Firms in the spotlight: VISCHER

VISCHER is a leading Swiss law firm with over 120 fee earners. The firm provides solution-oriented support in all aspects of commercial, tax, and regulatory law. Their experts are organized in more than 20 practice teams, each led by experienced partners.

Main Practice Areas:

Corporate & M&A: VISCHER advises on legal aspects of securities listing, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, and related financing.

Litigation & Arbitration: VISCHER represents clients in Swiss courts, including the Swiss Supreme Court, and in international and domestic arbitration proceedings.

Banking & Finance: They advise banks and financial institutions on regulatory matters, and assist in lease and acquisition financing, project financing, and securitization.

Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech: VISCHER represents over 50 companies, offering expertise in transactions, financing, licensing, commercialization, innovation management, and regulatory compliance.

Public Sector & Regulatory: VISCHER has a dedicated and experienced team that advises companies in regulated markets such as energy, telecommunications, electronic media, drugs and health and represents clients before regulatory authorities and in court proceedings.

Tax: The firm provides advice on all aspects of corporate tax law including value added tax issues. The team also advises high net worth individuals in Switzerland and abroad with regard to succession issues and in obtaining flat rate tax assessments in Switzerland.

Real Estate: They advise on real estate projects and transactions, including buying or selling property, joint ventures, land registry issues, and zoning.

Antitrust & Competition: VISCHER advises on Swiss and EU competition law and represents clients before the Swiss Competition Commission and courts.

IT & Intellectual Property: They advise on intellectual property and IT-related legal issues, including telecommunications, outsourcing, data protection, and regulatory matters.

Restructuring & Insolvency: In financially critical situations, the coordinated collaboration of specialists from a variety of areas of expertise is indispensable. This includes proficiency in insolvency law itself, as well as expertise in corporate law, litigation, labour law, IP law and tax law. The firm has the in-depth knowledge and extensive experience necessary for managing complex mandates, whether from the perspective of a creditor or an affected company.

Aviation: VISCHER advises and represents airline companies in their core business and in associated fields such as catering. The team covers litigation and insurance cases of all types, assistance in contract negotiations with travel offices, air-traffic authorities and airport operators as well as advising on the leasing, buying and selling of aircrafts.

Data Protection/Privacy: VISCHER has one of the largest and most experienced data protection/privacy teams in Switzerland. They advise national and international clients on all matters regarding data protection and privacy including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and represent clients in litigation and other proceedings in these matters.

Employment & Executive Compensation: VISCHER’s employment and executive compensation team advises on all areas of employment law, including regulatory issues, executive compensation, pensions, taxes, and social security.

White Collar/Investigations: VISCHER represents companies in white collar crime matters such as fraud, insider trading, money laundering, and corruption. The team supports clients in conducting internal investigations and handling eDiscovery cases.

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