Vischer (law firm)

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VISCHER AG

logo
legal form Corporation
founding 1857
Seat Zurich , Switzerland
management Andreas C. Albrecht
(Managing Partner)
Ulrich Vischer
(Chairman Partner, Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Branch Legal advice
Website www.vischer.com

The Vischer AG (official spelling in capital letters ) is one of the largest economic law firms and the largest Notary Office of Switzerland with approximately 100 lawyers , accountants and notaries based in Zurich . There are further locations in Basel and Geneva .

history

Vischer goes back to the notary and law firm Lichtenhahn & Heusler, which was founded in 1857 and started operating under the name Gloor, Schiess & Partner in 1990. Together with Christ, Löw, Brückner & Staehelin, the office was one of the most renowned law firms in Basel. In 1998 the two Basel offices merged. In 2000 they merged with the Zurich law firm Pestalozzi, Haegi & Partner. In 2000 the firm was given the new name Vischer, named after Frank Vischer . 2009 so far has been in the form of general partnership run firm into a public limited company with registered office in Zurich and branch office in Basel converted.

The focus of his work is international commercial law , in particular the areas of corporate and capital market law , litigation and arbitration , banking & finance, tax, intellectual property and technology law (IP / IT).

criticism

The law firm is repeatedly referred to in the local media as the "most powerful law firm in Basel". This is justified by the fact that various current and former employees of the firm are or were active in local politics.

In 2018, Vischer took on a mandate for Jamilah Taib Murray, the daughter of the governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, her husband and the Canadian Sakto Group against the Bruno Manser Fund, a non-governmental organization based in Basel. The plaintiffs are demanding the deletion of 255 publications relating the Sakto Group to corruption and money laundering in Malaysia. The book “Money Logging” by Lukas Straumann published by the Bruno Manser Fund is affected. On February 8, 2019, the Basel civil court rejected the precautionary deletion of the publications due to lack of urgency. The appellate court confirmed this decision.

On September 30, 2019, a group of friends of the missing environmentalist Bruno Manser organized a silent march directed against Vischer's mandate for the Taib family, which has been criticized as a SLAPP lawsuit . In 2018, the Bruno Manser Fonds had asked Vischer to resign. In September 2019, the Bruno Manser Fund filed a criminal complaint against three persons responsible at Vischer for false accusations and systematic defamation in connection with the Taib mandate.

Known former employees

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.vischer.com/ueber-uns/geschichte/
  2. ↑ a b c Entry of «VISCHER AG» in the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / zh.powernet.ch  
  3. ↑ https://www.vischer.com/ueber-uns/organisation/
  4. ^ Katharina Fontana: Doyen of private law . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 30, 2015 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 3, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Entry of “VISCHER AG” in the commercial register of the canton of Basel-Stadt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / bs.powernet.ch  
  6. ↑ The power factor Vischer . In: Basler Zeitung . ISSN  1420-3006 ( bazonline.ch [accessed April 10, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Basel's most powerful law firm. In: Telebasel. March 11, 2016, accessed on April 10, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  8. ↑ Peter Knechtli: "Sakto" vs. Bruno Manser Fund: An exchange of blows at the beginning. In: online reports. Peter Knechtli, December 7, 2018, accessed October 21, 2019 .
  9. ^ Money Logging - On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Jonathan Noack: Setback for Canadians against Bruno Manser Fund. In: www.handelszeitung.ch. Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG, February 11, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Dr. Benedikt Seiler: Decision of the appellate court of 13 May 2019. In: Court decision, published on www.bmf.ch. Civil Court of Basel-Stadt, May 13, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
  12. ↑ With the “Mahnbaum” through Basel. In: Telebasel. September 30, 2019, accessed on October 21, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  13. ^ Scandal after the lawsuit: Bruno Manser Fonds calls on Vischer lawyers not to accept the case. Retrieved on October 21, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  14. ^ Bruno Manser Fund | News. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .