Portrait

Michael Lips is a partner and member of Pestalozzi’s Real Estate group in Zurich. He specializes in real estate and environmental law as well as in corporate and commercial law. His fields of expertise include commercial and residential leases, sales, pledges and encumbrances of real properties, building and other work contracts, real estate transactions including public private partnerships as well as all types of environmental matters. Moreover, he is experienced in M&A transactions and the reorganization of corporate groups.

Michael Lips, born in 1970, graduated from the Zurich University (lic.iur., 1997; Dr.iur., 2003) and from the University of Virginia (LL.M., 2004). He served at the District Court of Meilen for two years, first as a law clerk and then as a secretary to the judge. Michael Lips was admitted to the bar in 2001 and joined Pestalozzi in 2002. His professional languages are German and English, and he also has a good knowledge of French.

contact

Michael Lips
Partner
michael.lips(at)pestalozzilaw.com VCARD

Pestalozzi
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone (direct) +41 44 217 92 67

Expertise

Business Organisation & Compliance, Civil Liability, Commercial, Commercial Disputes, Construction, Contracts, Corporate, Data Protection & Privacy, Energy, Environment, Health & Safety, Private International Law / Conflict Of Laws, Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Liability, Real Estate & Environment, Restructuring & Insolvency, Trade & Retail

Languages

German, English, French

Admission

Switzerland 2001

Publications

- Legislation overview
- Partial Revision of the Swiss Civil Code – Immovable Property Law – Introduction of a Paperless Register Mortgage
- Real estate investment in Switzerland – from a lawyer’s perspective
more

Memberships

SAV, ZAV