About

Provided by Bär & Karrer Ltd

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
  • 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

Chambers Review

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Employment - Switzerland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Bär & Karrer assists domestic and international clients with mass and executive dismissals, social security advice and pension issues. The law firm has further capabilities advising clients on the employment aspects of M&A transactions, notably with transfers of employees. The team also represents both employers and employees in allegations of abusive terminations and bonus payments disputes.

Work Highlights

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  • Bär & Karrer advised Novartis on the employment aspects of the spin-off of Sandoz.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Laura Widmer
2
Laura Widmer
2
Band 2
Laura Widmer often advises on a range of employment matters, including employee transfers, social security matters and litigation. She also acts on employment issues related to M&A transactions.

Laura Widmer is a very knowledgeable lawyer who is calm in litigation. She speaks up at the right time for her clients.

Laura Widmer demonstrated her ability to look at the case long term and walk us through it from the beginning.

We appreciate her subject matter expertise in Swiss employment law matters. She is responsive to client requests.

Laura Widmer is a very experienced and pragmatic lawyer.

Laura Widmer is really well informed and easy to contact.

Ranked Lawyers at
Bär & Karrer Ltd

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Employment

Laura Widmer
2
Laura Widmer
2
Band 2

Members

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Aurélie Conrad Hari

Christoph Neeracher

Cinzia Catelli

Cédric Chapuis

Daniel Bader

Daniel Leu

Luca Jagmetti

Matthew T. Reiter

Michele Bernasconi

Peter Hsu

Philippe Seiler

Ruth Bloch-Riemer

Saverio Lembo

Thomas Stoltz

Head of Department

Urs Brügger