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Lawyers, legal associates and support

Lawyers and legal associates

You can find out more about the lawyers and legal associates of our law firm here. We will be happy to advise you.

Lukas Metzler

Attorney at Law, Partner

Lukas Metzler

Attorney at Law, Partner

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 09

special fields

  • Corporate law and Commercial law (incl. foundations of firms, mergers and restructurings as well as settlements of foreign firms and private persons)
  • Function of board member
  • Succession planning
  • Law on recording (notary public) especially notarizations of marriage and testamentary contracts, notarizations in the context with corporate law and notarizations in German law
  • Contract law

education

1991 Law studies at the University of Fribourg, lic.

admission to the bar

1993  Appenzell I. Rh.

job history

Since 1999 AMG Attorneys at Law (formerly Suter & Partners Attorneys at Law)
1998 - 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, St. Gallen
1994 - 1998 STG-Coopers & Lybrand AG, St. Gallen
1992 - 1994 ATAG Ernst & Young AG, St. Gallen
1991 - 1992 Practical legal training as attorney in Appenzell

publications

languages

German, English, Italian, French

Markus Schmuki

Attorney at Law, Partner

Markus Schmuki

Attorney at Law, Partner

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 10

special fields

  • Corporate law and Commercial law (incl. foundations of firms, mergers and restructurings as well as settlements of foreign firms and private persons)
  • Function of board member
  • Succession planning
  • Law on recording (notary public) especially notarizations of marriage and testamentary contracts, notarizations in the context with corporate law and notarizations in German law
  • Contract law
  • Construction and Real Estate Law

education

1992 Law studies at the University of Zurich, lic.

admission to the bar

1997 Schaffhausen

Beruflicher Werdegang

Since 2000 AMG Attorneys at Law (formerly Suter & Partners Attorneys at Law)
1997 - 2000 Legal secretary at Higher Court of Canton Schaffhausen
1992 - 1997 Legal secretary at Cantonal Court Schaffhausen

publications

languages

German, English, French

Christof Schäfli

Attorney at Law, Of Counsel

Christof Schäfli

Attorney at Law, Of Counsel

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 37

special fields

  • Tax law and corporate law
  • National and International tax planning for private persons and firms
  • Transfer Pricing
  • Succession planning
  • Relocation services

education

2000 Post-graduate study of international business law at the University of Zurich, LL.M.
1989 Law studies at the University of Bern, lic.

admission to the bar

1993 St. Gallen

job history

Since 2006 AMG Attorney at Law
2004 - 2006 Tax advisor, Bank Julius Bär Ltd.
2000 - 2004 Tax advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd.
1996 - 2000 Deputy to the head of the Cantonal Tax Administration of Appenzell A.Rh.
1995 - 2000 Head of legal services of the Cantonal Tax Administration of Appenzell A.Rh.
1994 - 1995 Legal services at Cantonal Tax Office St. Gallen
1991 - 1994 Legal clerk at District Court Rorschach
1990 - 1991 Assistant for criminal law and law of criminal procedure at the University of St. Gallen

languages

German, English, French

Kevin Hagmann

legal associate

Kevin Hagmann

legal associate

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 39

special fields

  • Contract law (incl. employment and tenancy law)
  • Commercial and corporate law
  • Civil law
  • Criminal law

education

2021 Master of Law UZH (MLaw) at the University of Zurich

job history

Since 2022 AMG Attorneys at Law
2021 - 2022 Berther Moeri Neuber Schindler Attorneys at Law, Substitute
2020 - 2021 De la cruz Beranek Attorneys at Law AG, Legal Associate

languages

German, English, Korean

Joël Keller

legal associate

Joël Keller

legal associate

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 08

special fields

  • Contract law (incl. employment and tenancy law)
  • Commercial and corporate law
  • Civil law
  • Criminal law

education

2023 Master of Arts (M.A. HSG) in Law and Economics

job history

Since 2023 AMG Attorneys at Law

languages

German, English, French

Zorica Mijatovic

legal associate

Zorica Mijatovic

legal associate

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 07

special fields

  • civil right
  • administrative law
  • animal rights
  • contract law
  • criminal law

education

2020 Master of Arts HSG (M.A. HSG) in Law, University of St. Gallen

job history

Since 2022 AMG Attorneys at Law
2021 - 2022 District Court of Appenzell I.Rh., Legal Trainee
2021 - 2021 Official notary's office Buchs, six-month internship as legal trainee
2020 - 2021 Law Office St. Gallen, Legal Trainee

languages

German, Serbian, English

Yannick Schmuki

legal associate

Yannick Schmuki

legal associate

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 00

special fields

  • Litigation
  • Enforcement law
  • Private International Law

education

2023 MLaw University of Zurich

job history

Since 2020 AMG Attorneys at Law
Since 2023 Research assistant at the University of Zurich with Prof. Dr Tanja Domej
Since 2023 Research assistant at the University of Bern with Prof. Dr. Alexander R. Markus

languages

German, English, French

Support

The contact details of our support staff you can find here. At anytime they are pleased to assist you.

Petra Janeckova

secretariat

Petra Janeckova

secretariat

Pestalozzistrasse 2
Postfach 12
CH-9001 St. Gallen

+41 71 224 90 28

working fields

  • Correspondence, revision of legal petitions and contracts
  • Switchboard
  • Invoicing as well as handling of accounts receivable
  • Organization of customer events
  • Administrative accounting as well as accounting of divers clients
  • Support of information technology
  • Support of personnel administration

languages

German, Slovakian, English