Based in Basel - Serving you in Basel and Zurich
Formed in 1857, GLOOR & CHRIST is by far the largest law firm in Basel and one of the leading business law firms in Switzerland. Our 24 lawyers serve the regions of Basel and Zurich as well as the area inbetween (Cantons of Basel-Stadt, Baselland, Zurich, Aargau and Solothurn).
GLOOR & CHRIST is the result of the merger ot "Gloor Schiess & Partner" and "Christ Lo"w Bru"ckner Staehelin" in 1998.
Basel is the commercial center of northwest Switzerland bordering Germany and France on the upper Rhine and the most important commercial location of Switzerland after Zurich. Novartis, Roche, UBS AG, Ciba Speciality Chemicals and Clariant have their headqarters in the area of Basel.
Specialised in all areas of business law and litigation
Our practice is focused on advising and representing companies in all legal and tax aspects, often combined with the acceptance of board of directors appointments. We are specialized in the following areas:
- Advising foreign companies with respect to their Swiss subsidiaries
- Acquisitions and joint ventures
- Swiss and international tax law
- International agreements
- Intellectual property including licensing
- Civil litigation and arbitration proceedings
- Distribution of estates and executorships
- Bankruptcy
- Environmental law
- Bank law
- Antitrust law
- Cross-border leasing (through our affiliated company "Gloor & Christ LLC")
Intellectual property
Gloor & Christ advises corporated groups, independent companies as well as individuals in all matters which may be affected by intellectual property law. Our advise covers areas such as
- Trade marks, copyrights, designs, patents, know-how, trade secrets, company names
- Licensing
- Unfair competition
- Data protection
- Computer, Internet and technology law
- Advertising law
- Media law
- Telecommunication law
Our advise covers areas such as litigation and mediation of conflicts in IP-matters, trade mark protection planning, both nationally and internationally, studies on the feasibility of promotion and advertising projects, licensing of ideas, know-how, inventions and other proprietary rights as well as applications for all required licenses and permissions.
Our IP-team includes the partners Ernst Staehelin, Sebastian Burckhardt, Thomas Gelzer, Leonz Meyer and Matthias Staehelin.
Organized to serve you best Our internal organization is based on team work and specialization. This enables us to quickly and carefully handle complex transactions and disputes. Notary public services are available to clients for corporate matters (including establishment of Swiss companies and transfer of shares in German limited liability companies), marital and inheritance agreements and real estate transactions. Gloor & Christ will have 15 partners, one counsel and eight associates. Click here for biographies. Correspondence and negotiations are handled in German, English, French and Italian. Assisted by a network of excellent correspondents We work with correspondents in all major centers. As we are not restricted by binding network arrangements, we are free in our choice. References We are not permitted to list our clients.
