ZURICH LAWYERS is a Zurich-based law firm: In a world of complex, diverse, and rapidly changing business environments, ZURICH LAWYERS offers efficient solutions for private and corporate clients, with a particular focus on cross-border activities in Switzerland, Spain, Romania, Hungary, Finland, and South America.

Our multinational team of lawyers and selected consultants complement each other in the best possible way, allowing us to deliver high-quality service that you deserve, including legal advice and legal representation in Switzerland and our target countries. Our lawyers are qualified in Switzerland and at least an additional EU-country.

Centrally located near Bellevue, ZURICH LAWYERS is within walking distance from the Stadelhofen train station and lake Zurich. Next to our headquarter in Zurich, our lawyers maintain law firms in Barcelona, Spain, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Szeged, Hungary.

Financial Market Law

Our international team has the expertise in financial markets law to guide our clients through the jungle of regulation, whether in local or international projects.

We have successfully conducted licensing procedures for our clients and applied for the necessary licenses for their business models. Among other things, we are the first and so far, the only Swiss law firm with experience in the area of licensing digital stock exchanges and financial market infrastructures. We are also familiar with IT and business processes, and we are constantly updating our knowledge in this area.

Our employees have previously worked for the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, foreign financial market supervisory organizations, major international banks, stock exchanges and law firms. This versatility and experience allow us to provide holistic advice – a must for our clients to make progress in the rapidly changing global financial market law.

Capital Market Law

We advise national and international companies on capital market related matters. Our clients include issuers, financial market infrastructures, and their clients. Thanks to our experience, we are able to quickly understand our clients’ needs and develop tailor-made solutions.

We follow developments in capital market and securities laws and continuously expand our expertise, for example by participating in legislative projects and helping to shape standards and best practices.

Among other things, we assist our clients in setting up and documenting products and in issuing processes. We also advise on investor protection and the creation and implementation of internal guidelines.

International
Reliable
Partner

Preparing license applications for and support of clients during the FINMA approval process

Filing applications for self-regulatory or supervisory organizations

Licences
Conducting voluntary or required internal investigations, predominantly for regulated financial institutions, where necessary with partners from the IT sector

Internal Investigations / White Collar Crimes
Comprehensive representation of our clients’ rights in debt enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings, protecting and recovering assets

Debt Collection and Bankruptcy / Asset Recovery
Support in the implementation of regulatory requirements in the internal control system and in the compliance function of financial institutions – especially regarding anti-money laundering (AML)

Risk / Compliance
Analysis of business plans and processes to evaluate the applicable regulatory requirements, for example for DeFi, DAO or Metaverse projects

“Translation” of regulatory requirements into the “language” of IT and business as well as training of employees

Deep Tech / Fintech
Comprehensive legal advice to our international clients regarding the expansion of their geographical target market and product universe including setting-up in Switzerland

Cross-border Investments / Foreign Direct Investments
Corporate and financial institutions’ legal departments are under increasing (cost) pressure and need to rethink how to do their work efficiently.
LAW Service Center

Corporate Law

Our clients benefit from our extensive expertise in corporate law, tried and tested in day-to-day business. We provide legal advice on formations and setups of legal entities and on issues relating to the daily operations of businesses. We draft and negotiate commercial contracts. We advise on and represent clients in restructurings, including dissolutions and liquidations, and on issues of business succession.

Experienced in the field of M&A, we provide our clients competent support in related transactions. For example, regarding the negotiation, implementation, and conclusion of Share Purchase Agreements (SPA), Asset Purchase Agreements (APA) or due diligence. To that end, we conduct the necessary investigations and prepare the corresponding reports.

We specialize in cross-border transactions.

New to our team since February 18, 2024, is Dr. Anna Kessler. She is specialized in international criminal cases and also provides defense representation in court.

February 12, 2024, after taking on several large cases, we had to expand our office space to three floors. You can now find us on three floors in the Attilhaus building.

On November 25, 2023, we won the award for Best Law Firm in Zurich. Our entire team is very proud of this achievement, and it reaffirms that we are delivering excellent work.

Meet Swiss and Polish legal professionals experienced in cross-border deals and procedures, and representatives of Swiss-Polish business organizations to gain firsthand insights valuable to your ventures. October 18, 2023 at 7pm in Warszaw.

A compelling article about our Dr. Follmer, who uncovered a report on corrupt authorities in various Swiss cantons, has placed her in the crosshairs of many politicians. Our entire team stands firmly behind Dr. Follmer, and this situation has shown us the importance of our support. June, 6, 2023.

Our lawyer Maya Ginster spoke at a public press conference in Zurich on May 4, 2023, about the successful collaboration with the police, which was a significant blow against cybercrime.