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Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Capital Markets , Corporate & M&A , White Collar Crimes & Investigations
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Team , Capital Markets Maincontact , Corporate & M&A Team , White Collar Crimes & Investigations Maincontact

Urs Bertschinger

Partner

Prof. Dr. Urs Bertschinger has broad experience in financial market regulation and financial products. He advises clients on all types of corporate transactions as well as on general corporate and commercial matters. Urs Bertschinger is an issuers’ advisor registered by Swiss SIX Exchange Regulation. He is also engaged as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration. He was seconded to the London firm of Slaughter and May in 2003.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Corporate & M&A , Dispute Resolution , Insurance & Reinsurance , Real Estate & Construction , Venture Capital
Field-Display: Corporate & M&A Team , Dispute Resolution Team , Insurance & Reinsurance Hauptkontakt , Real Estate & Construction Maincontact , Venture Capital Team , Management

Hans-Ulrich Brunner

Partner

Compliance Officer

Dr Hans-Ulrich Brunner is the head of the Real Estate & Construction Team and advises both individual and corporate clients. He focuses particularly on private real estate and construction law (service contracts, law of mandate and real estate transactions), and has advised and represented owners, planners and designers and contractors for many years. Hans-Ulrich Brunner also has broad experience in litigation as a defence counsel in construction-related and general public liability and insurance cases. 

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Insolvency & Restructuring , Insurance & Reinsurance , Real Estate & Construction , White Collar Crimes & Investigations
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Team , Insolvency & Restructuring Team , Insurance & Reinsurance Team , Real Estate & Construction Team , White Collar Crimes & Investigations Team , Management

Gion Christian Casanova

Partner

Dr Christian Casanova works mainly in the areas of dispute resolution and insurance & reinsurance. His work includes pre-trial advice and representation of Swiss and international clients in court and before arbitration tribunals as well as the protection and recovery of assets in insolvency and attachment proceedings. In addition to civil and commercial disputes, he focuses on insurance and reinsurance cases, asset recovery and real estate.

Position: Partner , Associated Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Capital Markets , Corporate & M&A , Venture Capital
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Team , Capital Markets Team , Corporate & M&A Team , Venture Capital Team , Startups

Guy Deillon

Associated Partner

Guy Deillon focuses on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions as well as private equity transactions. Further, he assists companies in financings as well as on general corporate, stock exchange and capital markets law matters.

Guy Deillon's clients benefit from his strong focus on goals and results as well as his high sense of responsibility. His analytical strength and logical approach support his focus on the business perspective and problem solving. He always demonstrates a clear and distinct position in a diplomatic and collaborative spirit.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Private Clients , Real Estate & Construction , White Collar Crimes & Investigations
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Maincontact , Private Clients Team , Real Estate & Construction Maincontact , White Collar Crimes & Investigations Maincontact

Urs Feller

Partner

Dr Urs Feller is head of the Dispute Resolution Team. He acts in complex proceedings before Swiss courts, arbitration tribunals and administrative authorities, including criminal proceedings. He advises clients on contractual and commercial matters, particularly in the area of banking, insurance, sanctions and compliance, and in administrative and judicial assistance. Urs Feller specializes in insolvency proceedings, restructuring and asset recovery as well as inheritance proceedings. He also advises clients in family and inheritance law matters, such as estate and succession planning, including the execution of wills. He conducts corresponding proceedings for private individuals, trustees and family offices.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Tax
Field-Display: Tax Maincontact

Frédéric Gante

Partner

Frédéric Gante, originally lawyer in Geneva, worked for 15 years in international negotiating bodies (bilateral and multilateral tax agreements), including as a representative of the Federal Tax Administration at the OECD in Paris and in negotiations with the EU in Brussels. Back to the private sector in 2007 in a well known Geneva based law firm, Frédéric Gante has developed an approach that takes into consideration public, institutional and private sector aspects in order to harmonize regulatory compliance and business success in the best possible way.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Insurance & Reinsurance
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Maincontact , Insurance & Reinsurance Hauptkontakt

Christoph K. Graber

Partner

Dr Christoph Graber is head of the Insurance & Reinsurance Team. He is a past chair of the Insurance Committee of the International Bar Association and advises Swiss and foreign insurance and reinsurance companies on contentious and non-contentious matters, including representing them in court and in arbitration proceedings. He has vast experience in the areas of banking and financial services (professional indemnity and fidelity bonds), directors’ and officers’ liability, product liability and commercial general liability. Christoph Graber is also a member of the Dispute Resolution Team and represents clients in commercial and arbitration proceedings, particularly in the area of contractual and corporate law. 

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Capital Markets , Corporate & M&A , Dispute Resolution , Insolvency & Restructuring , Venture Capital
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Maincontact , Capital Markets Team , Corporate & M&A Maincontact , Dispute Resolution Team , Insolvency & Restructuring Maincontact , Venture Capital Maincontact , Management

Daniel Hayek

Partner

Chief Executive Officer

Daniel Hayek is chairman of the board and head of several specialist teams. He focuses on acquisitions of Swiss companies by large strategic buyers as well as on debt restructuring and bankruptcy law. He also specializes in mergers, corporate finance, acquisitions, banking and finance as well as corporate law issues. Daniel Hayek advises clients on all types of domestic and cross-border transactions, including financing and real estate transactions. He also assists banks in acquisition financing.  

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Capital Markets , Dispute Resolution , Insolvency & Restructuring
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Team , Capital Markets Team , Dispute Resolution Team , Insolvency & Restructuring Team

Gion Jegher

Partner

Dr Gion Jegher is a member of the Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Restructuring and Banking & Finance Teams. He is a real expert in matters of private international law. This area addresses all legal issues arising in cross-border cases, such as insolvency of multi-national companies or transnational litigation.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Insurance & Reinsurance , White Collar Crimes & Investigations
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Team , Insurance & Reinsurance Team , White Collar Crimes & Investigations Team

Reto M. Jenny

Partner

Dr Reto Jenny is a member of the Insurance & Reinsurance and Dispute Resolution Teams. He advises Swiss and foreign clients, including insurance and reinsurance companies, on contentious and non-contentious matters and represents them in court and before administrative authorities in Switzerland and before arbitration tribunals. He also specializes in insurance regulatory law. Reto Jenny also has extensive experience in insurance for banks (professional liability and crime policies) and in directors’ and officers’ liability, product liability and business liability insurance.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Corporate & M&A , Dispute Resolution , Insolvency & Restructuring
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Team , Corporate & M&A Team , Dispute Resolution Team , Insolvency & Restructuring Team , Startups
Individuals: Mark Meili

Mark Meili

Partner

Mark Meili advises companies in company and contract law matters, focusing mainly on corporate finance and bankruptcy proceedings. From 2017 to 2018, Mark Meili was seconded to an alternative investment fund in London which specialized in distressed debt.

On the one hand, he is highly qualified and very sharp, but he is also a good listener. It is Mark Meili's positive attitude, consistency and loyalty that make him a pleasant partner even in long and intensive cases.

Mark Meili is a member of the editorial team of legalis brief - Fachdienst Gesellschaftsrecht (a Swiss corporate law newsletter).

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance , Corporate & M&A , Dispute Resolution , Employment & Pensions , Real Estate & Construction
Field-Display: Banking & Finance Team , Corporate & M&A Maincontact , Dispute Resolution Team , Employment & Pensions Team , Real Estate & Construction Team

Andreas Moll

Partner

Dr Andreas Moll is a partner and member of the Corporate & M&A Team, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate matters. He advises business clients on all types of Swiss and cross-border transactions and regularly acts as a board member of multinational companies’ Swiss subsidiaries. Andreas Moll also works in the fields of energy and infrastructure and offers consultancy and dispute resolution services.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Corporate & M&A
Field-Display: Corporate & M&A Team , Startups , Career

Verena Morscher

Partner

Verena Morscher advises Swiss and foreign companies in all corporate and commercial matters, in particular issues of corporate law and corporate governance. She supports and represents private individuals and legal entities in various areas of contract law. In addition to her legal work, Verena Morscher is Hiring Partner and Head of Human Resources and Marketing of Prager Dreifuss. 

Position: Partner , Associated Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Health and Medical Law
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Team , Health and Medical Law Maincontact , Startups

Andrea Schütz

Associated Partner

Dr Andrea Schütz's practice focuses on pharmaceutical and healthcare law. She mainly advises and represents pharmaceutical and medtech companies, medical professionals and private and public institutions in the healthcare sector. In particular, she deals with licences under pharmaceutical and health law, administrative and criminal proceedings under medicinal products law, reimbursement by health insurance funds as well as the advertising and distribution of medical devices and medicinal products. Due to her former position as head of investigations in the criminal law service of Swissmedic as well as her many years of professional experience in the health law sector, she is very familiar with the regulatory requirements in the therapeutic products sector. Andrea Schütz also specialises in constitutional and administrative law (e.g. municipal law, education law, supervisory law, personnel law, environmental law, etc.) and administrative criminal law.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Dispute Resolution , Insurance & Reinsurance
Field-Display: Dispute Resolution Team , Insurance & Reinsurance Team
Individuals: Andrea Stäubli

Andrea Stäubli

Partner

Dr Andrea Stäubli is a member of the Dispute Resolution and Insurance & Reinsurance Teams. She advises and represents Swiss and foreign clients in litigation and enforcement proceedings and works on Swiss and international insurance cases. Andrea Stäubli wrote her award-winning doctoral thesis on insurance law and also authors publications on this topic.

Position: Partner
Practice Areas: Competition & Regulatory Matters
Field-Display: Competition & Regulatory Matters Maincontact

Philipp E. Zurkinden

Partner

Prof. Philipp Zurkinden heads the Competition Team. He advises Swiss and international clients in antitrust proceedings (agreements affecting competition, abuse and mergers) and on state aid law. He has in-depth knowledge of EU competition law and therefore often works on multi-jurisdictional proceedings with established international law firms. He is also engaged in compliance consultancy. Before joining Prager Dreifuss, he worked at SECO on drafting the Cartel Act still currently in force and directed the training of the Competition Commission Secretariat in the new legislation. Philipp Zurkinden teaches competition law at the University of Basel.