Construction

Bratschi Ltd

A key player in the construction market, the ‘very accurate, pragmatic and efficient’ Bratschi Ltd maintains a comprehensive offering that spans contractor agreements, disputes and public law mandates, routinely being entrusted by local municipalities, cantonal authorities and infrastructural providers. The practice is jointly spearheaded by Markus Aeschbacher, whose diverse capabilities span construction contracts and plant engineering, among other issues, and Thomas Schönenberger, who demonstrates considerable prowess in relation to a variety of transactions and succession planning. Other names to note in the group include Ulrich Keusen, who is highly experienced in advising bidders, investors and financial institutions, Lukas Wyss, whose skillset is comprised of complex arbitration and litigation cases, and Marco Colombini, who principally advises on construction litigation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘I would like to particularly highlight the legal and interpersonal skills of Markus Aeschbacher.’
‘Bratschi has an extremely large team. Bratschi is also characterised by the fact that all legal transactions can be covered multiple times by various lawyers. This means we can count on legal support on virtually any topic at any time.’
‘The lawyers who work for us are characterised by their extremely high level of professional competence and their great willingness to perform. Highly complex legal cases are handled professionally, meticulously and with optimised effort.’
‘Markus Aeschbacher: pragmatic, solution-oriented, and highly professional.’
‘Strategic analyses and management of issues. Cooperation in trust and great reliability in the timely and excellent processing of content.’
‘Markus Aeschbacher always prepares orders in a wide variety of areas with the highest professional quality and in compliance with deadlines. Markus Aeschbacher's team consists of highly qualified and motivated employees. The work commissioned is always completed to our complete satisfaction.'
‘Marco Colombini is a very skilled and trusted partner we are happy to work with.’
‘Their services are always very accurate, pragmatic and efficient.’

Key clients

Fundamenta Group, Zug
Generali Italia SpA
Intershop Management AG/Intershop Holding AG
Realstone SA
Pensimo Management AG
Merck & Cie.
DPR Constructions
Blumer-Lehmann AG
CSL Behring Bern AG
Spitalanlagengesellschaft Spitalregion Fürstenland-Toggenburg
Meier Tobler AG
Genossenschaft Migros Ostschweiz
Arbonia AG
Halter AG
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Bouygues Construction, incl. Losinger Marazzi AG
Fortimo AG
Hälg & Co. AG
Ego Kiefer AG
Ortsbürgergemeinde St. Gallen
Bezirk und Römisch-katholische Kirchgemeinde Einsiedeln (Municipality and Roman Catholic Community Einsiedeln)
ASTRA – The Federal Road Office of Switzerland
Petroncini Impianti SpA / Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA
24 Lens Sàrl
Pitanguy family – European real estate
Energie Wasser Bern

Work highlights

Advised Realstone SA on the development of a large area (62,000 m2) on Horgen Oberdorf above Lake Zurich.
Advised Bezirk Einsiedeln and Römisch-katholische Kirchgemeinde Einsiedeln on the redevelopment of Einsiedlerhof.
Provided Energie Wasser Bern (land-owner and principal) with comprehensive legal advice on the development of its new headquarters in the west of Berne (the Cantonal Development Centre, Holligen).

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