Bratschi’s Co-Head of Construction, Real Estate and Hotels, Ion Eglin (pictured) has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bratschi. The new appointment came during the Annual General Meeting held on Friday May 13, 2022. The meeting also saw the resignation of former Chair, Thomas Schönenberger, after having been a member of […]
The winners of the Iberian Lawyer IP&TMT Spain Awards 2022 were announced during the gala ceremony held at the Wellington Hotel in Madrid, on 12 May 2022. Once again, the IP&TMT Awards recognised the excellence among Spanish professionals active in this area. For the complete list of winners click here
Lalive partner Sandrine Giroud (pictured) has been elected Vice-Bâtonnière of the Geneva Bar Association (Ordre des avocats de Genève “ODAGE”). Giroud was first elected as a member of the nine-member Bar Council (Conseil de l’Ordre) by the General Assembly in April 2019. Her new role of Vice-Chair is a two-year term. Giroud has been active […]
Pwc has completed the sale of its global mobility services business, Vialto Partners, to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). Vialto Partners had previously operated within the PwC network as the Global Mobility Services business unit. The enterprise value of the sold global mobility services business amounts to USD 2.2 billion. Homburger acted as Swiss counsel […]
The Legalcommunity Awards Switzerland 2022 took place in Park Hyatt Zürich. The latest Edition brought together exquisite talent from all parts of the Swiss legal community. In collaboration with ACC Europe the event celebrated the individuals and teams that distinguished themselves throughout the year 2021. The winners: LAW FIRMS Lawyer of the Year Tino Gaberthüel […]
Christoph G. Lang (pictured), Chair of Pestalozzi and Head of its corporate/m&a group, was elected Chair of Lex Mundi’s Board of Directors during the 2022 Lex Mundi Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lex Mundi is a network of independent law firms with 150+ member firms and more than 22,000 lawyers worldwide. Lang has served on […]
The aerospace company RUAG International has successfully closed the sale deal of its Simulation & Training business unit to Thales. Thales will take over all business activities and all 500 employees at various locations in Switzerland, France, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. With this sale, RUAG International is concentrating more on its core activities […]
Charles Russell Speechlys has promoted tax trusts & succession lawyer Alice Martin (pictured) to partner, effective May 01 2022. Zurich based Alice Martin offers UK and cross border estate planning to wealthy individuals, their families and their professional advisers. International clients often have assets and family members across multiple jurisdictions, requiring advice that balances multi-jurisdiction […]
MLL has promoted three of its lawyers.Thomas Nietlispach, Grégoire Schafroth and Maeve Romano have been promoted to senior associates. Thomas Nietlispach (pictured right) is a member of the Zurich corporate & M&A team. His main areas of practice focus on capital markets, M&A and general corporate matters. He has broad experience advising private and public […]
Oberson Abels strengthens its team with the incorporation of Joël Pahud as Counsel as of April 1, 2022. This appointment aims to reinforce the team already active in the field of advice and representation in tax audits and in the context of criminal tax law procedures. Doctor of Law, lawyer and former prosecutor in the […]
