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Dispute resolution: litigation

Bär & Karrer Ltd.

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Regarded as a team of ‘highly responsive strategic thinkers’, Bär & Karrer Ltd. represents clients across a broad scope of litigation, ranging from insurance and employment law litigation, to disputes involving trusts and estates and bankruptcy-related proceedings. Alongside this, the practice demonstrates considerable proficiency across financial services, healthcare, energy and sports sectors, among others. The practice is jointly led by Matthew Reiter, Aurélie Conrad Hari and Cesare Jermini. Reiter’s particular expertise lies in the remit of complex domestic and international commercial disputes, while Conrad Hari bolsters the practice with her capabilities across financial, banking and commercial disputes. Jermini’s wide-ranging experience encompasses commercial law, private international law and real estate, to name a few. Nadja Jaisli Kull is especially active in the banking and finance, pharma and transport fields, with Andreas Länzlinger possessing a wealth of experience in handling large scale internal investigations at global enterprises. Andrew Garbarski and Saverio Lembo are also key members of the practice. Claudia Götz Staehelin and Oliver M. Brupbacher both joined from Kellerhals Carrard in April 2023, adding significant life sciences capabilities to the team.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Highly responsive; meticulous and efficient preparation for both client interviews and court hearings.’

  • ‘Aurélie Conrad Hari demonstrates a high level of professionalism and mastery of her cases.’

  • ‘A highly strategic team of litigators who immediately see the core of the issue.'

  • ‘Highly responsive strategic thinkers.’

  • 'The team is capable of managing any litigation topic at light speed.’

  • ‘Extremely professional and hard working team with an excellent attention to detail, excellent knowledge of the Swiss proceedings and legal environment and players.'

  • 'They give straightforward advice and they are very reassuring to have by one’s side.'

  • ‘Saverio Lembo is an extremely efficient partner, precise, clear and reassuring. He has a razor sharp attention to the task at hand and a deep knowledge of the legal environment. He has also a deep sense of integrity.'

Key clients

  • Sotheby's
  • UBS

Work highlights

  • Represents Sotheby's in a significative dispute between Dimitri Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier in connection with the creation of the art collection of the former.

Lawyers

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Saverio Lembo
Hall of fameBär & Karrer Ltd.
Saverio Lembo heads Bär & Karrer's White Collar Crime practice group. He has extensive experience in white collar crime, commercial and financial litigation, international judicial assistance (civil and criminal), arbitration and insolvency. During recent years, he has been involved in a number of complex commercial litigation proceedings, has served as a party representative or arbitrator in various domestic and international commercial arbitrations and has assisted clients in Swiss and foreign criminal proceedings. He regularly represents clients before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Saverio Lembo's practice also extends to pharmaceutical litigation, inheritance law, employment matters and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards. Saverio Lembo is ranked in tier 1 of the leading lawyers in White-Collar Crime Switzerland by Chambers & Partners. He was awarded "Lawyer of the Year for Switzerland" in the categories "Business Crime Defence" and "Investigations" at the Who's Who Legal Awards in 2020 as well as "Lawyer of the Year 2016" in the categories Criminal Defence and Litigation in the Geneva area by Best Lawyers. Since 2012, the International Who's Who lists him among the world's leading practitioners in the areas of Business Crime Defence, Asset Recovery Lawyers and Commercial Litigation. In The Legal 500, Saverio Lembo has been listed among the leading individuals in Switzerland in Dispute Resolution since 2010.
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Andreas Länzlinger
Hall of fameBär & Karrer Ltd.
Andreas D. Länzlinger heads Bär & Karrer's Internal Investigations Practice Group and is one of the leading partners of the firm's Litigation/Arbitration Practice Group. He has extensive experience in handling complex banking/financing, commercial, corporate, contract and insurance litigations, both before Swiss courts and in cross-border proceedings. He and his team have conducted many large scale internal investigations at global enterprises in the financial, pharmaceutical and construction business. He has represented a number of Swiss clients in mass tort litigation cases before US courts. During the last years, he has regularly advised and represented Swiss corporate clients regarding compliance questions and in investigations, including proceedings before US authorities (Department of Justice, SEC and FED), especially in matters under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Aurélie Conrad Hari
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Aurélie Conrad Hari leads the civil litigation practice of Bär & Karrer in Geneva, where she has been a partner since 2017. She has a broad experience in handling complex multi-jurisdictional disputes in financial, banking and commercial disputes. She also specializes in private clients' assistance and representation. Her practice encompasses shareholders' and employment disputes, insolvency as well as asset recovery, with the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She also frequently acts as counsel representing parties in commercial arbitration related to various industries, eg, sale, distribution, agency, construction (including power plants) and energy. Additionally, she conducts internal investigation on specific fact findings and compliance issues upon instructions from clients or supervisory authorities. Aurélie Conrad Hari is a regular speaker and publisher on topics of her expertise. She is co-chair of the officers of the commissions committee and member of the Extended Bureau of the International Young Lawyers Association and chairs the Expert Forum on Dispute Resolution established by the Geneva Bar Association in 2017. Who's Who Legal lists her as a leading lawyer in litigation, asset recovery and as a future leader in arbitration. She is also recognized by Chambers and Partners and Legal500 for her litigation practice as well as by Leaders League, the Global Elite Private Client Directory as well as Citywealth where she is featured in in the IFC Powerwomen Top 200 since 2018.
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Cinzia Catelli
Bär & Karrer Ltd.
Cinzia Catelli's preferred area of practice focuses on domestic and international arbitration and litigation. She also acts as arbitrator in ICC and SCAI proceedings. Her practice encompasses commercial disputes in various industries, including real estate development contracts, distribution agreements, sales contracts, lease agreements, labour law, and corporate law disputes litigation. Cinzia Catelli is admitted to all Swiss courts since 2010. Since 2014 she is a member of Bär & Karrer's litigation and arbitration practice teams in Zurich, working regularly also with the litigation practice in Ticino. She holds a degree from the University of Zurich, an LLM degree from Harvard Law School and passed the New York Bar Exam in 2013.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Matthew Reiter, Aurélie Conrad Hari, Cesare Jermini

Other key lawyers

Nadja Jaisli Kull, Andreas Länzlinger, Andrew Garbarski, Saverio Lembo, Claudia Götz Staehelin, Oliver M. Brupbacher, Cinzia Catelli, Pascal Hachem

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