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Partner, attorney at law, after completing his studies at the University of St. Gall (HSG), he moved to a position as assistant in private law at the University of Basel. Following his bar exam in Basel in 1997, he worked in the legal department of a large international auditing and consultancy company (PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Basel for five years. Since 2003, he has practised law with a focus on corporate law transactions, (international) contract law, insolvency and debt restructuring law, arbitration as well as stock exchange and capital market law. Further, he is a member of the board of directors of the Historical and Antiquarian Society of Basel and of the foundation Pro Augusta Raurica. Martin Wepfer speaks and corresponds in German, English and French. The Firm We are an established firm of attorneys and notaries of Basel, Switzerland, with offices at Rittergasse 12, close to the Basel Museum of Art , in the heart of Basel, the international business centre. Mathys Schmid Partner have gained a reputation amongst a demanding Swiss and international clientele for quality, competence and efficiency. The partnership's legal consultancy services are marked by independence, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking and action. We are a team of experienced and dynamic lawyers, with various post-graduate degrees, we are licensed to represent clients before the courts of Switzerland. Our professional services are marked by a willingness to serve and by our sincere personal commitment. Our firm ensures the adequate availability of staff in all cases.

Peter Nobel is a leading national and international Swiss commercial lawyer. His practice focuses on Swiss and European corporate law, banking and stock exchange law, and finance and capital markets law. He also represents clients in proceedings before Swiss and European authorities and courts as well as before national and international arbitration tribunals, and also acts as an arbitrator himself. The “Handelszeitung” referred to Peter Nobel as the “doyen of commercial lawyers”. In 1982, Peter Nobel founded his own law firm in Zurich, which later merged into Nobel & Hug. Between 1980 and 1997, he was a substitute judge at the Commercial Court of the Canton of Zurich, regularly as a judge rapporteur. From 1998 until the end of 2015, he was a judge at the Commercial Court of Zurich. Peter Nobel was also a member of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, the preceding authority of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, between 1988 and 2000. In 1984 he was appointed honorary professor and in 1997 associate professor for private, commercial and business law at the University of St. Gallen, where he was also director at the Institute for European Law until 2010. In 2004, Peter Nobel founded the Master of Law and Economics (“MLE”) programme at the University of St. Gallen. From 2007 to 2012, he was full professor ad personam of Swiss and international commercial and business law at the University of Zurich. He was also Chairman of the Editorial Board of SZW (Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, Zurich) from 1995 to 2013. Peter Nobel furthermore serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Stadler CIS AG, a subsidiary of Stadler Rail AG. Peter Nobel has written over 30 books and around 250 articles on Swiss, European, and international stock corporation, financial market, capital market, corporate, banking law and arbitration. Peter Nobel is also connected with culture. He is the executor of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s will. With his wife Annette, he has built up the extensive art collection “Press Art”.

De Gaulle Fleurance strengthens its capacity to support cross-border operations with an office in Geneva 🇨🇭 Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron, partner, will lead De Gaulle Fleurance Geneva and will lead a team of 5 people. Switzerland is known for its banks; Its economy is also based on its industry, particularly precision industries. Franco-Swiss exchanges are important. Switzerland is the 2nd largest foreign investor in France and its 9th largest trading partner, while France is Switzerland's 5th largest trading partner and the 3rd largest foreign employer in the same country. More generally, Switzerland attracts investors from all over the world, particularly from the EMEA region. With 25 years of experience, Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron has been admitted to the Geneva Bar for several years and is classified in Chambers Global as a Foreign Lawyer. He advises companies setting up in Europe on the structuring of their investments from abroad, particularly from the United Arab Emirates. Its activity focuses on the cross-border operations of economic actors "Relying on a French firm of reference, full service, like De Gaulle Fleurance is strategic at our stage of development. This will allow us to complete our range of services, particularly in terms of regulatory and cryptoassets.  TRAINING : Harvard Business School Business Law Master’s Degree, Postgraduate Diploma (DJCE), (DESS) in Business Law and Corporate Taxation (University of Lyon III) Certificate in specialised studies in tax law (University of Montpellier) Master’s Degree in Business Law (Paris II, Pantheon-Assas University) Trust Estate Practitioners (TEP) MEMBER OF : International Fiscal Association (IFA) International Business Structuring Association (IBSA) Society of Trust Estate Practitioners (STEP) EXPERTISE Taxation of mergers and acquisitions Tax management of international companies Litigation & tax audits Asset taxation SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES Assistance to sevral families of reference shareholders and ETIs in the context of the evolution of their governance and tax structuring issues. Structuration of the operations of various private equity funds (York Capital Management, Sun Capital, One Equity, Apollo Global Management) in particular, in connection with their various investments in Europe. Assistance to the restructuring of the family shareholding of one of the main French listed private equity groups Advised Publicis Groupe in connection with several cross-border acquisition transactions in Europe, Asia and North America. Assistance to one of the leading French real estate development groups and its key management shareholders. Counsel to the Webedia group in connection with various acquisitions in France and abroad (Europe and North America). Advised IGRAAL, the leading cashback company in France, and its managing shareholders in its sale to M6. Assistance to the INSEEC group, European leader in higher education. Assistance to one of the world’s leading energy producers in connection with the development of its activities in Switzerland. Assistance to leading Swiss shareholder families in the transfer of their assets in Switzerland and the European Union. Assistance to a Franco-Swiss family in a significant Franco-Swiss succession. Assistance to the world’s leading trade show organisation group. Assistance to a world leader in construction activities in connection with its Franco-Swiss business. Assistance to several leading French insurance groups in connection with the structuring of their Franco-Swiss acquisitions.

I specialize in criminal law.  As a defense attorney,I represent accused private individuals and companies. Apart from generalcriminal law (pre-trial detention, narcotics, violent crime etc.), my corecompetencies include in particular white-collar crime and internationalmutual legal assistance. I defend my clients with commitment, acumen andpersistence.  In addition, I draft criminal complaints and advise andrepresent victims of crimes in criminal proceedings. I know how to effectively assertmy clients’ claims and procedural rights. Your individual concern is my focus. You can expect personal, competent and cost-effective representation andadvice.

The Swiss emloyment law firm Humbert Heinzen Hischier is regularly recognized by the Swiss business magazine Bilanz and the newspaper Le Temps as one of the leading “top law firms in employment law” for employers and employees in Switzerland . The rankings of international magazines such as «Who’s Who Legal» designate attorney Dr. Denis G. Humbert as “Top Player”, “Labor & Employment Lawyer of the year”, “and one of the leading Swiss employment lawyers”.Dr.iur. Denis G. Humbert is an attorney practicing in the field of employment law. He advises and represents employers and employees in all matters of employment law in Zurich and the rest of Switzerland. PREFERRED AREAS OF WORK Arbeitsrecht (advising and litigating / author of numerous publications / lecturing) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Since 2001 working as an attoreny in the field of employment law in Zurich Partner with HUMBERT HEINZEN HISCHIER attorneys (formerly Humbert Heinzen Lerch, since 2001) Lawyer with two major business law firms (1994-2000) Judge with the Landlord and Tenant Court of Bülach/Zurich, extracurricular (since 2004) Law clerk at the District Court of Uster (1990-1993) Member of the arbitration board for landlord and tenant issues at the District Court of Bülach (1990-1993) Legal counsel in the legal department of SUISA (Swiss Copyright Society) EDUCATION Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law (2009) Bar exam Canton of Zurich (1994) Doctoral thesis University of Zurich (Dr.iur., 1990) Topic: «The new protection against dismissal in the Swiss labour law» Universität Zürich (lic. iur., 1988) EXTRACURRICULAR Foundation Ombudsman “Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation” Co-President of the Board of “Zurich Animal Protection” Member of the Board and former president of “Codex Club Zurich” Former member of the foundation council of the “Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation” Trogen MEMBERSHIPS Group of experts in labour law Zurich Bar Association Zurich Bar Association Swiss Bar Association LANGUAGES German English French ACTIVITIES AS A SPEAKER Various lectures on selected topics in labor law and on other legal topics before various bodies (f.e. Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband; Fachgruppe Arbeitsrecht Zürcher Anwaltsverband; Verband der Friedensrichter und Friedensrichterinnen des Kantons Zürich; Credit Suisse Fides; Europa Institut der Universität Zürich; Schweizerische Treuhandkammer; Schweizerische Maklerkammer; Forum für Medizinische Fortbildung (FOMF), PersonalSchweiz; Schulthess Forum; LSA Leading Swiss Agencies; Forum Arbeitsrecht in der Unternehmung; Weka; Weka Business Media; Zahnärztefortbildung Rosenberg; VPS Personalvorsorge und Sozialversicherung; Mobbing Zentrale Schweiz; Handels- und Industrievereinigung Gossau; Wirtschaftskammer Ausserschwyz; Conceptum Further Education)