Bär & Karrer Promotes New Partners and Counsel

We are pleased to announce the election of Hanna Brozzo, Dr. Léonard Lavanchy-Prack, Martin Leu, and Gadi Winter as partners, and Dr. Tiffany Ender as counsel, effective 1 January 2025.

Hanna Brozzo, lawyer and Swiss tax expert, focuses on tax matters for Swiss and foreign private clients, including tax planning and tax compliance. Her practice includes wealth and estate planning, including trusts and family foundations, relocations, real estate, tax residency questions and charitable institutions. With broad litigation experience, both on the side of a court and as a party representative, Hanna regularly represents clients in tax matters before Swiss authorities and courts, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in tax-related disputes.

Dr. Léonard Lavanchy-Prack's practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious commercial matters, with a special emphasis on insurance contract law, general contract law and sanctions-related matters. He advises and represents Swiss and foreign clients in litigations before Swiss Courts, both domestic and international arbitrations as well as before domestic and foreign authorities. Léonard Lavanchy-Prack also assists clients with claim management, evidence gathering and corporate internal investigations.

Martin Leu brings broad set of skills across all aspects of national and international corporate tax law, advising Swiss and foreign clients on tax-related questions in the area of M&A transactions and restructurings. He is also highly experienced in tax compliance, employee participation schemes, offering comprehensive counsel on a wide range of tax-related matters.

Gadi Winter's practice focuses on criminal and regulatory government investigations, cross-border proceedings and crisis management. He advises and defends corporations from a broad array of industries in high-stake investigations and proceedings, with a particular focus on financial crime related matters. He furthermore provides guidance to financial institutions and financial technology companies on regulatory, corporate and M&A matters, and counsels entrepreneurs and investors at the intersection of technology and law.

Dr. Tiffany Ender has acted as legal advisor in various notable deals and cases, advising clients on a wide range of legal topics. Her expertise focuses on banking, insurance and other financial market laws, as well as M&A, general corporate and commercial matters and related areas. In particular, she assists Swiss and foreign banks, financial institutions, (re-)insurance companies and intermediaries, fintech firms (including providers of e-money services and other payment services) and other financial services providers (such as distributors of collective investment schemes/funds) in regulatory, contract and corporate law matters and in relation to M&A transactions.