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Lustenberger + Partners

Employment

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Lustenberger + Partners

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About

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Lustenberger is a leading Swiss law firm specializing in employment and labor law, offering in-depth expertise and extensive experience across individual, collective, and public employment matters. Several of our partners are employment law specialists, with some certified by the Swiss Bar Association. We deliver tailored, needs-based solutions that are both practical and economically viable, taking a stand for our clients in negotiations both in and out of court.

Our team handles all aspects of day-to-day operations, including employment contracts, terminations, compliance, data protection, health and safety measures. We provide strategic advice on performance management, addressing issues like low performance, compensation models, bonus programs, incentive systems, and workplace conflicts, including discrimination and bullying. We also advise on modern work approaches, such as outsourcing, remote work, and staffing services, as well as structural matters like restructuring, collective redundancies, and business transfers. Our expertise extends to negotiating social plans and compensation schemes.

Internationally, we support clients with secondments, foreign nationals’ employment law, cross-border employment issues, and contracts within international groups of companies. Our dispute resolution capabilities encompass internal investigations, mediation, litigation and arbitration, ensuring we are equipped to handle even the most complex employment law challenges.

Chambers Review

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Employment - Switzerland

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Boutique law firm Lustenberger + Partners advises employers and employees on a broad range of employment matters, ranging from internal investigations and discrimination claims to corporate restructurings and incentive plans. The law firm has further expertise in termination agreements, bonus disputes and the employment aspects of M&A transactions. It represents clients hailing from the life sciences, manufacturing and transportation sectors.

Strengths

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  • The team of Lustenberger + Partners is very calm and gives clients the comfort of having a reliable partner at hand. It reduces complex situations to an easy, understandable case.

    Employment respondentEurope
  • The team consistently delivers timely, pragmatic advice, often under tight deadlines, without compromising quality or legal precision.

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  • They are able to translate complex matters and contexts into well-structured strategy on how to approach the cases we deal with.

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  • They are very professional and very well connected and offer valuable advice.

    Employment respondentEurope
  • What makes the law firm's service really good is the fact that its answers are really pragmatic and relevant to our business.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 4Monika McQuillen
    Band 4Monika McQuillen

    Monika McQuillen

    Monika McQuillen boasts expertise in a variety of employment matters, ranging across unfair dismissals to bonus claims, working condition issues and contract terminations.

    • She adapts to our needs very well and provides corresponding advice.

      Employment respondentEurope
    • Monika is exceptionally quick and efficient, with a talent for delivering advice that is both comprehensive and easy to act on.

      Employment respondentEurope
    • Monika McQuillen is responsive, solution-oriented and provides exceptional service.

      Employment respondentEurope
    • Working with her is always efficient and reassuring as she combines technical excellence with a pragmatic approach.

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    • Her clarity and precision make even complex matters feel manageable.

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