Experience & Expertise
We advise and represent clients before the Swiss courts, and act as counsel and arbitrators under the rules of all relevant international arbitration institutions as well as in ad hoc arbitrations.
Broad Experience
Our experience extends to a variety of fields, including:
- finance and banking;
- insurance and reinsurance;
- trusts, estates, and inheritance matters;
- intellectual property and information technology;
- unfair competition;
- employment;
- directors' and officers' liability;
- professional liability;
- mergers and acquisitions, in particular share purchase transactions;
- joint venture, consortium agreements and shareholders' disputes;
- energy sector;
- infrastructure, construction projects and engineering (including contract management);
- pharmaceuticals and medtech;
- automotive (development, manufacture and sale of automotive components);
- manufacture of luxury and consumers goods (distribution and franchising, corporate affairs);
- licensing, distribution and agency agreements;
- investment disputes;
- trade and transport;
- sports and art-related disputes.
Complex Litigation in Multiple Jurisdictions
We have considerable experience in coordinating and monitoring complex litigation in multiple jurisdictions. Pre-litigation measures and strategies are other areas where we provide valuable advice.
We regularly act in interlocutory proceedings, freezing injunctions and attachment orders, asset tracing, enforcement of foreign judgments and awards, legal assistance in civil and criminal matters, and in litigation regarding bankruptcy and insolvency matters.