Julia Rüegg

Platzhalter Frau

Julia Rüegg

MLaw, attorney-at-law

Education

Admitted to the Bar, Basel (2024); Trainee at the Criminal Court of Basel (2023-2024); Trainee Lawyer in a commercial law firm in Zurich (2022-2023); Legal Trainee in a pharmaceutical company in Basel (2022); University of Basel, Faculty of Law (2015-2022)

Professional Experience

Julia Rüegg joined Holenstein Brusa as an attorney in March 2025. Her preferred areas of practice include general contract law, tax law as well as bankruptcy and insolvency law. She acts in an advisory and litigation capacity and represents her clients in court and before the authorities.

Languages

German, English

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 advise private clients and their families in all matters of matrimonial property and inheritance law, including national and international estate planning, estate administration and execution of wills. We also support our clients in taking up residence and domiciliation in Switzerland.

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

We have extensive experience in advising and representing companies and their executive officers and directors in both national and complex international restructuring and insolvency cases:

  • representation of creditors or debtors in restructuring and insolvency cases
  • representation of creditors in creditors’ committees
  • representation of creditors or debtors in enforcement, attachment, garnishment or seizer proceedings
  • representation of creditors, debtors or insolvency estates in litigation proceedings (see also Litigation and Arbitration)
  • running insolvency proceedings as commissioner (Sachwalter), extra-ordinary trustee in bankruptcy (ausseramtliche Konkursverwaltung) or liquidator
  • advising and supporting foreign bankruptcy trustees to attract and include assets located in Switzerland within the foreign bankruptcy estate
  • provision of legal or expert opinions on matters of Swiss insolvency law

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