Aline Wey Speirs joins Charles Russell Speechlys as partner
Aline Wey Speirs (pictured), formerly a partner at Altenburger from 2019 to 2024, has joined Charles Russell Speechlys as partner as of January 2025.
The profile
Aline Wey Speirs headed up the dispute resolution team at Altenburger’s Zurich office for five years. Seh has over 20 years of experience in litigation, mediation, and arbitration. Her primary focus is on complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation and white-collar crime. Aline has extensive asset recovery and protection expertise, including managing cross-border provisional measures such as freezing orders, enforcing foreign judgments and awards, initiating insolvency proceedings, and leading internal investigations. She has regularly appeared before and has successfully tried cases in trial and appellate courts at every level throughout Switzerland, including the Cantonal Courts, the Zurich Commercial Court and the Federal Supreme Court.
In addition, Aline has a strong mediation practice and advises private clients on family law-related matters, leveraging her experience as a former substitute Judge. Aline is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Zugerberg Finanz and Erni Group Holding, both since 2023.
The appointment follows the recent appointment of Carolyn Steppler as a UK Tax Consultant in the Firm’s Zurich office. This, plus the Charles Russell Speechlys’ recent expansion into Italy, reflects the firm’s international growth ambitions.
