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"This firm provides high level of employment advice."
Chambers Europe 2012
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"Excellent and to the point. "
Client in Chambers Europe 2018
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"Swiss-wide practice active in Zürich, Geneva, Lugano and Zug."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"They had an excellent understanding of our needs."
Client in Chambers Europe 2018
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"Strong links to the firm's banking and finance and M&A departments, with experience of mass dismissals."
Chambers Europe 2016
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"I value the team's advice highly."
Client in Chambers Europe 2015
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"The firm draws on expertise from its litigation, corporate and tax departments to cover the full range of labour law issues."
Legal 500 2013
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"The team is business-minded, responsive and very capable."
Client in Chambers Europe 2015
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"Known for handling major M&A and business transfer projects, including mass dismissals and other human resources aspects."
The Legal 500 2015
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"Regularly handles major M&A transactions and business transfer projects, including mass dismissals, migration issues and other human resources aspects."
Legal 500 2016
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"Highly recommended for its experience in advising international clients on their Swiss employment issues."
Chambers Europe 2015
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"They are very well organised."
Client in Chambers Europe 2018
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"Well-regarded practice."
Chambers Europe 2015
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"The lawyers are very responsive, understand the respective legislation and advise us correctly."
Client in Chambers Europe 2016
Employment & Migration
We advise corporate clients and high-level management employees on all matters relating to employment relationships and, in collaboration with our tax and social security teams, with regard to all employment related tax and social security aspects.
Our specialized and well-experienced team assists our clients with regard to all administrative and legal aspects of work and residence permit applications related to international recruitments.
- Preparing and advising on standard and tailor made employment contracts
- Incentive and employee participation plans
- Bonus schemes
- Maternity/paternity queries
- Individual and mass dismissals
- Social security
- Tax advice
- Immigration (work and residence permits)
- Employment law mediation and litigation
- Regulatory compliance
- Discrimination issues
- Whistleblowing issues
- Data protection compliance (national and international)
- Work place safety standards
- Staff handbooks/policies/procedures
- HR issues in M&A and private equity transactions
- HR issues in insolvencies
Key Contact
Thomas Stoltz
Partner
Team Leaders
Daniel Bader
Partner
Michele Bernasconi
Partner
Dr. Ruth Bloch-Riemer
Partner
Urs Brügger
Partner
Dr. Cédric Chapuis
Partner
Aurélie Conrad Hari
Partner
Andrea Gamba
Partner
Dr. Peter Hsu
Partner
Dr. Luca Jagmetti
Partner
Saverio Lembo
Partner
Dr. Daniel Leu
Partner
Dr. Christoph Neeracher
Partner
Matthew T. Reiter
Partner
Dr. Philippe Seiler
Partner
Marie-Christine Balzan
Counsel
Laura Widmer
Counsel
Team Members
Luca Castiglioni
Associate
Cinzia Catelli
Associate
Marie-Laure Chèvre
Trainee
Daniel Gabrieli
Associate
Sandro Gaggini
Trainee
Gëzim Ilazi
Trainee
Pierina Janett
Associate
Frédéric Mancosu
Associate
Dr. Martina Plüss
Associate
Alexandra Rayroux
Trainee
Elisabeth Rinderknecht
Trainee
Michael Rohrer
Associate
Arnold Romero
Trainee
Caroline Sauthier
Trainee
Corinna Seiler
Associate
Raima Sherifoska
Associate
Yves Suter
Associate
Gabriela Wermelinger
Associate
