The Best Lawyers in Switzerland Awards
For 2024, Best Lawyers is excited to announce the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in Switzerland™, recognizing lawyers all across the country for their tremendous work in the legal industry. Through our Purely Peer Review™ methodology, Best Lawyers awards lawyers each year through a nomination, voter outreach and peer feedback process, honoring the country’s most elite legal talent.
In 1983, under the core principle that the best lawyers know who the best lawyers are, we began our humble process and now represent the top legal talent in 76 regions worldwide.
For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Switzerland, 726 lawyers in 51 practice areas have been awarded. Eleven metropolitan include awarded lawyers, with the most honorees in Zürich.
Within the 51 practice areas with recognized lawyers in Switzerland, the top ten with the most recognized lawyers are Corporate Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Banking and Finance Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Tax Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Arbitration, Capital Markets Law and Labor and Employment Law.
Users in Switzerland searched most frequently for lawyers on our website in Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Labor and Employment Law, Corporate Law, Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Arbitration and Mediation Law, Technology Law, Banking and Finance Law, Criminal Defense and Real Estate.
“Lawyer of the Year” Awards
The esteemed “Lawyer of the Year” awards, which distinguish one lawyer per practice area in each metropolitan area, honor 63 lawyers across Switzerland.
“Law Firm of the Year”
Best Lawyers always honors firms through the “Law Firm of the Year” awards, which recognize a single firm in a single practice area in Switzerland. These law firm awards are determined by individual lawyer feedback, the number of lawyers included in Best Lawyers for that firm and practice area, the number of office locations a firm has, historical analysis of the firm’s “Lawyer of the Year” awards, materials submitted by firms and the firm’s overall scope and areas of expertise. This year, Best Lawyers has awarded 10 law firms in 12 practice areas with the “Law Firm of the Year” award.
Bär & Karrer
Wealth Management Practice
Homburger
Banking and Finance Law
Criminal Defense
id est avocats
Labor and Employment Law
Lenz & Staehelin
Antitrust/Competition Law
MLL Legal
Real Estate Law
Niederer Kraft Frey
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Oberson Abels
Tax Law
Pestalozzi
Intellectual Property Law
Schellenberg Wittmer
Arbitration and Mediation
Litigation
Walder Wyss
Corporate Law
Showcasing Your Award
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