Bär & Karrer Secures Top Tier Firm Ranking from IFLR1000 Once Again

With the announcement of the IFLR1000 2024 rankings, Bär & Karrer has entrenched its position as a Top Tier Firm. Reflecting the breadth and depth of the client offer, it is pleasing to see Bär & Karrer securing Tier 1 rankings for Banking and finance, Capital markets: Equity, Financial services regulatory, and Mergers & Acquisitions.

IFLR1000 has also ranked a number of Bär & Karrer lawyers for the first time. Celebrating this success are Faton Aliu (Banking and finance, Capital markets and Listed companies), Rocco Rigozzi (Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Real estate finance), Philippe Seiler (Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions) and Andrea Ziswiler (Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital markets).

A further 17 Bär & Karrer lawyers have successfully retained their IFLR1000 rankings. This means continuing ratings under the following categories:

• Highly Regarded: Martin Anderson: Banking and Mergers & Acquisitions, Frédéric Bétrisey: Banking and finance, and Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Mariel Hoch: Mergers & Acquisitions, Luca Jagmetti: Mergers & Acquisitions, Eric Stupp: Investment funds, Banking, and Mergers & Acquisitions
• Market Leader: Dieter Dubs: Mergers & Acquisitions, Ralph Malacrida: Capital markets, Restructuring and insolvency, Private equity, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Christoph Neeracher: Restructuring and insolvency, Private equity, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Rolf Watter: Capital markets, Restructuring and insolvency, Banking, and Mergers & Acquisitions
• Notable Practitioner: Daniel Flühmann: Banking, Peter Hsu: Mergers & Acquisitions, Urs Kägi: Mergers & Acquisitions, Thomas Rohde: Restructuring and insolvency, Christoph Suter: Capital markets, Financial and corporate, Investment funds, Banking, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Michael Trippel: Mergers & Acquisitions
• Rising Star Partner: Lukas Roesler: Capital markets and Laura Widmer: Mergers & Acquisitions

IFLR1000 2024 bases its rankings of the world’s leading financial law firms on extensive and independent research. This includes conducting detailed interviews with clients to corroborate the work carried out for them. Bär & Karrer is grateful to those clients who provided their assessment of the work done on their behalf during a period of intense activity.

Bär & Karrer has been able to demonstrate ongoing success with a number of complex and high value deals covering a range of market sectors such as Banking, Healthcare, Industrials, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, Automotive, Consumer goods and services, Financial services, Banking, Insurance, Real estate and Investment management. When deals close, IFLR1000 applies an additional weighting to reflect that positive outcome.

IFLR1000 also examines transactions to assess the level of legal innovation involved, their complexity and their impact on the market. With a record of success, Bär & Karrer has shown its capacity to meet challenges and deliver positive outcomes for clients across a range of professional services.

Commenting on Bär & Karrer’s retention of its Top Tier Firm status, Senior Partner Susanne Schreiber noted that: “Our overall performance shows the commitment we all have to serve our clients as effectively as possible. What’s more, it is a testament to the strength of the business and our ability to respond quickly to often complex client needs.”