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Andreas Casutt
Andreas Casutt
Andreas Casutt’s practice focuses mainly on corporate law, corporate governance, employment law (compensation), mergers and acquisitions as well as stock exchange law issues. His fields of expertise includes litigation in particular shareholder and employment litigation. Andreas Casutt is described as “tactically skilled and pragmatic” and as “a savvy lawyer with a flash of genius about him” by Chambers and other directories. He is a member of the board of directors of various companies including chairman of listed Siegfried Holding AG.
Daniel Bono
Daniel Bono
Daniel Bono's practice focuses on capital markets, derivatives and structured finance, corporate governance, general securities law matters as well as mergers and acquisitions. Daniel has represented investment banks, issuers and investors in a wide range of corporate and capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, rights offerings, listings on the SIX Swiss Exchange, exchange offers and other liability management transactions, public offerings and private placements of debt securities, including regulatory capital instruments, asset-backed securities, high-yield bonds, and equity-linked debt securities.
Fabiano Menghini
Fabiano Menghini
Fabiano Menghini is a partner of the Real Estate team at Niederer Kraft Frey. He advises on a wide range of real estate transactions including asset deals, share deals, sale-and-rent-back transactions, asset transfers, asset swaps, in-kind contributions and development projects. His expertise also encompasses other real estate-specific legal matters such as total contractor/general contractor agreements, EPC contracts, planning agreements, project development agreements, tenancy and lease law, environmental law, Lex Koller, Lex Weber and real estate financing. Beyond real estate, Fabiano advises on all areas of corporate law, including private M&A transactions.
François M. Bianchi
François M. Bianchi
Francois Bianchi specializes in the fields of banking regulatory and capital market transactions. He frequently advises and represents financial institutions in regulatory proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). He is distinguished as a highly regarded Banking, Capital Markets and M&A lawyer by IFLR1000 and ranked in Legal500 (Banking & Finance; Capital Markets), in Who's Who Legal: Global Leader (Capital Markets) and National Leader (Capital Markets; Investment Management) as well as in other directories. For many years he advises larger Swiss banking institutions in connection with cross-border internal investigations. Commentators are impressed with his "fantastic work on the debt side" as well as with his "broad expertise in structured products work".
Gaudenz G Zindel
Gaudenz G Zindel
Gaudenz Zindel specializes in corporate and commercial law, particularly the law on corporations and limited liability companies and construction law. He advises public and privately held companies as well as private clients. He focuses on shareholders meetings, board of directors and corporate governance issues. His experience includes mergers, joint ventures and reorganisations, including corporate successions, of private and listed entities. He is the former editor-in-chief of Swiss Lawyers Journal (SJZ/RSJ) and regularly publishes articles on corporate and commercial law. From 2004 to 2017 Gaudenz Zindel was head of the annual Conferences on Corporation Law at the Europe Institute at the University of Zurich.
Jacques Bonvin
Jacques Bonvin
Jacques Bonvin’s practice focuses on transactions (M&A, corporate finance, private equity and venture capital) and general corporate/commercial law matters (corporate governance, joint ventures, restructurings, key commercial agreements, etc.). He has an extensive experience in numerous industries and sectors and a deep understanding of all phases of the life cycles of companies, in particular technology and life science companies. He often acts as lead negotiator and external general counsel to groups and companies, and has experience negotiating deals on all continents.
Janine Reudt-Demont
Janine Reudt-Demont
Janine Reudt-Demont is a life sciences and healthcare specialist at Niederer Kraft Frey. Her experience covers the regulation of all aspects of the medtech and pharmaceutical industry, including clinical trials, product classifications, authorizations, market access, promotion and marketing, compliance (including data privacy questions) as well as transparency and anti-corruption. Janine also advises on regulatory and compliance matters concerning other regulated products such as cosmetics, foodstuffs, tobacco and CBD-products. Janine further possesses specialist knowledge and experience in all areas of commercial law, with main focus on distribution, franchising, e-commerce as well as product liability and product safety matters (including recalls). She also has an IP background and often advises on licensing, R&D and supply agreements as well as on unfair competition and advertising law. In addition to her advisory expertise, Janine regularly represents clients in court proceedings, arbitration, mediation and before administrative bodies.
Livia Keller
Livia Keller
Livia Keller represents clients in employment, in contractual as well as in commercial and corporate disputes before cantonal courts and the Federal Court. She also advises on various aspects of employment law, e.g., on employment agreements, employee handbooks, working time regulations, bonus schemes, terminations, domestic and international personnel lending, and employment law issues in connection with domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings, including employment due diligence, transfer of employees and mass dismissals.
Marco Häusermann
Marco Häusermann
Marco Häusermann is a partner in the NKF banking, finance & regulatory team and a specialist for banking & finance (regulatory and transactional) matters, debt capital markets transactions and restructuring and insolvency law matters. He frequently advises domestic and international financial institutions and corporates on syndicated debt financings, leveraged finance, asset and project finance and other structured finance transactions as well as in work-out and restructuring situations. He devotes a substantial amount of time in advising arrangers and issuers on debt capital markets transactions, including public offerings and private placements of innovative debt securities, high yield bonds, regulatory capital instruments, hybrid instruments and EMTN programmes.
Markus Kronauer
Markus Kronauer
Markus Kronauer specializes in all matters of tax advice for corporations, in particular bank financing transactions, domestic and cross-border M&A (including corporate reorganisation), equity capital market transactions and capital market products, including collective investment schemes and charitable institutions. He advises individuals in all matters of tax law, in particular transfer of domicile, lump sum taxation, real estate transactions, inheritance tax and ongoing income and wealth taxes. He further focuses on international administrative assistance in tax matters proceedings as well as types of securitisation transactions.
Mirjam Vögeli
Mirjam Vögeli
Mirjam Vögeli advises and represents high net worth individuals, families, and family offices in national and cross-border matters relating to inheritance law, private wealth and estate planning as well as the execution of the division of estates. Due to her many years of practice and expertise in the areas of M&A, corporate, commercial and contract law, her practice includes corporate and business succession, family and corporate governance, and the reorganization of private companies and family-owned businesses. Mirjam has extensive knowledge of foundation law and the law governing associations.
Oliver Zbinden
Oliver Zbinden
"Excellent real estate lawyer” (Legal 500 2022) Oliver Zbinden specialises in real estate and construction law. As a Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, his expertise covers the entire life cycle of real estate. He advises and represents domestic and international investors, financial institutions, companies and private clients on all aspects of real estate and construction law, particularly real estate transactions, tenancy law, private construction law, public construction and zoning law, environmental law and Lex Koller issues. Oliver Zbinden is recognised as a “rising star” in real estate and construction (Legal 500 2023).
Patrik R Peyer
Patrik R Peyer
Patrik Peyer is the co-head of NKF’s Corporate and M&A team. He is a corporate law specialist with a focus on complex M&A transactions, private equity, venture capital and corporate governance. He has broad experience in and a deep understanding of all phases of the private equity and venture capital investment life cycle. He provides innovative legal solutions to help companies of all sizes to achieve their commercial and growth objectives. Patrik was the managing partner of Niederer Kraft Frey from 2021 until 2024.
Philippe Weber
Philippe Weber
Philippe Weber has vast experience in high profile corporate/M&A and capital markets transactions and regularly acts on many of the largest Swiss deals. He also regularly advises companies, boards and other parties on takeover law, governance and compliance and represents clients in such matters before regulators, including the SIX Swiss Exchange, the Swiss Takeover Board, the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority FINMA and other Swiss and foreign regulators. He regularly receives national and international recognition of his work. Recent awards include Swiss Corporate and M&A Lawyer and Swiss Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year 2022 by Legalcommunity, Swiss Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year 2021 by WWL and winner of the Lexology Client Choice Award 2021 for Capital Markets Switzerland.  
Sandro Abegglen
Sandro Abegglen
Sandro Abegglen advises leading Swiss and international banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, fund providers, investment foundations, insurers/reinsurers and institutional investors on a broad variety of regulatory, civil law and other critical laws, such and blocking statutes and KYC/AML regulations. He as also a leading role in advising on upcoming new financial services regulations, such as the Swiss Financial Services Act (FIDLEG) and the Swiss Financial Institutions Act (FINIG). Represents clients in regulatory and civil law proceedings, and conducts internal investigations for banks, both in national and international contexts. Sandro further advises in financial services, M&A. As a board member of a leading institutional asset manager, and external counsel to senior management of major banks and other financial institutions, he has a thorough understanding of the key aspects of his clients' business and transactions. Sandro was appointed by the Swiss Finance Department to advise on the design of the new Swiss Financial Services Act.
Thomas Sprecher
Thomas Sprecher
Thomas Sprecher is recognised for his expertise in foundation law, association law and law of succession. He also has substantial experience advising in litigation, bankruptcy and restructuring law and on commercial issues. He regularly advises companies and institutional clients with regard to general corporate law issues, contracts as well as litigation. In his employment law practice, Thomas Sprecher advises employers and employees on all issues of private labour law. He has a notable media law practice.