Walder Wyss has incorporated four new counsels to the firm: Stefan Walder, Iliana Djagova, Joy Malka and Téo Genecand (photographed in order of mention). Stefan Walder is counsel in the corporate/M&A team in Zurich. His practice focuses on corporate law, matrimonial property and inheritance law, real estate law, and insolvency law (especially bankruptcy law). Iliana […]
Andreas Furrer has been appointed Special Counsel at MLL Legal since 1 October 2023. Furrer is an attorney and part-time professor at the University of Lucerne for private law, comparative law, private international law and European law,
Appointments
Arbitration
Nadia Ohlhoff-Smahi Vice-President of the International Arbitration Commission AIJA
Nadia Ohlhoff-Smahi has been appointed Vice-President of the AIJA International Arbitration Commission with effect from 25 August 2023. Nadia is a senior associate in the Geneva office of Lenz & Staehelin, where she practices in the areas
PBM Avocats is continuing to expand in French-speaking Switzerland. The Geneva law firm has announced the arrival of Henri Corboz (pictured), who will strengthen the firm’s banking and finance regulatory and compliance practice. As
Nicolas Wehrli has joined Loyens & Loeff ‘s Zurich office as a partner in the corporate and M&A practice group. Wehrli has extensive experience representing clients in complex M&A, private equity
In order to strengthen its tax department, Niederer Kraft Frey has incorporated two new tax partners in Geneva, effective as of 1 October 2023: Marcel Meier and Jacques Pittet. With this addition in Geneva’s office, NKF
Céline Spahn and Chloé Groenendijk have joined Altenburger as associates. Spahn works with the M&A team and she regularly advises early stage companies, SMEs and listed companies in general corporate and commercial
Nicolaus Westerkamp has joined the pharma group MSD as director International Legal & Compliance. Nicolaus is, as he defined himself, a seasoned in-house counsel and business enabler with over 13 years of experience negotiating complex technology
In a recent announcement on LinkedIn, Vivian Osayande (pictured) shared her excitement about joining Johnson & Johnson (J&J) as the Global Leader for the Supply Chain Legal Group. In her new role, Osayande
Joy Malka joins Walder Wyss from Blesi & Papa as counsel. She is an expert in employment law and supports the team in German, French and English-speaking countries. Malka advises national companies, international groups as
