Best-in-class legal services, made in Switzerland
With offices in Zurich and Geneva and specialists with expertise in all areas of business law, we are able to form customized teams to meet the needs of a vast range of international and domestic clients. Drawing on our wide-ranging experience and the total commitment of our people, we help our clients to achieve their goals quickly and efficiently. Our firm is known for diversity, integrity, outstanding quality standards and proven effectiveness.
Our expertise
As our client, you benefit from the know-how of over 150 partners, attorneys and support staff. With practice groups and expertise in all areas of business law, we are able to form customized teams to meet any challenge.
Our contacts with our international top-tier network of law firms and lawyers and our membership in Lex Mundi (www.lexmundi.com) give you access to top-quality legal services in jurisdictions worldwide.

Our expertise
As our client, you benefit from the know-how of over 150 partners, attorneys and support staff. With practice groups and expertise in all areas of business law, we are able to form customized teams to meet any challenge.
Our contacts with our international top-tier network of law firms and lawyers and our membership in Lex Mundi (www.lexmundi.com) give you access to top-quality legal services in jurisdictions worldwide.
Our vision
As one of Switzerland’s most respected law firms, we have a single overarching ambition: to help our clients achieve their goals. In our quest for client satisfaction, we take guidance from three clearly defined values:
- caring for our clients and giving them effective, realizable and result-oriented solutions;
- professionalism and integrity, as expressed through responsible action and excellent quality; and
- our commitment to attracting and retaining skilled and dedicated people.
Our clients
We work primarily with large domestic and foreign corporations but also assist medium-sized companies in the following sectors and industries, among others:
- Automotive
- Aviation
- Banking
- Biotechnology
- Chemicals
- Commodities
- Electronics
- Financial services
- Fintech
- Food and beverage
- Government & public sector
- Industrial manufacturing
- Information technology and software
- Insurance
- Life sciences
- Luxury goods
- Mechanical engineering
- Media
- Medical devices
- Pharmaceuticals
- Power & utilities
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Shipping and logistics
- Telecommunications
- Textiles
- Trading and retail
- Travel and entertainment
Our clients, whether corporate or private, are the focus of everything we do. Drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of a diverse group of lawyers and a dynamic company culture, we are able to offer a swift, effective response whatever your needs.

Our history
Founded in 1911 by Dr. Josef Henggeler, our firm is the longest established of all of Switzerland’s major law firms. It subsequently grew and flourished under the management of Dr. Anton Pestalozzi and Dr. Paul Gmür, providing top-flight legal advice and services to a wide range of national and international clients.
In 1992, we extended our geographical reach and opened offices in Geneva.
Since 2008 the firm has operated under the name Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd.
Our professionals
We pride ourselves on our team of eminently qualified professionals, both women and men, that enables us to handle a vast spectrum of Swiss legal issues.
We consider diversity to be an important factor in our success and were delighted to take the title of “Best law firm in Switzerland” for the third time at the European Women in Business Law Awards held in London on June 17, 2016.
Partners and Counsels

Christophe Berclaz
Counsel

Ludivine Boisard
Partner

Michèle Burnier
Partner

Lara Dorigo
Partner

Sarah Drukarch
Partner

Christophe Emonet
Partner

Petra Hanselmann
Partner

Nils Harbeke
Partner

Nicolas C. Herren
Partner

Andrea Huber
Partner

Alexandra C. Johnson
Partner

Franz J. Kessler
Partner

Laurent Killias
Partner

Urs Kloeti
Partner

Michael Kramer
Partner

Christoph Lang
Partner

Thomas Legler
Partner

Christian Leuenberger
Partner

Andreas Lienhard
Partner

Michael Lips
Partner

Fabian Martens
Partner

Christine Moehler
Counsel

Florian Mohs
Partner

Martin L. Mueller
Partner

Tanja Planinic
Partner

Pascal Richard
Partner

Severin Roelli
Partner

Thomas Rohner
Partner

Christian Roos
Partner

Sébastien Roy
Partner

Lukas Rusch
Partner

Franz Schubiger
Partner

Beat Schwarz
Partner

Jonas Sigrist
Partner

Oliver Widmer
Partner

Markus Winkler
Counsel

Paola Wullschleger
Counsel