Alexander M. Glutz

Alexander M. Glutz

Dr. iur., attorney-at-law, Partner

Education

St. Gall University, School of Law (lic. iur. HSG, 2003); admitted to the bar (2005); Basel University, School of Law (Dr. iur., magna cum laude, 2009)

Professional Experience

Research assistant with the chair of Prof. Dr. Rainer J. Schweizer (Public Law, including European Law and Public International Law, St. Gall University, School of Law, 2001-2003); extraordinary law clerk at the Courts of Appenzell Inner Rhodes (District Court of Oberegg, of Appenzell as well as the Court of Appeals of the Canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes, 2003/2004); practising as an attorney since 2006; collaboration with the Research Center for Information Law (FIR-HSG, St. Gall University) and the Legal Research Association (FR-HSG, St. Gall University); associate with the law firm since 2010, partner since 2019

Languages

German, English, French

Preferred Areas of Practice

The advice and support of companies and individuals in (pre-)litigation and arbitration proceedings are core skills of our lawyers:
  • Pre-Litigation: We analyse the factual and legal situation, assess the litigation prospects and risks of your case and - if appropriate - conduct out-of-court settlement discussions with the counterparty.
  • Litigation and Arbitration: We develop sustainable litigation strategies and draft efficient legal submissions, assist you in court hearings and meetings with authorities and - if necessary - challenge court decisions.
Furthermore, we advise and represent our corporate clients in national and international arbitration proceedings in manufacturing, commercial as well as (financial) services related legal fields. Our lawyers are also regularly being appointed as experts or arbitrators. We have profound experience in legal advisory and representation services to corporate and private clients with regard to proceedings in the field of international mutual assistance in civil, administrative and criminal matters (including the areas of information exchange in the field of international criminal tax, financial markets, transfer of cultural property and sanctions control). Notably, this includes counselling and representing clients regarding:
  • the transmission of information and evidence abroad
  • cross-border inter-corporate investigations
  • issues concerning data protection
  • the detection and recovery of assets in Switzerland
  • the seizure, unfreezing and repatriation of such assets
We have a profound knowledge of and extensive experience in legal advisory work and representing banks, pension funds, asset managers and family offices as well as private clients in all national and international (cross border) matters of banking and financial market laws and regulations, namely:
  • Contracts / General Terms and Conditions: Drafting and advancement of contracts as well as general terms and conditions related to banking and financial markets
  • Loan Security: Contracts on loan securities, bank guarantees etc.
  • Digital Banking: Development of legally compliant digital procedures and related documents
  • Opinions: Drafting of legal opinions and expert opinions
  • Collective Investment Schemes: Foundation and Distribution
  • Directive System: Drafting and implementation of directives, internal rules, by-laws and regulations etc.
  • Investigation: Advice and support with regard to internal investigations
  • Outsourcing Legal: Provision of outsourced legal services as a relief of internal legal and compliance
  • Regulatory Matters: Advice on regulatory developments and their internal implementation
  • Litigation: Advice and representation of financial institutions as well as institutional and private clients in (pre-)litigation and arbitration proceedings (see also Litigation and Arbitration)
We advise our clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law and - if requested - also represent our clients before courts in all related issues and disputes. Our proven real estate specialists offer legal advisory services to private and corporate clients on real estate projects as well as tenancy law related issues.In particular, we offer the following services:
  • incorporation of companies, corporations and establishment of branches
  • company reorganisations and restructurings
  • drawing up customised shareholder agreements and transfer Agreements
  • establishment of company structures incl. by-laws and other internal regulations and directives, such as rules on management transactions, insider trading, data protection, anti-corruption etc.
  • governance and compliance matters
  • providing advice and support in organising shareholders' general meetings of listed and private companies: invitation, script, coordination of shareholders‘ ledger, keeping of the minutes, independent shareholders’ representative
  • duties and liabilities of board members and Management
  • agreements with regard to board members and senior Managers
  • succession planning and inheritance law
  • providing legal support for start start-ups
  • mergers & acquisitions, incl. due diligence
  • due diligence process (including zoning and real estate register law issues)
  • contracts on real estate transactions
  • drafting of property by floor regulations
  • contracts of work and Services
  • enforcement of warranty claims / protection against warranty Claims
  • tenancy law disputes
We advise our private and corporate clients on all aspects of taxation. In particular, we offer support for the following matters:
  • general tax advice and planning for private and corporate Clients
  • providing advice and support in taking up Swiss residency for the first time
  • advice on taking up self-employment
  • tax advice with regard to real estate matters, in particular capital gains tax on real estate
  • reorganisation and restructuring of companies and obtaining tax rulings
  • succession planning of companies and review of the company structures
  • representation in tax proceedings before cantonal and federal authorities and courts, incl. supplementary tax proceedings and penal proceedings

Publications

Kommentar zu Art. 9 IRSG (Schutz des Geheimbereichs) und 67a IRSG (Unaufgeforderte Übermittlung von Beweismitteln und Informationen)
Basler Kommentar Internationales Strafrecht (IRSG, GWÜ), Marcel Alexander Niggli / Stefan Heimgartner (Hrsg.), 1. Auflage, Basel (2015).

Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag Buchshop

Das Bundesgesetz zum Steuerstreit verletzt den Rechtsstaat und die Demokratie,
Jusletter 10. Juni 2013

(Co-Autor, mit Prof. Dr. Rainer J. Schweizer und Dr. Markus H.F. Mohler).
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Beschwerde ans Bundesgericht gegen Entscheide des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts auf dem Gebiet der internationalen Rechtshilfe in Strafsachen (Art. 84 BGG)
– Die materielle Abgrenzung von Amts- und Rechtshilfe am aktuellen Beispiel der strafprozessual unzulässigen amerikanischen «fishing expeditions» («Gruppenanfragen»), in: ASA 80 (2011/2012), S. 713 ff.
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Wie die Empfehlungen des Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten gegenüber privaten Datenbearbeitern umgesetzt werden,
Jusletter 21. Februar 2011 (Co-Autor, mit Prof. Dr. Rainer J. Schweizer).
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Die spontane Übermittlung – Die unaufgeforderte Übermittlung von Beweismitteln und Informationen ins Ausland gemäss Art. 67a IRSG,
Schweizer Schriften zum Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Bd. 288, (Diss. Basel), Zürich 2010.

Internationale Amtshilfe – Die Übermittlung kundenbezogener Information aus dem Geheimbereich im Vorfeld ausländischer Strafverfahren am Beispiel des Insiderhandels,
Patrick Sutter (Hrsg.), Selbstbestimmung und Recht, Festgabe für Rainer J. Schweizer, Zürich 2003, 93 ff.

Finanzielle Verpflichtungen des Kantons Glarus gegenüber seiner Gemeinde Braunwald aus der Verflechtung des Kantons mit dem “System Braunwald”,
Januar/März 2003 (Co-Autor, mit Prof. Dr. Rainer J. Schweizer).

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