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 1970, graduated from 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
Pestalozzi
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zurich
Phone (direct) +41 44 217 92 67
michael.lips(at)pestalozzilaw.com
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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

Switzerland
Diverse Newsletters zum Schweizer Umweltrecht
Diverse Newsletters zum Schweizer Umweltrecht
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Memberships

SAV, ZAV