Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

International reach

We have amassed extensive cross-border experience, regularly piloting and participating in major international projects. We are able to set up and coordinate international teams of legal advisors to handle complex matters with a minimum of delay.

While remaining independent, we build on our long-term experience and relationships with leading law firms around the globe, cooperating with over 300 foreign law firms from more than 50 jurisdictions to forge solid international relationships.

Our offices in Zurich and Geneva cover the whole of Switzerland, while our office in Singapore is a gateway to and from the Asia-Pacific region. We provide a comprehensive range of legal services to a worldwide client base of domestic and international companies and entrepreneurs.

Cross-border capabilities

Schellenberg Wittmer has extensive cross-border experience on transactional and contentious matters – both inbound and outbound. We represent an array of international clients for matters that span Europe and further afield. Some of the practice areas such as M&A, Sports Law and White-Collar Crime do not handle a single case without a cross border element.

International Arbitration:

Schellenberg Wittmer has one of the world’s leading international arbitration practices, ranked first-tier in Chambers, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, and has been featured regularly in GAR30 as one of the 30 leading arbitration practices worldwide. Many of its international team members are recognised in these same publications.

With an outstanding combination of skills and resources, we are committed to providing our clients with creative and result-oriented advocacy in international arbitration, from critical pre-arbitration injunctions to effective enforcement strategies.

The team:

Schellenberg Wittmer actively recruits candidates with a wide range of backgrounds. Practitioners within our ranks have very diverse professional or academic experiences and an in-depth knowledge of foreign legal environments. Overall the team speaks a total of 15 languages represent over 30 nationalities.

Your leading Swiss business law firm in Singapore: Our Singapore office provides us with a gateway to key jurisdictions and markets in the Asia-Pacific region, enabling us to assist clients with their inbound and outbound investments in Asia. We also represent clients in connection with international arbitration matters in all major Asian cities. Furthermore, we offer top-tier representation to corporations, states and individuals in international commercial, investment and sport arbitration.

Regional desks:

Our Regional Desks were set up to develop our existing cross-border business initiatives, centralise case-work across these regions, and underpin Schellenberg Wittmer’s commitment to the provision of top-tier, full business law services to clients on a global level. This structure ensures we have the best in-depth knowledge of the regional specificities (legal and cultural) and a strong qualified network:

• Africa – contact: Tarek Houdrouge ([email protected])
• Brazil – contact: Grégoire Wuest ([email protected])
• China – contact: Dr Christopher Boog ([email protected])
• Italy and Italian speaking Switzerland – contacts: Pietro Sansonetti ([email protected]) and Clara Poglia ([email protected])
• Midle East and Turkey – contact: Bernard Vischer ([email protected])
• Russia & Eurasia – contacts: Philippe Bärtsch ([email protected]) and Dr Manuel Liatowitsch ([email protected])
• South East Asia– contacts: Dr Christopher Boog ([email protected]), Dr Philippe Borens ([email protected]) and Julie Raneda ([email protected])

Publications and articles:

Our practitioners regularly publish on issues relating to cross-border and international work:

• • Dr Christopher Boog and Dr Anna Kozmenko: The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Russian Federation, CIETAC Newsletter 7/2015
  • Dr Christopher Boog: Arbitrating in Singapore — The 2016 SIAC Rules, IPBA Legal Update December 2016
  • Tarek Houdrouge: Acquisitions of companies abroad by Swiss businesses should remain attractive, Leaders League, November 2017