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VIscher
菲谢尔律师事务所

VISCHER WAS INCORPORATED IN 2009, WITH ROOTS DATING BACK TO 1857
菲谢尔律师事务所的历史可以追溯到1857年,2009年事务所改成股份制公司

Number of partners: 29
Number of counsels and associates: 60 (including trainee lawyers)
现有合伙人: 29
现有律师: 60 (包括见习律师)

Firm overview: We are an influential, innovative Swiss law firm, ranked among Switzerland’s leading law firms by the world’s most prestigious law firm rankings Chambers Europe, Chambers Global and Legal 500. We are dedicated to providing effective legal solutions to business, tax and regulatory matters. Our approximately 90 lawyers, tax advisers and public notaries are organized under the direction of experienced partners in practice teams, covering all areas of commercial law. Our breadth of practice ensures we have the right team available for every mandate and client.

Clients demand and deserve impartial, unbiased advice. Our conflict of interest standards set us apart from other firms. The fact that we are not tied to an association of law firms or attorney network means that our ability to select and instruct counsel in international transaction is not compromised. We have spent decades building up networks with attorneys and firms that meet our standards. We can choose freely from that network, according to the demands of the matter at hand.

VISCHER has grouped partners and associates experienced in dealing with Chinese direct investments and Sino-Swiss trade in its China desk, to pool the relevant experience and efficiently handle mandates relating to China. We are supported by our China desk associate, Fiona Gao, a seasoned native Chinese attorney, who enables us to communicate with our Chinese clients in Chinese and to make them feel at home when dealing with us. VISCHER is a member of the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) and of the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce in China.

Our offices can be found in Zurich and Basel, the two largest business centres of Switzerland.

Key Practice Areas:

Key areas of law
Corporate and mergers and acquisitions; Banking and finance; Litigation; Arbitration; Intellectual property; Public sector and regulatory (including antitrust and competition); Tax.

Key fields of business
Industrial manufacturing; Private equity; Venture capital; Corporate finance; Life sciences; Pharma; Biotech; Energy; Information and communication technology; Media and entertainment; Private clients; Real estate.

事务所简介:菲谢尔是一家有富有战斗力、影响力和创新精神的瑞士律师事务所,在钱伯斯欧洲和钱伯斯全球500强排名中名列瑞士律师事务所前茅。我们为客户提供法律、税务以及治理范围内的有效解决方案。我们的专业团队由久经沙场的合伙人领导,由近百名律师、税务师及公证人组成,经验丰富,遍及所有经济领域。这些优势使我们能够为客户提供量身定制且极为迅速有效的个性化服务。

独立性是我们得以保障客户利益的关键,因此我们一如既往地坚守极高的避免利益冲突准则,这在法律服务国际化的当下已经越来越难能可贵了。在国际客服领域,我们既没有加入某个律师事务所联盟,也没有参加任何有组织的律师网络。为了在国际客服上也保持独立,我们历经数十年,全力打造一个自己的、覆盖全球所有重要经济区域的协理律师网络。我们因而不受制于某一律师事务所联盟或某一律师组织的内部方针,得以完全从客户的利益出发,自由选择我们的国外协理律师。

我们的律师中,有的已经对中国企业在瑞士投资过程中的一些特殊问题有深切的了解,有的十分熟悉对华贸易,菲谢尔将他们的经验聚集起来,为中国客户提供最佳的服务。我们的律师高悦女士为菲谢尔中国业务团队提供鼎力支持,她可以用中文与我们的中国客户沟通,令人感到宾至如归。菲谢尔是瑞中商会(SCCC)和北京瑞士商会的会员。

我们在瑞士最大的两个经济中心城市苏黎世和巴塞尔设有分所。

主要业务领域

法律领域
公司法和商法/收购与兼并、银行法和金融市场法、诉讼和仲裁、知识产权、公共部门和市场监管(包括反垄断法和反不正当竞争法)、税务。

我们的业务范围
工业制造、私募股权投资、风险投资、企业融资、生命科学、医药、生物技术、能源、信息与通讯、媒体和娱乐、私人客户、不动产。

 

Felix Egli and Fiona Gao, VISCHER

Swiss welcome mat out for Chinese buyers

By Felix Egli and Fiona Gao, Vischer
In many parts of the Western world there are still quite a few prejudices against Chinese buyers of Western companies – they often are...

Guaranteed basic income for all?

By Fiona Gao and Rebecca Jeup, VISCHER
What would you do if your income were taken care of? With this slogan recently spread across an 8,000-square-metre poster on Geneva’s Plainpalais Square,...

Establishing a company or branch in Switzerland

By Thomas Krizaj and Fiona Gao, VISCHER
When establishing a business in Switzerland, a variety of documents and information need to be procured, allowing a swift procedure for the registration of...

Switzerland offers competitive tax rates in Europe

By Christoph Niederer and Fiona Gao, VISCHER
In the European context, Switzerland offers low tax rates and an investor-friendly tax environment. Its ordinary corporate income tax rates are low compared to...

Is clampdown on Swiss stem cell therapies justified?

By Stefan Kohler, Felix Kesselring and Fiona Gao, VISCHER
In Switzerland, an increasing number of organizations have been offering stem cell therapies for the treatment of a broad range of diseases and conditions...
Gian-Andrea Caprez and Fiona Gao Yue at VISCHER

Amendments to the Swiss disclosure, takeover regime

By Gian-Andrea Caprez and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
On 1 January 2016, the new Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA) entered into force. Apart from supervisory provisions for the operation of financial market...
Christoph Niederer is a partner and the head of Zurich Tax Department, and Fiona Gao Yue is an associate of China Desk at VISCHER.

Automatic Exchange of Information from a Swiss perspective

By Christoph Niederer and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
Chinese and Hong Kong-controlled Swiss companies, as well as many Hong Kong or mainland China residents – directly or indirectly through companies domiciled in...

New Swiss acts to regulate cross-sector financial products

By Adrian Dörig and Dominic Wyss, VISCHER
On 4 November 2015, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the dispatch on the Financial Services Act (FinSA) and on the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA)....

Swiss regime on corporate names revised

By Thomas Kriza and Jonas Gassmann, VISCHER
The Swiss regulations regarding corporate names shall be harmonized for all legal forms of companies and partnerships by a new act passed by the...
Gian-Andrea Caprez and Fiona Gao Yue at VISCHER

Schindler: Opting-out with tailor-made mandatory public offer duty?

By Gian-Andrea Caprez and Fiona Gao, VISCHER
Swiss law on public tender offers provides for a mandatory offer duty if a shareholder crosses the threshold of 33 1/3% of the voting...

Money laundering: New reporting duties for Swiss company shareholders

By Jana Essebier and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
On 1 July the first part of the new federal law to implement the 2012 Revised Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force concerning...
Felix Egli and Fiona Gao, VISCHER

Swiss banking secrecy: Myth or reality?

By Felix Egli and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
We are often asked by Chinese clients and contacts what Swiss banking secrecy means exactly and whether it still applies. Misleading term The term itself is...

Simplifying the bank establishment approval process in Switzerland

By Adrian Dörig, Stefan Grieder and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
Following an agreement between the People’s Bank of China and the Swiss National Bank to establish clearing arrangements in Switzerland for trading renminbi, China...

Switzerland quickly adapts to franc’s appreciation against euro

By Gili Fridland Svensson and Dania Salvisberg-Schneider, VISCHER
On 15 January 2015 the Swiss National Bank discontinued the Swiss franc/euro minimum exchange rate introduced on 6 September 2011. This decision was totally...
Christoph Niederer is a partner and the head of Zurich Tax Department, and Fiona Gao Yue is an associate of China Desk at VISCHER.

Switzerland: enhanced tax transparency according to international standards

By Christoph Niederer and Fiona Gao Yue, VISCHER
Based on a general decision taken by Switzerland’s Federal Council in March 2009, Switzerland provides for administrative assistance in tax matters upon specific request...

How your brand can lawfully benefit from ‘Swissness’

By Delia Fehr-Bosshard and Fiona Gao Yue, Vischer
Swiss products and services enjoy an excellent reputation, both domestically and abroad. Exclusivity, high quality, precision, reliability, efficiency, luxury, high-tech and innovation are some...
Felix Egli is a senior partner and head of VISCHER’s China desk, and Wu Fan is a counsel on VISCHER's China Desk

Avoiding the sinkholes when investing in Swiss real estate

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
A small mountainous country, Switzerland has on the other hand only limited land available for construction. To protect the real estate market from overheating...
Felix Egli is a senior partner and head of VISCHER’s China desk, and Wu Fan is a counsel on VISCHER's China Desk

Understanding potential of the CHF-RMB swap line

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, Vischer
On 21 July 2014, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced a reciprocal three-year, Swiss franc-renminbi (CHF-RMB) currency swap...
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Opting for choice of forum clause in favour of Swiss state courts

By Thomas Krizaj and Wu Fan, VISCHER
In our March 2014 column in China Business Law Journal, we featured Switzerland as a preferred place for international arbitration. While in our practice...
Felix Egli is a senior partner and head of VISCHER*s China desk, and 吴帆 Wu Fan is a counsel on VISCHER's China Desk

Overseas M&A diagnostic of the ‘Chinese’ approach

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, Vischer
Recently, we had the honour of visiting a Chinese private equity (PE) fund playing a leading role in overseas acquisitions. We were soon surprised...
Felix Egli and Wu Fan

Why Switzerland voted against national statutory minimal wage?

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, Vischer
In a landmark popular vote against minimal wages on 18 May 2014, Swiss voters were asked to decide on a popular initiative proposing a...
Klaus-Neff-菲谢尔律师事务所-反垄断和企业合并规制-团队的合伙人、负责人-Partner-Head-of-Antitrust-and-Merger-Control-Team-VISCHER-吴帆-Wu-Fan-菲谢尔律师事务所-中国业务部-顾问-Counsel-China-Desk-VISCHER

Antitrust pitfalls for distribution agreements with effects in Switzerland

By Klaus Neff and Wu Fan, Vischer
The Swiss Federal Act on Cartels (ACart) provides that agreements that affect competition in Switzerland are unlawful if: (a) their effect on competition is...
Felix Egli and Wu Fan

The benefits of due diligence in M&A transactions

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, VISCHER
In this month’s column we would like to talk about the benefits of due diligence in M&A transactions. The reason that we take up...
Felix Egli is a senior partner and head of VISCHER’s China desk, and Wu Fan is a counsel on VISCHER's China Desk

Landmark Swiss vote on restraint of mass immigration from EU

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, Vischer
On 9 February 2014, the Swiss people and cantons adopted an amendment to the constitution designed to reduce the massive unbridled immigration from the...

Switzerland enjoys strong position as a traditional arbitration centre

By Christian Oetiker and Wu Fan, VISCHER
For more than 100 years, Switzerland has been one of the preferred venues for hosting international arbitrations, rendering it one of the pre-eminent arbitration...
Felix Egli is a senior partner and head of VISCHER’s China desk, and Wu Fan is a counsel on VISCHER's China Desk

Beware the differences of signatory power in Swiss company law

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, VISCHER
Although Chinese and Swiss company laws are similar in general outline, numerous differences exist in the details. One such divergence lies in the origin...

Visa and work permit regulations for investors in Switzerland

By Urs Haegi and Wu Fan, VISCHER
In this column, the authors would like to elaborate on the visa and work permit rules of Switzerland that are applicable to Chinese business...

Focus on Sino-Swiss and Hong Kong-Swiss DTAs

By Christoph Niederer and Wu Fan, VISCHER
As briefly indicated in our October column, on 25 September 2013 the new Sino-Swiss double taxation treaty (DTA) on income taxes was signed. It...

Analysing the Sino-Swiss double taxation agreement

By Christoph Niederer and Wu Fan, Vischer
According to our observations, Chinese entrepreneurs have become more aware of tax issues when considering offshore investments. One of their first questions in this...

Sino-Swiss free trade agreement: how China stands to benefit

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
In our last column, we promised to come back in more detail to the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement (FTA) signed on 6 July 2013....

Sino-Swiss free trade agreement offers platform for expansion

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
On 24 May 2013, after three years and nine rounds of negotiations, China and Switzerland finally signed the memorandum of understanding of a bilateral...

Delving into the finer details of Swiss public takeover regulation

By Felix Egli, Adrian Doerig and Wu Fan, VISCHER
In our March column we announced that we would write a more detailed feature of Swiss public takeover (PTO) regulation in one of our...

Swiss revisions ramp up takeover rules, insider trading enforcement

By Felix Egli, Robert Bernet and Wu Fan, VISCHER
The rules regarding tender offers for Swiss-listed companies have been revised as part of the revision of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act. With this...
Swiss voters change constitution to curb excesses of the ‘fat cats’

Swiss voters change constitution to curb excesses of the ‘fat cats’

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
During the financial and economic crisis in Europe, European chairmen and top-level executives of listed companies were increasingly set up with what were perceived...
What are the M&A options for Chinese FDI in Switzerland

What are the M&A options for Chinese FDI in Switzerland?

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, VISCHER
In our previous columns we featured the advantages of Switzerland as a place for Chinese direct investments in Europe. This column gives an overview...
Switzerland’s labour laws prove a major benefit to employers

Switzerland’s labour laws prove a major benefit to employers

By Felix Egli, Wu Fan, VISCHER
Inour preceding columns, we already featured Switzerland’s excellent economic integration in the European Union’s markets, Switzerland’s healthy public finance and the resulting sustainably favourable...
Switzerland offers foreign direct investors favourable tax environment

Switzerland offers foreign direct investors favourable tax environment

By Christoph Niederer and Wu Fan, VISCHER
Whenever investors consider a location for direct investments, they look not only for an excellent framework in terms of access to the global markets,...
Exploring Swiss island of liquidity in Europe’s sea of sovereign debt

Exploring Swiss island of liquidity in Europe’s sea of sovereign debt

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
In this column, we look at the reasons for Switzerland being an island of healthy public finance in a stormy sea of sovereign debt....
A fine romance – Switzerland’s relationship with the European Union

A fine romance – Switzerland’s relationship with the European Union

By Felix Egli and Wu Fan, VISCHER
We take pride in partnering with China Business Law Journal to regularly provide indepth insights into those features of the Swiss legal and tax...

Contact us 联系我们

VISCHER AG
菲谢尔律师事务所

Zurich 苏黎世
Schuetzengasse 1
PO Box 1230
8021 Zurich
Switzerland

Telephone 电话
+41 58 211 34 00
Fax 传真
+41 58 211 34 10
Contact 联系人
For English speaking clients:
Dr Felix W Egli, LLM, Head, China Desk, Partner
讲英语的中国客户:
Felix W Egli博士,合伙人,中国业务
团队负责人
Email 电邮
fegli@vischer.com

For Chinese speaking clients:
讲中文的中国客户:
高悦,法学硕士,美国纽约州注册律师
语言: 中文,英文

Telephone 电话
+41 58 211 32 05
Email 电邮
fgao@vischer.com

Basel 巴塞尔
Aeschenvorstadt 4
PO Box 526
4010 Basel
Switzerland

Telephone 电话
+41 58 211 33 00
Fax 传真
+41 58 211 33 10
Contact 联系人
For English speaking clients:
Dr David Jenny, LLM, Partner

讲英语的中国客户:
David Jenny博士, 合伙人
Email 电邮
djenny@vischer.com

For Chinese speaking clients:
讲中文的中国客户:
高悦, 法学硕士,美国纽约州注册律师
语言: 中文,英文
Telephone 电话
+41 58 211 32 05
Email 电邮
fgao@vischer.com

Website 网站
www.vischer.com

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