Legalcommunity Awards Switzerland 2022 – Most voted teams and counsel
Online voting is the first step on the path towards the Legalcommunity Awards Ceremony taking place during the Gala Dinner on 05th of May 2022 in Zurich. In collaboration with the European Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the world’s largest community of in-house counsel, this year’s award ceremony will acknowledge the best in the legal community, both teams and individuals, who stood out in the market showing great skills and abilities in managing complex issues over the year 2021.
Here below, you can find the most-voted law firm and in-house teams and counsel to date, among nominees of the fifth edition of the Legalcommunity Awards Switzerland.
Law Firm of the Year: Homburger, Bär & Karrer, Walder Wyss and Lenz & Staehelin
Lawyer of the Year: Alexander Vogel – MLL, Tino Gaberthüel – Lenz & Staehelin, Till Spillmann – NKF and Christoph Neeracher – Bär & Karrer
Law Firm of the Year – Corporate / M&A: Lenz & Staehelin, Vischer and Homburger,
Lawyer of the Year – Corporate / M&A: Benjamin Leisinger – Homburger, Philippe A Webber – NKF and Daniel Daeniker – Homburger
Law Firm of the Year – Banking & Finance: Bär & Karrer, Schellenberg Wittmer and Pestalozzi
Lawyer of the Year – Banking & Finance: René Bösch – Homburger, Shelby R du Pasquier – Lenz & Staehelin and Martin Lanz – Schellenberg Wittmer
Law Firm of the Year – Capital Markets: Lenz & Staehelin, NKF and Advestra
Lawyer of the Year – Capital Markets: Stefan Brunnschweiler – CMS von Erlach Partners, Tino Gaberthüel – Lenz & Staehelin and Thomas Reutter – Advestra
Law Firm of the Year – Healthcare, Chemical & Pharma: Homburger, BGPartner, Lenz & Staehelin and Wenger Vieli
Lawyer of the Year – Healthcare, Chemical & Pharma: Alexander Vogel – MLL, Thomas Eichenberger – Kellerhalds Carrard and Oliver Gnehm – BGPartner
Law Firm of the Year – IP: Homburger, Kellerhals Carrard and Rentsch Partner
Lawyer of the Year – IP: Markus Frick – Walder Wyss, Andrea Mondini – TIMES Attorneys and Christopher Gasser – BianchiSchwald
Law Firm of the Year – Tax: Oberson Abels, Homburger and Bär & Karrer
Lawyer of the Year – Tax: Susanne Schreiber – Bär & Karrer, Maurus Winzap – Walder Wyss and David Huerliman – CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd
Law Firm of the Year – Industry, Infrastructure & Construction: Wlader Wyss, bianchischwald and MLL
Lawyer of the Year – Industry, Infrastructure & Construction: Alexander Vogel – MLL, Yves de Coulon – bianchischwald and Francis Nordmann – Walder Wyss
Law Firm of the Year – Energy & Trade: Staiger Attorneys at Law, Wenger Vieli and Vischer
Lawyer of the Year – Energy & Trade: Beat Speck – Wenger Vieli, Michael Merker – Baur Hürlimann and Marc Bernheim – Staiger Attorneys at Law
Law Firm of the Year – Insurance: Bär & Karrer, Homburger and Advestra
Lawyer of the Year – Insurance: Dieter Gericke – Homburger, Peter Hsu – Bär & Karrer and Sandro Fehlmann – Advestra
Law Firm of the Year – PF & Infrastructure: Lenz & Staehelin, Walder Wyss and Wenger Vieli
Lawyer of the Year – PF & Infrastructure: Tino Gaberthüel – Lenz & Staehelin, Urs P. Gnos – Walder Wyss and Hans-Jakob Diem – Lenz & Staehelin
Law Firm of the Year – TMT: Schellenberg Wittmer, Vischer, Walder Wyss and id est avocats sarl
Lawyer of the Year – TMT: Clara-Ann Gordon – NKF, Georg Rauber – Homburger and Spacek Dirk – CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd
Law Firm of the Year – Real Estate: Bär & Karrer, Lenz & Staehelin and CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd
Lawyer of the Year – Real Estate: Sibylle Schnyder – CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd, Stefan Gerster – CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd and Corrado Rampini – Bär & Karrer
In-House Team of the Year: Novartis, 3M and Ermenegildo Zegna
In-House Counsel of the Year: Jean-Pierre Anzévui – Galderma, Stefan Mösli – Sika, Marco Stefanoni – ISS Schweiz and Patrick Büchi – Bruker BioSpin Group
In-House Team of the Year – Banking & Finance: Credit Suisse, Zürcher Kantonalbank and
In-House Counsel of the Year – Banking & Finance: Tom Fischer – Zürcher Kantonalbank and Romeo Cerutti – Credit Suisse
In-House Team of the Year – Insurance: Swiss Re, AXA Switzerland, Generali Schweiz and Zurich Group
In-House Counsel of the Year – Insurance: Philippe Hengy – AXA Switzerland, Alexander Lacher – Generali Schweiz, Marc Monnier – Zurich Group and Nick Raymond – Swiss Re
In-House Team of the Year – Healthcare, Chemical & Pharma: 3M, Novartis and Sika
In-House Counsel of the Year – Healthcare, Chemical & Pharma: Jean-Pierre Anzévui – Galderma, Elmar Büth – 3M, Stefan Mösli – Sika
In-House Team of the Year – Energy and Trading: CNH Industrial, DITH and DXT Commodities
In-House Counsel of the Year – Energy and Trading: Ali Dahir – CNH Industrial, Graham Donnell – DITH and Harald Zeiter – Capital Dynamics
In-House Team of the Year – Industry, Infrastructure & Construction: Clariant International, Mikron and CNH Industrial
In-House Counsel of the Year – Industry, Infrastructure & Construction: Alfred Münch – Clariant International, Ali Dahir – CNH Industrial and Keir Ashton – Louis Dreyfus Group
In-House Team of the Year – Fashion & Luxury: Richemont, Ermenegildo Zegna and Audemars Piguet
In-House Counsel of the Year – Fashion & Luxury: Nicolas Burgener – Audemars Piguet, Elena Mauri- Ermenegildo Zegna and Pascal Geneau – Richemont
In-House Team of the Year – Food & Beverage: Nestlé, Coop and Barry Callebaut
In-House Counsel of the Year – Food & Beverage: Leanne Geale – Nestlé, Francesco – Coop Mainardi and Martin Oesch – Barry Callebaut
In-House Team of the Year – TMT: ACER Europe, Citrix Systems and Microsoft
In-House Counsel of the Year – TMT: Guido Wennemer – ACER Europe, Jan Widmer – Microsoft and Oliver Kirchner – Citrix Systems
In-House Team of the Year – Transport: SBB, Swiss International Airlines and Swissport International
In-House Counsel of the Year – Transport: Stephanie Bregy – SBB, Dominique Fehlmann – Swiss International Airlines and Thomas Gross – Swissport International
In-House Counsel of the Year – Thought Leadership: Matt Owens – Global Head Legal- Digital at Novartis International, Richard Burnley – European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Paola Marzola – Le Creuset and Andrew Etkind – Garmin
In-House Counsel of the Year – Innovative Leadership: Andrea Albano – Guess Europe, Julie Pender – Aimmune Therapeutics, Emilio Garcia Silvero – FIFA and Rannveig Borg Sigurdardottir – The Adecco Group