SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Liburn Mehmetaj, Roxane Allot and Andreas Hösli, Walder Wyss Ltd
Walder Wyss Ltd is one of the most success - ful commercial law firms in Switzerland. The firm specialises in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, intellectual property and competition law, dispute resolution and tax law. With more than 300 legal experts and six locations (Zurich/Geneva/Berne/Lausanne/Ba - sel/Lugano), Walder Wyss provides its clients with a seamless one-stop shop, personalised and high-quality services. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability mat - ters have become critical strategic priorities for
companies, boards, as well as for governments. Walder Wyss navigates companies – from large listed company to small family business, NGOs as well as governmental agencies through the complex and rapidly evolving ESG and sustain - ability landscape. Leveraging its expertise, the highly specialised ESG and sustainability team assists clients in developing and implement - ing their ESG and sustainability strategy across their entire value chain, covering the full range of legal ESG and sustainability issues.
Authors
Liburn Mehmetaj is a partner in the banking and finance team at Walder Wyss in Geneva. He advises on financial regulation, ESG, and business and human rights (BHR), with particular
Roxane Allot is a managing associate in Walder Wyss’s dispute resolution and arbitration team in Geneva. She advises and represents clients in governance-related litigation,
focus on due diligence, compliance, and investigations. His practice spans banks, asset managers, commodities firms, and emerging sectors. Liburn regularly assists clients engaging with the Swiss National Contact Point and OECD Guidelines. A Fulbright Scholar (LLM in Environmental Law, UCLA, 2020), he holds law degrees from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and is admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.
regulatory enforcement, and ESG-sensitive commercial disputes. Her practice spans civil and white-collar matters before courts and arbitral tribunals, with particular expertise in corporate arbitration and shareholder litigation. Roxane holds a PhD in arbitration clauses in articles of association (Art. 697n CO) and an LLM in International Economic Law from Stanford. A former academic coach and award-winning mooter, she is admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.
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