International Corporate Finance

SWITZERLAND BEST LAW FIRMS

Banking & Finance

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Bär & Karrer Eric Stupp

Homburger René Bösch

Lenz & Staehelin Shelby du Pasquier, Patrick Hünerwadel

Niederer Kraft & Frey Peter Isler, Philippe A. Weber, Sandro Abegglen

EXCELLENT

Baker & McKenzie Markus Affentranger

Pestalozzi Urs Klöti, Sébastien Roy

Vischer Markus Guggenbühl

Walder Wyss Markus Pfenninger

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob Reto Arpagaus, Hannes Glaus

FBT Avocats Frédérique Bensahel, Michel Abt

Froriep Beat Barthold

Lalive Alexander Troller, Christiane de Senarclens, Marc Henzelin

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Alexander Vogel

Oberson Abels Antoine Amiguet, Philipp Fischer

Schellenberg Wittmer Martin Lanz

Wenger & Vieli Andreas Hünerwadel

RECOMMENDED

BCCC Attorneys-at-Law Thomas Goossens

Borel & Barbey Michel Barbey

Buis Bürgi Eric Buis

Jacquemoud Stanislas Jean-Pierre Jacquemoud, Guy Stanislas

Kellerhals Carrard Dominik Oberholzer

Nobel & Hug Peter Nobel

Python Marc Lynedjian, Nicolas de Gottrau

Staiger, Schwald & Partner Thiemo Sturny

Tavernier Tschanz Jacques Bonvin, Phidias Ferrari

Frédérique Bensahel

L eaders:
Frédérique Bensahel and
Marco Villa
E stablished:
1993

Track record: FBT has offices in Geneva and

Paris, and specializes in banking and finance.

Acting both as counsel and in litigation, the

team has experience advising insurers, banks

and financial institutions in Switzerland and

abroad. FBT worked on the restructuring of a

financial group under FINMA’s (Swiss banking

regulator) investigation. The team is also very

active in the structuring of investment funds.

Team & differentiation: With 10 partners and 26

legal advisers/associates, FBT is a real alter-

native to the big Swiss law firms. The firm’s

reputation, able to advise local clients as well

as internationals, has been made on advising

large financial institutions, but it is also reco-

gnized for its corporate/M&A practice, headed

by Marco Villa. The tax practice is headed by

Jean-Luc Bochatay.

FBT AVOCATS:
THE BANKING & FINANCE EXPERTS

Urs Klöti

L eaders:

Urs Klöti, Oliver Widmer

and Robert Furter

E stablished:

1911

Track record: Pestalozzi is part of the happy

few able to work on the international scene

and has 60 % of its clients which are

international. Working with Germany, the firm

has recently strengthened its ties with both

the UK and the US, especially in financing.

The team is focused on three main topics

• on which all team members work – which
  are regulatory, finance work – both pan
  European and Swiss financing, as well as
  investigation.

Team & differentiation: Urs Klöti, also mana-

ging partner of the firm, is heading the

banking & finance team, composed of 10

lawyers. The partners Oliver Widmer and

Robert Furter are both key assets to the team

in Zurich. The firm is the Swiss member of the

large legal network Lex Mundi.

PESTALOZZI:

A PIONEER ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET