New partners for our sustainable development.

With the addition of Johannes Balmer and Roberto Nüesch, we are expanding and strengthening our partnership. Welcome, Johannes and Roberto!

Team

Johannes Balmer Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Inheritance Law and Succession Planning
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2017 / University of Lucerne, MLaw, 2014 / ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Business and Law, 2010 / Paris Dauphine University, Law and Management, Paris 2009
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2014, partner since 2023
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Thomas Blattmann M.C.L. / Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans / Construction, Real Estate Law / Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Banking, Financial Market and Stock Exchange Law / Antitrust and Competition Law / Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law, Liquidations / Inheritance Law and Succession Planning
Education: Master of Comparative Law, M.C.L., California Western School of Law,
San Diego, 1991 / Admitted to the bar, 1990 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1985
Career: Partner at Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte since 1995
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)


Thomas Brack LL.M. / Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Media, Advertising, IT, Intellectual Property / Health Law / Procedural Law / Sports Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Antitrust and Competition Law
Education: Post-graduate studies in International Business Law, LL.M., University of Zurich, 2008 / Admitted to the bar, 2000 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1996
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 1996; partner since 2010
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)


Thomas Esslinger LL.M. / Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Media, Advertising, IT, Intellectual Property / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law, Liquidations
Education: Post-graduate studies at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (Master of Law in International Law Studies), 1991 / Admitted to the bar, 1987 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1985
Career: Partner at Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte since 2003
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Thomas Hälg Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Health Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law
Education: Admitted to the bar, 1991 / University of St. Gallen (HSG), lic. iur., 1987
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 1989; partner since 1995
Languages: German / English
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Hanspeter Kaspar Partner

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Media, Advertising, IT, Intellectual Property / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Banking, Financial Market and Stock Exchange Law / Antitrust and Competition Law
Education: Admitted to the bar, 1992 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1988
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 1989; partner since 1995
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV) / Swiss Forum of Communications Law (SF) / Institute for Protection of Intellectual Property (ingres)

Roberto Nüesch Partner

Areas of expertise: Procedural Law / Construction, Real Estate Law / Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Dept Collection and Bankruptcy Law, Liquidations
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2018 / University of Lucerne, MLaw, 2015 / ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Business and Law, 2013 counsel with a major health insurance company 1998 – 2000
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2019, partner since 2023 / Secondarily acting as a substitute judge at District Court of Hinwil, as of 2019 / Legal trainee, court clerk and chairman of the Conciliation Authority for tenancy matters with the District Court of Hinwil, 2015 – 2019 / Employee with the legal department of a Swiss airline, 2013 – 2015
Languages: German / English
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Claudia Holck Attorney

Areas of expertise: Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans / Health Law / Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Constitutional and Administrative Law / Dept Collection and Bankruptcy Law,  Liquidations
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2016 / University of Basel, MLaw, 2012
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2020 / Attorney in a law firm in Zurich, 2016 – 2020
Languages: German / English
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Anna Mathoy Attorney

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A / Labor Law / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2022 / University of Zurich, MLaw, 2018
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023 / Lawyer at a corporate law firm, 2022 / Legal trainee at a corporate law firm and a legal trainee at the district court of Baden, 2018 – 2020
Languages: German / English / French / Italian
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Jessica Meier Attorney

Areas of expertise: Health Law / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Dept Collection and Bankruptcy Law,  Liquidations / Inheritance Law and Succession Planning
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2018 / University of Zurich, MLaw, 2013
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2015 / Legal trainee with the District Court of Dietikon (ZH), 2014 – 2015
Languages: German / English
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Carla Muff Attorney

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A/ Media, Advertising, IT, Intellectual Property / Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law, Liquidations
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2019 / University of Lucerne, MLaw, 2016
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2020 / in-house counsel with a legal protection insurance, 2018 – 2019
Languages: German / English
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Fabienne Ochsner LL.M. / Attorney

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A / Media, Advertising, IT, Intellectual Property / Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans / Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Banking, Financial Market and Stock Exchange Law / Antitrust and Competition Law
Education: LL.M. in Commercial Law, University of Edinburgh, 2013 / Admitted to the bar, 2011 / University of St. Gallen, M.A. (HSG) in Law and Economics, 2008
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2013 / Attorney with a commercial law firm in Zurich, 2011 – 2012 / Legal trainee and extraordinary court clerk with the District Court of St. Gallen, 2009 – 2010 / Legal trainee with a commercial law firm in Zurich, 2008 – 2009
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)


Christa Stoll Polikowski Attorney

Areas of expertise: Health Law / Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans / Procedural Law
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2008 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 2004
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2005 / in-house counsel with the pension fund of a major Swiss bank, 2000 – 2005
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)


Fabio Wüst Attorney

Areas of expertise: Health Law / Procedural Law / Corporate Law, M&A
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Dept Collection and Bankruptcy Law
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2022 / University of Zurich, MLaw, 2019 and BLaw, 2017
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023 / Secondarily acting as a substitute judge at District Court of Hinwil, as of 2023 / Legal trainee, court clerk and chairman of the Conciliation Authority for tenancy matters with the District Court of Hinwil, 2019 – 2023
Languages: German / English / French
Memberships: Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) / Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

 


Istenç Açikalin Legal Trainee

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law/M&A / Media/Advertising/IT/Intellectual Property / Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law
Education: University of St. Gallen, M.A. (HSG) in Law and Economics, 2023
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023
Languages: German / English / French

 


Marleen Ohnmacht Legal Trainee

Areas of expertise: Contract and Commercial Law / Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Law, Liquidations
Areas of activity: Antitrust and Competition Law / Banking, Financial Market and Stock Exchange Law / Public Procurement Law
Education: University of Lucerne, MLaw, 2022
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023 / Paralegal at the Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics, 2022 – 2023 / Paralegal at a law firm in Lucerne, 2020 – 2022
Languages: German / English / French

 


Dagmar Hoffmann Head of Finance and Administration

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2011
Languages: German / English / Spanish / French

 


Janina Nautscher-Baesel Assistant

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2021
Languages: German / English / French

 


Marija Petri Assistant

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023
Languages: German / English / Serbian / Russian / Spanish / Italian

 


Bettina Prazak Assistant

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2018
Languages: German / English / Italian / French