KPMG has officially appointed Hélène Weidmann (pictured) as a partner in its tax & legal department, effective 1 March 2026. Weidmann joins from MLL Legal and will lead KPMG Law Western Switzerland, in addition to
Schellenberg Wittmer expands its partnership lineup with the addition of two new partners and one counsel: partner Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux, joining in the firm’s Geneva office as of March 1st 2026, Roland Ryser, appointed partner in
LEXR Law officialised the appointment of Stephan D. Meyer (pictured) as a partner. Effective March 1st 2026, Meyer will lead LEXR’s blockchain and fintech team in Zurich. Stephan D. Meyer’s expertise spans the areas
Walder Wyss advised Swiss TEPU Holding, which consists of the companies Pfanner & Frei and re.com Elektroanlagen, on the sale of majority stakes to the TSG Group, a European provider of technical services for
Kellerhals Carrard advised Kaspar&, a specialist in white-label and B2B solutions for financial institutions, on the sale of all shares in the company to Liberty Vorsorge, a Swiss independent provider of pension and
Welcome to Signed, Sealed, Weekend — our weekly inside track into the Swiss legal market. Check out the news of the week: · VISCHER advised FimmCyte, a Swiss biotech developing targeted immunotherapies for chronic fibro-inflammatory diseases, in
Walder Wyss advised UVC Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Berlin and Munich, in connection with its role as lead investor in the USD 24 million financing round of Metafuels, a sustainable aviation fuel specialist
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) advised L.E.S.S., a Swiss high-tech scale-up developing ultra-thin nano active fiber lighting solutions for industrial vision, automotive applications and medical illumination — on its USD 22 million (CHF 17 million) series
Homburger advised UBS Switzerland on the issuance of EUR 1.5 bn aggregate amount in fixed rate covered bonds under its Covered Bond Programme. Governed by Swiss law and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange, the covered bonds
Wenger Vieli represented the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) in three appeals before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, against arbitration decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The context The BFU argued that the
