Gründler + Partner
Attorneys at Law

Your reliable legal partner for the efficient, straightforward, and holistic response to challenging legal issues.

We aim to provide quick, precise, and comprehensible responses to your concerns. Where legal issues are comprehensive and complex, we rise to meet the challenge and get up to speed. In so doing, we think beyond the scope of the problem itself and provide you with more than just a legal answer.

Team

We all pull together as a team, and we distinguish ourselves through strong networking, a high degree of flexibility, and short pathways.

Our experienced team works together closely in order to optimally handle complex legal facts and circumstances. You benefit from efficient processes and a set contact person.

Patrick M. Gründler

Partner, lic. iur. HSG
Attorney-at-law and notary public

Patrick M. Gründler provides advice and support on legal issues, mainly to entrepreneurs and companies. He employs his many years of professional experience as a commercial attorney and his networked expertise as an advisor and sparring partner for boards of directors and managers, in this way making a contribution to company and business development.

+ CareerAfter completing his studies at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Patrick M. Gründler was admitted to the bar in 1996 and began working as a lawyer and partner at various law firms. In 2006 he founded Gründler + Partner Rechtsanwälte as part of a strategic realignment.

gruendler@gruendler-partner.ch

Marc Wolfer

Partner, Dr. iur. HSG
Attorney-at-law and notary public

Marc Wolfer works as a legal advisor and forensic lawyer specializing in commercial law. He provides support to companies mainly on issues involving contract law, employment law, and intellectual property law. He also lectures at the University of St.Gallen on private law.

+ CareerMarc Wolfer was admitted to the bar in 2013. Prior to joining Gründler + Partner Rechtsanwälte, he worked inter alia as academic assistant for Prof. Alfred Koller at the University of St.Gallen.

wolfer@gruendler-partner.ch

Ivo Hartmann

Partner, M.A. HSG in Law
Attorney-at-law and notary public

Ivo Hartmann works as a lawyer mainly in matters of public law, especially building and planning law as well as all related fields of law. He advises companies and individuals and represents them in court. As a notary public he renders notarisations and certifications.

+ CareerAfter his studies at the University of St. Gallen Ivo Hartmann completed a legal internship at the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen, at the legal service of the building department of the Canton St. Gallen and at law firm in St. Gallen. In 2012 he was admitted to the bar. After another fix-term job at the legal service of the building department of the Canton St. Gallen he worked since March 2013 as a clerk for the federal administrative court (division I: infrastructure, federal employment, expropriation, state liability, data protection). In November 2019 he joined Gründler + Partner.

hartmann@gruendler-partner.ch

Seline Meier

MLaw
Attorney at law and notary public

Seline Meier supports companies and individuals as a lawyer primarily in the field of commercial law, especially in corporate, employment, and contract law. She works both in an advisory and litigation capacity. In her capacity as a notary public, she carries out notarizations and certifications.

+ CareerPrior to joining Gründler + Partner, Seline Meier worked in a law firm and in legal services within the industrial sector. She completed her studies in law at the University of Lucerne, where she obtained her Master of Law degree.

meier@gruendler-partner.ch

Neda Ahmadi

MLaw

Neda Ahmadi is a legal trainee at Gründler + Partner Attorneys at Law in preparation for the bar exam.

+ CareerNeda Ahmadi studied at the University of Lucerne, where she obtained her Master of Law. Before joining Gründler + Partner, she worked for a technology company and an insurance company in their legal departments.

ahmadi@gruendler-partner.ch

Noemi Huber

BSc
Legal Assistant

Noemi Huber provides support to start-ups relating to company formation and takes care of other requests in the field of corporate law.

+ CareerAfter completing her commercial training, Noemi Huber studied business law at the ZHAW Winterthur. Before joining Gründler + Partner, she worked for a Swiss health insurance company and a law firm, during her studies.

huber@gruendler-partner.ch

Larissa Seiler

Legal Assistant

Larissa Seiler assists start-ups with company formations and, together with our public notaries, provides support with corporate law matters.

+ CareerAfter completing her commercial training, she worked for a pension and asset management company until joining Gründler + Partner Attorneys at Law.

seiler@gruendler-partner.ch

Mischa Frei

Legal Assistant

Mischa Frei assists start-ups with company-formations and supports the law firm in administrative and legal matters.

+ CareerAfter graduating from high-school in St. Gallen, Mischa Frei began his studies of Law and Economics at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). During his studies, he works at Gründler + Partner attorneys at law.

frei@gruendler-partner.ch

Ana Donaldson

Legal assistant

Ana Donaldson assists start-ups with company formations and, together with our public notaries, provides support with corporate law matters.

+ CareerAfter completing her commercial training and vocational baccalaureate, Ana Donaldson began studying business law at the ZHAW, School of Management and Law. She works at Gründler + Partner Rechtsanwälte while studying.

donaldson@gruendler-partner.ch

Urs Gasser

Prof. Dr. iur., Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (Harvard)
Counsel

Urs Gasser is Professor of Public Policy, Governance and Innovative Technology and serves as Rector of the Hochschule für Politik (HfP) and Dean of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. His research focuses on the societal and regulatory implications of new technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum technology.

+ CareerBefore joining TUM, he was Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University from 2009 to 2021 and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School since 2013. Previously he held a SNF Professorship at the University of St. Gallen while also serving as Director of the Research Center for Information Law. With a Landon H. Gammon Fellowship, Prof. Gasser graduated with an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.

gasser@gruendler-partner.ch

Areas of practice

Regardless of whether the waters are quiet or stormy, we are there to assist you with advice. We offer legal services for individuals, start-ups, SMEs and large corporations.

One of our strengths lies in providing legal services to medium- and large-sized companies. Currently, in our capacity as an outside legal department, we are providing advice and support to, inter alia, a large health-care company, a renowned IT firm, and an internationally operating translation agency.

In addition, we help in the formation of ambitious start-ups, and with our extensive expertise in the area of IT law and intellectual property, we offer legal support to IT services providers in particular.

We advise SMEs on, inter alia, contract law and also with respect to succession planning. We also assist individuals on issues of inheritance law, employment law, and other areas. Specific legal advice for specific needs.

Start-ups

In connection with the formation of a new company, we can advise you in choosing the suitable legal form and resolve employment-law issues. We determine the optimal protection, professional registration, and economic realization of intangible assets.

Legal assistance for SMEs

We provide support to SMEs with regard to restructurings, mergers, take-overs, and sales. In addition, we address employment-law issues and provide assistance with contract negotiations of any kind. We handle representation before all courts in German-speaking Switzerland as well as before the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Legal services for large corporations

As an outsourced legal department, we can provide comprehensive legal services to your company. With this ongoing assistance, we offer support in nearly all legal areas, drawing if necessary on our network of outside experts.

Services for individuals

We offer legal assistance to individuals mainly with regard to succession planning, the authentication and evaluation of wills, and prenuptial and succession agreements, as well as through the acceptance of executor mandates. In addition, employment-law issues are also a focus. If necessary, we handle litigation and representation before courts.

Specialized expertise

Our strengths lie in providing assistance on corporate transactions and in advising on issues of corporation law, employment law, and contract law, particularly with regard to service, license, and sales agreements. This also includes legal support in the selection, structuring and negotiation of contracts and compliance with legal regulations (corporate governance & compliance). In addition, we can provide you with support in IT law, on issues of intellectual property, in construction and real-estate law, in litigation, and as a notary.

Contact us

Gründler & Partner Rechtsanwälte AG

Schützengasse 10
CH-9001 St.Gallen
Tel. +41 71 226 46 46
Fax +41 71 226 46 49
info@gruendler-partner.ch