Pestalozzi are a ‘top-level firm’, advising on senior executive disputes and agreements, working time regulations for white- and blue-collar employees, termination of employment agreements, mass redundancies, employee transfers resulting from corporate restructurings, say-on-pay rules for Swiss listed companies, and partial liquidation of pension funds in connection with spin-offs. Department co-head Martin L. Mueller supports clients with the M&A employment aspects, board level disputes, discrimination, whistleblowing, and collective consultation. Christian Roos, who also co-heads the team, has expertise in mass dismissals, social plan negotiations, and restrictive covenants. Andreas Lienhard regularly litigates before labour courts for claims such as summary dismissals, unfair dismissals, bonuses, and gender equality.
Testimonials
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- ‘The team quickly came up-to-speed on the matter and immediately offered practical and actionable interventions.’
- ‘Andreas Lienhard was fully engaged throughout the process, and I always felt he was fully engaged in helping me find a reasonable and balanced solution. Throughout the process he was readily available, professional, engaged and I felt I had a strong 'partner' in my corner.’
- ‘Provide pragmatic, implementable advice without legal jargon. They engender confidence that they really understand issues from the client’s perspective and seek to provide legally robust but practical solutions which are easy to understand for the non-lawyer and easy to implement successfully.’
- ‘Christian Roos and Andreas Lienhard are very responsive. Both are clearly very experienced and give confidence that the advice provided is legally sound and would be defensible it was to be tested in court.’
- ‘A senior team, with deep expertise and a straightforward communication style.’
- ‘This is a top-level firm for employment work.’
- ‘The firm and the partnership have very high ethical and professional standards.’
- ‘Martin Mueller is committed to the assigned tasks and highly responsive whenever needed.’
Key clients
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals GmbH
- Agilent Technologies
- Amazon
- AXA XL
- Barry Callebaut
- Covagen
- EcoHub
- Froneri International Limited
- Glencore
- Johnson & Johnson
- Maars Holding BV
- Medos International SA
- Shire International LLC
- Synthes GmbH, Synthes Produktions GmbH
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- TripleLift Inc
- Vista Equtiy Partners
- Zimmer Biomet
Work highlights
- Advises TripleLift on the design and the implementation of the remuneration system for the key employees of the target company, 1plusX AG.
- Advised Medos International on all aspects of employment law (mass dismissal procedure, retention agreement, exit agreements), the negotiations with the state authorities and all dealings with the unions.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin L. Mueller, Christian Roos