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Bratschi Ltd

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Bratschi Ltd‘s team has ’impressive’ expertise in advising on the full spectrum of constitutional and administrative law matters with a particular focus on state organisation law on all federal levels, general economic administrative law, energy law, and medical and health law. Isabelle Häner, who has extensive knowledge in public procedural law, the principle of publicity, and public-private partnerships, and Jürg Bereuter, whose practice covers public construction, planning and environmental matters, co-head the team. The team benefits from Livio Bundi‘s experience advising clients in the areas of health law, social security law, and migration law.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Tier 1 firm for administrative/public law and proceedings. ’

  • ‘Isabelle Häner is certainly one of the best and finest administrative/public practitioners in Switzerland. She is a "must have" on any serious panel law firm list.’

  • ‘We appreciated the very strong engagement as well as the professionalism of the support throughout the whole project.’

  • ‘Bratschi Ltd is an excellent law firm. Their expertise and experience in general administrative law is impressive. Building on this, and due to a professional and highly motivated approach, Bratschi Ltd handled the court proceedings to our complete satisfaction. The cooperation and flow of information worked flawlessly.’

  • ‘The few employees (Isabelle Häner, Florian Brunner, Livio Bundi) with whom we were/are in contact are extremely well qualified, have a quick perception, take our concerns seriously and implement them promptly. The legal documents prepared in various languages (German, French and Italian) are impeccable.’

  • 'Many years of experience in the field of Swiss public law, especially public procurement law and public HR law.'

Key clients

  • Fiege Logistik (Schweiz) AG
  • GastroSuisse
  • Kantonsspital Winterthur
  • Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (Rega)
  • Verein "Sorten für morgen"
  • Ernst & Young AG
  • Energie Wasser Bern
  • Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich
  • MeteoSchweiz|(Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie)
  • Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft SRG SSR
  • Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)
  • Stadt Dübendorf
  • Syngenta Crop Protection AG
  • Werke am Zürichsee AG
  • Gemeinde Zermatt
  • Gemeinde Wil SG

Work highlights

  • Represents the Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (“REGA”) in appeal proceedings concerning a service contract and an operating licence for air-rescue services in the canton of Valais.
  • Defends the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in 37 proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Supreme Court, regarding the recovery of short-time work compensation improperly claimed by private companies.
  • Advised and represented the Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft SRG SSR, Switzerland’s national public service broadcaster, in a variety of matters.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Isabelle Häner, Jürg Bereuter

Other key lawyers

Livio Bundi, Anja Binder-Josuran, Florian Brunner