About

Provided by Pestalozzi

The Pestalozzi employment practice group draws on many years of wide-ranging experience to advise clients on virtually every aspect of Swiss law applicable to employment, labour, immigration and related issues. Our Employment practice group is fully integrated with the Corporate/M&A practice group. This allows us to advise our clients on a very broad range of employment related issues.

Clients choose Pestalozzi because we have built up a thorough understanding of Swiss employment rules and standards. We have established a successful practice for addressing all the main issues relevant to employment, labour and immigration. These include contracts, long-term incentive plans, bonus, share or option plans and employment issues arising during mergers and acquisitions. At operational level, we efficiently handle the domestic and cross-border transfer of employees, business restructuring, the termination of employment agreements, downsizing, outsourcing, and the closure of production lines as well as workforce restructuring and mass dismissals. We also cover the drafting of employment rules, policies and regulations, and help Swiss employers to obtain work and residence permits for foreign employees and their family members.

Our clients are mainly large domestic and foreign enterprises, whereby the international clients represent some of the largest companies in their industries.

Chambers Review

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Employment - Switzerland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Pestalozzi offers expertise in the employment elements of transaction-related matters, as well as mass dismissals and employee transfers as a result of corporate restructurings. The law firm represents clients in contentious mandates, such as wrongful terminations and discrimination claims. The team also assists clients with remuneration programmes and the exit of senior employees, with further experience advising on non-compete clauses.

Work Highlights

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  • Pestalozzi advised two subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson on mass dismissals and social plan negotiations with unions.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Martin Müller
3
Martin Müller
Head of Employment
3
Band 3

Martin Müller advises on mass dismissals, contract terminations, bonus plans and reorganisations for a range of corporate clients. He additionally acts on the employment aspects of M&A transactions.

We always receive outstanding support from Martin Müller.

He understands the market and our company really well.

Martin Müller has very much impressed me.

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Pestalozzi

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Employment

Martin Müller
3
Martin Müller
Head of Employment
3
Band 3

Members

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Andreas Lienhard

Christian Roos

Head of Department

Martin Müller

Martin Müller

Head of Department

Clients

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Miele AG, Kelly Services, Coca-Cola HBC AG, Nordea Bank

Industries

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Pharma, Chemicals, Biotechnology, Electronics, Automobiles, Food and Beverages, Tobacco, Textiles, Watches, Media, Trading, Retail, Telecommunications