New Partner, to strengthen our labor law expertise.

We are expanding and strengthening our partnership and expertise in the specialized field of employ-ment law and pension funds with the joining of Gian Geel. Welcome Gian!

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 / Health Law / Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans / Real Estate 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)

Gian Geel LL.M. / Partner

Areas of expertise: Labor Law, Occupational Pension Plans, Procedural Law
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Social Security Law / Migration / Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Data Protection
Education: Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law 2023 / Admitted to the bar, Zurich, 2017 / LL.M. International Law, University of Miami 2012 / University of Zurich, lic.iur., 2011
Career: Partner at Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte since 2025 / 2017 – 2024 Attorney in the employment law team of a major Zurich commercial law firm / 2014 – 2017 Clerk at the Labor Court of Zurich / 2013 – 2014 Legal trainee at the District Court of Zurich / 2012 – 2013 Legal trainee with a major Zurich commercial law firm
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)

 


Benjamin Dürig Counsel

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A / Construction, Real Estate Law
Areas of activity: Corporate Law and Corporate Housekeeping / Banking, Financial Market and Stock Exchange Law / Contract and Commercial Law
Education: Admitted to the Zurich bar, 2007 / University of Zurich, lic. iur., 2003
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2024 / Attorney and Counsel at large Zurich law firms, 2010-2023 / Attorney at a bilingual law firm in Berne, 2008-2009 / Trainee and clerk at the District Court of Bülach, 2003-2008
Languages: German / English / French
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)

 


Carla Nüesch 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)

 


Amina Ouakrim Attorney

Areas of expertise: Corporate Law, M&A / Labor Law / Litigation
Areas of activity: Contract and Commercial Law / Software development and licence agreements
Education: Admitted to the bar, 2023 / University of Basel, MLaw, 2022 / University of Basel, BLaw, 2021 / ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Business and Law, 2019
Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2023 / Legal trainee with a commercial law firm in Zurich, 2021-2022
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

 


Sonja Mischler Assistant

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2024
Languages: German / English

 


Janina Nautscher-Baesel Assistant

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

 


Bettina Prazak Assistant

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

 


Elvana Züger Assistant

Career: Joined Reichenbach Rechtsanwälte in 2024
Languages: German / English / Albanian