Litigation
Europe Guide 2024 : Switzerland
Band 2
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Provided by Walder Wyss Ltd
Walder Wyss features a dedicated dispute resolution team with roughly 50 members, which has grown significantly, both in litigation as well as in arbitration, also with lateral hires, over the past few years.
Our six offices in all key economic and language areas of Switzerland allow us to respond and represent our clients in courts anywhere and at any time across Switzerland.
Our team members hold important positions within the dispute resolution community (Litigation Practice Group of the Zurich Bar Association, Zurich Bar Examination Board, various international lawyers’ associations).
Main focuses of our litigation team:
- Commercial litigation, in particular before the commercial courts in Zurich, Berne, Aargau and St. Gall and before the civil courts in Geneva and Basle, in particular also with respect to injunctive relief matters.
- Significant work on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards (several leading cases).
- White collar crime matters (namely fraud and embezzlement cases and asset recovery cases)
- Internal Investigations
Chambers Review
Walder Wyss offers broad expertise in the dispute resolution area. The law firm acts on a number of disputes involving commercial agreements. The team frequently assists with corporate disputes, such as shareholders' agreements, share purchase agreements and financial disputes. Clients benefit from the firm's extensive network of offices in all of the country's language regions.
Work Highlights
- Walder Wyss assisted Portpin with freezing orders over banking and real estate assets of Vladimir Antonov, following a UK court decision arising from a non-payment dispute.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Walder Wyss lawyers are technically excellent, responsive and thorough in their thinking."
"They have a very quick grasp of the problem and well-considered suggestions regarding options for action as well as skilful navigation regarding strategy and tactics."
"They are always reachable and quick, and provide practical and reliable advice."
"Walder Wyss lawyers are technically excellent, responsive and thorough in their thinking."
"They have a very quick grasp of the problem and well-considered suggestions regarding options for action as well as skilful navigation regarding strategy and tactics."
"They are always reachable and quick, and provide practical and reliable advice."
Notable Practitioners
Dieter Hofmann advises on a range of cases, including damages claims and commercial agreements.
"He's an excellent lawyer."
Oliver Kunz represents clients in money laundering and bribery cases, with further activity in mutual assistance proceedings.
"He is very intelligent, super hard-working, humble, calm and has an optimistic personality."
Rodolphe Gautier is particularly active in banking litigation, including cases with cross-border elements. He represents clients in disputes stemming from terminations of agreements, alongside other commercial dispute experience.
"He provided very good compliance advice. He is very smart."
"Rodolphe Gautier is very efficient, knows the law very well and is very helpful. He is assertive on the client's behalf, very reasonable in his approach and dedicated and easy to reach."
Ranked Lawyers at
Walder Wyss Ltd
Switzerland
Members
Provided by Walder Wyss Ltd
Albane de Ziegler
Antonio Carbonara
Head of Department
Maurice Courvoisier
Micha Bühler
Michael Cartier
Pascale Köster
Sophie Arnold-Püschel
Stefano Fornara