Full-service firm Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd has broad experience in all aspects of trade and transport law including transportation and insurance litigation, aviation and shipping regulatory matters, non-contentious matters concerning trade finance, and transactional matters. In Zurich, the ‘highly talented’ Alexander von Ziegler heads the team with his longstanding practice in the maritime sector, aviation and trade law, involving a number of insurance litigations. Geneva team head Bernard Vischer has extensive expertise in transactional work in the aviation and shipping industries. Grégoire Wuest represents high-profile clients in acquisitions and non-standard lending transactions in relation to shipping and aviation. Wuest is supported by Edmond Kohler, who fields expertise across the business aircraft industry.
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‘The team stands out for their commercial knowledge of the market and their strong legal skills, which makes them a reliable partner in the area.’
‘Alexander Von Ziegler is a first-level practitioner in the area. Highly talented and with strong commercial and legal skills. Highly recommended.’
‘They are the leaders in Switzerland in their area and very good connections.’
‘Gregoire Wuest is exceptional and very client oriented.’
Key clients
- EasyJet
- Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG
- Uber
Work highlights
- Providing regulatory and corporate advice to Uber, in particular in the context of the implementation of new regulations in various cantons, in particular a regulatory procedure by the Swiss postal regulator on the qualification of Uber Eats as postal services.
- Advising a sovereign country in connection with the management of its fleet of aircraft, including the sale and acquisition of several aircraft, ranging from Embraer E-2 family to Boeing aircraft and governmental aircraft.
- Advised LokRoll3 in a financing transaction for the acquisition of 35 newly built Vectron AC locomotives from Siemens Mobility AG.
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