 1970, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); Harvard University Law School (LL.M.). Professor, University of Basel. Civil Law Notary. Member: Basel Bar Association. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law.Email: Christian Brückner, LL.M.

Bernhard Christ (Counsel) born 1942; admitted, 1970, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.). Civil Law Notary. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Associations and Societies; Corporate Law; Hospital Law; Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations; Property Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: Bernhard Christ

Ingrid Duplain (Counsel) born 1948; (Admission pending). Education: Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg; University of Basel; IMD Lausanne; Harvard Business School. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Governance.Email: Ingrid Duplain

Peter Gloor (Counsel) born 1926; admitted, 1952, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates.Email: Peter Gloor

Stefan Grieder (Counsel) born 1966; admitted, 1994, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts.Email: Stefan Grieder

Ursula Hubschmid (Counsel) born 1947; admitted, 1980, Switzerland. Education: University of Berne (lic. iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, French and English. Practice Areas: Labour Law; Litigation; Contracts.Email: Ursula Hubschmid

Stéphane Konkoly, LL.M. (Counsel) born 1970; admitted, 1995, Switzerland. Education: University of Neuchâtel (lic.iur.); New York University (LL.M.). Member: Swiss Bar Association. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Equipment Finance and Leasing; Finance; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Stéphane Konkoly, LL.M.

Ernst A. Kramer (Counsel) born 1944; admitted, 1967, Austria. Education: University of Vienna (Dr.iur.). Professor and Former Dean at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel. Visiting Professor at the Danube University Krems, Austria. Languages: German, English, Italian, French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Consumer Law; European Union Law; Products Liability; Professional Liability.Email: Ernst A. Kramer

Christoph Löw (Counsel) born 1940; admitted, 1968, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.). Member: Swiss, Basel, American and International Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Business Law; International Business Law; Mediation.Email: Christoph Löw

Niklaus E. Schiess (Counsel) born 1940; admitted, 1967, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Wills.Email: Niklaus E. Schiess

Frank Vischer (Counsel) born 1923; admitted, 1948, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Member, "Institut de Droit International." Former Rector, University of Basel. Former Dean, Law Faculty, University of Basel. Dr. h.c., University of Freiburg i. Brg. (Germany). Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; International Law; Employment Law; Labor Relations; Conflicts of Law; Monetary Law.Email: Frank Vischer

Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer (Counsel) born 1955; admitted, 1984, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.). Associate Professor, University of Basel. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Biotechnology; Chemicals and Chemistry; Constitutional Law; Construction Law; Education Law; Energy Law; Government; Government Contracts; Technology and Science.Email: Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer

Rolf Wüthrich, LL.M. (Counsel) born 1970; admitted, 1998, Switzerland. Education: University of Berne (Fürsprecher); University of Leiden, The Netherlands (LL.M.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Basel Bar Association. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Company Law; European Union Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Rolf Wüthrich, LL.M.

ASSOCIATES

Matthias Ammann (Associate) born 1976; admitted, 2003, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Bankruptcy.Email: Matthias Ammann

Franziska Bur Bürgin (Associate) born 1971; admitted, 2000, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Law of Tenancy; Social Security.Email: Franziska Bur Bürgin

Marco Chevalier (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Inheritance Law.Email: Marco Chevalier

Conradin Cramer (Associate) born 1979; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: Universities of Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau (Dr. iur.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Planning Law; Trusts and Estates; Inheritance Law; Building Law.Email: Conradin Cramer

Daniel Dillier (Associate) born 1972; admitted, 2000, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic. iur.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Tax Law.Email: Daniel Dillier

Karolina Dobrý (Associate) born 1976; admitted, 2005, Switzerland. Education: University of St. Gallen (lic.iur.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French, Spanish and Czech. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts.

Mark Eichner (Associate) born 1977; admitted, 2003, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Civil Law Notary. Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP). Member: Basel Bar Association. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Contracts; Trusts and Estates.Email: Mark Eichner

Gili Fridland Svensson (Associate) born 1970; admitted, 2003, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French, Hebrew. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law.Email: Gili Fridland Svensson

Tanja Gustinetti Henz (Associate) admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel. Member: Swiss Bar Association. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Contracts; Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Commercial Law.Email: Tanja Gustinetti Henz

Peter Hostansky (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic. iur.). Legal internship: Basel; Civil Court of Arlesheim; Criminal Court Basel-Landschaft. Languages: German, French, English, Slovak and Czech. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Contracts; Criminal Law; Litigation.Email: Peter Hostansky

Diana Imbach (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French, Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law; Private International Law; Insolvency; Tenancy Law.Email: Diana Imbach

Cédric-Olivier Jenoure (Associate) admitted, 2006, Basel. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Deputy Head Legal, Bank CIC (Switzerland) Ltd., Basel. Compensation and Benefits Manager, International Equity Team, Syngenta AG, Basel. Managing Partner, JT Asset Compensation in Oberwil (Basel). Member: Basel and Swiss Bar Associations. Languages: German, French and English. Practice Areas: International Taxation; Tax Law; Corporate Law; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Banking Law; Exchange Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Equity Schedules.Email: Cédric-Olivier Jenoure

Ramon Mabillard, LL.M. (Associate) born 1972; admitted, 1999, Switzerland. Education: University of Freiburg i.Ue. (Dr.iur.); Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, French and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Associations and Societies; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Law; Company Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partnership Law; Securities; Trade Secrets; Trusts and Estates; Wills.Email: Ramon Mabillard, LL.M.

Claudia Martini (Associate) born 1977; admitted, 2009, Switzerland. Education: University of Stuttgart (Ass.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Claudia Martini

Marius Meier (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Contracts; Corporate Law; Private International Law; Insolvency; Inheritance Law.Email: Marius Meier

Guido Müller (Associate) born 1974; admitted, 2005, Switzerland. Education: University of Freiburg i.Ue. (lic.iur.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Value Added Tax (VAT); Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Business Law; Company Law; Immigration and Naturalization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Insolvency.Email: Guido Müller

Sabina Nägeli (Associate) born 1981; admitted, 2009, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Social Law; Social Security; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: Sabina Nägeli

Christian Oetiker, LL.M. (Associate) born 1973; admitted, 1999, Switzerland. Education: University of St. Gallen, HSG (Dr.iur.); London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); University of London (LL.M.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Bankruptcy; Reinsurance.Email: Christian Oetiker, LL.M.

Roberto Peduzzi (Associate) born 1975; admitted, 2006, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel and Zurich (Dr.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; New Media Law.Email: Roberto Peduzzi

Yvonne Pieles (Associate) born 1974; admitted, 2008, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Contracts; Employment Law; Private International Law; Inheritance Law; Litigation; Commercial Law.Email: Yvonne Pieles

Nora Refaeil, LL.M. (Associate) born 1970; admitted, 1999, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic. iur.); Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, French, English, Italian and Persian. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Nora Refaeil, LL.M.

Patricia Roberty (Associate) admitted, 2008, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic. iur.); University of Geneva (Cértificat de Droit Transnational). Legal Internship: District Court of Waldenburg, 2005; a law firm in Binningen, 2006. Court Clerk, District Court of Liestal, 2008. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French, Spanish and Italian. Practice Areas: Litigation; Contracts; Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law; Private International Law; Inheritance Law.Email: Patricia Roberty

Jacqueline Saladin (Associate) born 1979; admitted, 2008, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: International Taxation; Local Taxation; Real Estate; Tenancy Law; Capital Markets; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Taxation; Federal Taxation; Finance; Banks and Banking.Email: Jacqueline Saladin

Martina Schwaninger Preiss (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2008, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic. iur.). Auditing Assistant, BDO Visura, Solothurn, 2001-2003. Legal Internship in a law firm, notary's office and at the Court, Solothurn, 2004-2006. Legal Assistant, Bischof Stampfli Attorneys-at-Law, Solothurn, 2006-2007. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Commercial Law; Contracts; Family Law.Email: Martina Schwaninger Preiss

Sacha Sekulic (Associate) born 1976; admitted, 2005, Switzerland. Education: University of Fribourg (lic.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Serbocroatian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Inheritance Law; Real Estate; Building Law.Email: Sacha Sekulic

Philippe Spitz, LL.M. (Associate) born 1968; admitted, 1997, Switzerland. Education: Universities of Basel and Zurich (Dr.iur.); London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (LL.M.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Advertising and Marketing; Agency and Distributorship; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Business Law; Products Liability; White Collar Crime.Email: Philippe Spitz, LL.M.

Nadia Tarolli (Associate) born 1973; admitted, 2002, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Energy Law; Business Law; Company Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation.Email: Nadia Tarolli

Gérald Virieux, M.B.L. (Associate) born 1971; admitted, 2004, Switzerland. Education: University of Fribourg (lic.iur.); University of Geneva (M.B.L.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Private International Law; Litigation.Email: Gérald Virieux, M.B.L.

Thomas Weibel, LL.M. (Associate) born 1972; admitted, 2000, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.); University of Kent at Canterbury (LL.M.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations; European Bar Association (DACH). Languages: German, English, French, Spanish and Italian. Practice Areas: Litigation; Inheritance Law; Intellectual Property; Advertising and Marketing; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Copyrights; Corporate Law; International Law; Trademarks; White Collar Crime; Wills; Debt Enforcement; Debt Recovery.Email: Thomas Weibel, LL.M.

Sascha Wohlgemuth (Associate) born 1978; admitted, 2008, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Taxation; International Taxation; Local Taxation; Insolvency; Transport Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law.Email: Sascha Wohlgemuth

Christian Wyss, LL.M. (Associate) born 1975; admitted, 2002, Switzerland. Education: University of Lausanne and Basel (lic.iur.); Wake Forest University School of Law (LL.M.). Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations; North Carolina Bar Association. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Contracts.Email: Christian Wyss, LL.M.

PARTNERS

Andreas C. Albrecht, LL.M. (Partner) born 1968; admitted, 1995, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.); New York University (LL.M.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Banks and Banking; Commercial Law; Company Law; Construction Law; Property Law; Real Estate; Regulatory Law; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Estate Planning; Pre-and Postnuptial Agreements.Email: Andreas C. Albrecht, LL.M.

Jacqueline Burckhardt Bertossa, LL.M. (Partner) born 1970; admitted, 1998, Switzerland. Education: Universities of Basel and Geneva (lic.iur.); Cambridge University, England (LL.M.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Law of Successions; Real Estate; Notarial Services.Email: Jacqueline Burckhardt Bertossa, LL.M.

Sebastian Burckhardt, M.C.J. (Partner) born 1954; admitted, 1980, Switzerland; 1987, New York. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); New York University (M.C.J.). Civil Law Notary. Member: American and International Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Agency and Distributorship; Computers and Software; Corporate Law; Health Care; International Trade; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital.Email: Sebastian Burckhardt, M.C.J.

Thomas Gelzer, LL.M. (Partner) born 1955; admitted, 1984, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); Columbia University School of Law (LL.M.). Civil Law Notary. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Hospital Law.Email: Thomas Gelzer, LL.M.

David Jenny, LL.M. (Partner) born 1960; admitted, 1990, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.); University of Michigan (LL.M.). Member: Swiss, Basel and American Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation; Bankruptcy.Email: David Jenny, LL.M.

Hubertus Ludwig (Partner) born 1954; admitted, 1984, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Taxation.Email: Hubertus Ludwig

Roland M. Müller, LL.M. (Partner) born 1963; admitted, 1991, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.). Civil Law Notary. Member: Basel and International Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Private International Law; Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Law; Arbitration; Real Estate; Securities; Company Law.Email: Roland M. Müller, LL.M.

Michael H.P. Pfeifer, M.B.L.-HSG (Partner) born 1947; admitted, 1976, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); University of St. Gallen (M.B.L.). Civil Law Notary. Honorary Consul of Luxembourg. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English and French. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Law; International Business Law; Notarial Services.Email: Michael H.P. Pfeifer, M.B.L.-HSG

Matthias Staehelin, DHEE (Partner) born 1965; admitted, 1992, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr. iur.); College of Europe, Bruges (Master of Advanced European Studies). Civil Law Notary. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Biotechnology; Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology and Science; Health Care.Email: Matthias Staehelin, DHEE

Ulrich Vischer (Partner) born 1951; admitted, 1980, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (Dr.iur.). Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Banks and Banking; Company Law; Government Contracts; Insurance Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Ulrich Vischer

Thomas Ziegler (Partner) born 1964; admitted, 1994, Switzerland. Education: University of Basel (lic.iur./rer.pol.). Certified Tax Expert. Member: Swiss and Basel Bar Associations. Languages: German, English, French and Italian. Practice Areas: Taxation; Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Company Law.Email: Thomas Ziegler

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