Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Employment / International Mobility & Investment Migration / Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate & Commercial / Dispute Resolution

Petra Spring co-heads the Employment Practice Group in Zurich. Her core fields of practice are employment law, global mobility, and immigration law. Petra Spring offers expert guidance and provides strategic advice to domestic and international clients, including listed companies on all HR related matters in complex M&A transaction, covering national and international TUPE transfers, collective redundancies, social plan negotiations, pre- and post-restructuring processes, and due diligence reviews. Additionally, she regularly assists clients across a variety of industries with the set-up of cross-border employments and in relation to global mobility, staff leasing, and Swiss immigration matters and represents parties in employment related litigation proceedings before all Swiss courts.

Counsel at Schellenberg Wittmer (2024) - Head Employment Law Switzerland at a Big Four (2022) - Associate and Senior Associate in a leading Swiss business law firm (2017) - Associate in a leading Swiss business law firm (2012) - Legal Counsel at a major legal protection insurance (2011) - Law Clerk at the District Court of Uster (2009) - Trainee Clerk at the District Court of Uster (2008) - Junior Associate in a leading Swiss business law firm (2007)

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