CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

The firm: CMS von Erlach Partners is a leading Swiss law firm, with a proven track record and a reputation for excellent client service stretching back more than 80  years. The firm has a strong international focus and its expertise covers all areas of commercial law, making CMS Switzerland a solid player for international business law on the legal market. As a member of CMS, one of the world’s ten biggest law firms, CMS Switzerland combines local roots and business connections with the global outlook and reach to serve its clients’ needs across Europe and beyond.

CMS von Erlach Partners is the result of the 2014 merger of CMS von Erlach Henrici in Zurich and ZPG Avocats in Geneva, which brought together two prominent Swiss law firms. Working from Switzerland’s major financial and commercial centres, the firm’s experienced teams provide top-tier specialist legal expertise and business-focused advice in domestic and cross-border law and tax matters.

Areas of practice: CMS von Erlach Partners’s main areas of practice include banking and finance, commercial, competition, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution,  employment, funds, insurance, intellectual property, public procurement, real estate and tax.

Clients: CMS von Erlach Partners advises a wide range of large and mid-sized national and international clients from all major industries including banking and finance, consumer products, energy, infrastructure and project finance, insurance and funds, life sciences, manufacturing, professional services,
real estate and construction, technology, media and telecommunication, and transport and logistics.

Major clients include: ABB Asea Brown Bovery Ltd., AIG Europe Limited, Bayer (Switzerland) AG, Atos AG, Burger King Europe, Credit Suisse, Lifewatch, Merbag, Michelin, Nike, Pfizer, Porsche, Rieter, Schaeffler Schweiz, Sunrise, and Swisscard AECS.