With more than 220 legal professionals (consisting of partners, of counsels, associates, tax advisors and notaries) and more than 400 employees, the firm, which has its origins in 1885, is one of the largest and most traditional law firms in Switzerland, with offices in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich, and representative offices in Binningen, Sion, Shanghai and Tokyo. Kellerhals Carrard is active throughout Switzerland, maintaining very strong local roots, whilst advising clients nationally and abroad. We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law. Our activities are focused on: • Company and corporate law, external legal department • Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law • M&A and capital markets law • Construction and real estate • Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance • IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law • International sports law • Tax • Public law • Employment and social insurance law • Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance • Family and inheritance law for private customers • Notarial office We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport, energy, real estate/construction as well as on trading and retail.

Founded 1988 the Law Firm will continue to strive in its quest to maintain a dynamic structure and a capacity to offer both individuals and industry top quality consulting and legal services. Our firm combines the flexibility, entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm of a smaller firm with the quality and efficiency ordinarily associated with larger firms. Resourcefulness, persistence, independence of mind, enthusiasm and direct partner involvement at every phase of our representations are the hallmarks of our practice. As our clients are often involved in international transactions we are able to provide them with legal assistance in all major countries, in close co-operation with foreign correspondent law firms. Our firm has multilingual capabilities in Italian, French, English and German.

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The firm, located in the centre of Lugano, was founded in 2016 by three female professionals who, over the years, have accumulated specific, diverse and complementary experience, which allows the firm to follow its clients with professionalism in various fields of law. Our strength is the specialisation in specific fields, which allows us to handle cases with competence and accuracy. LAWYERS ALESSANDRA BALMELLI Since the beginning of her activity, she has chosen to specialise in notarial work, a subject she carries out with great passion, professionalism and specific skills. She gained her experience in this field by working with leading Lugano law firms. Having specialised in notarial work, over the years she has accumulated a solid knowledge, accompanying clients with attention and dedication in the projects they wish to undertake. DEBORAH UNTERNÄHRER ANTONINI Over the years she has specialised in family law, inheritance law and child and adult protection law, gaining specific experience, both in primary Lugano law firms, with which she has collaborated, and having had the opportunity to work, as secretary assessor, at the Pretura of Lugano (Section 4 and 6), dealing exclusively with family and inheritance law. FIELDS OF LEGAL ACTIVITY - Criminal - Succession - Administrative - Contracts - Curatorships - Family Law - Contracts FIELDS OF NOTARIAL ACTIVITY - Real Estate - Succession - Corporate - Marriage agreements - Precautionary Warrants - Notarial patents

Studio Legale e Notarile Gagliardi & Giang The Gagliardi & Giang law and notary's office was founded in Bellinzona on the initiative of lawyers Federico Gagliardi and Vinh Giang. The firm caters to both private and institutional clients, offering advice and advocacy in all areas of law. The firm also offers all notarial activities. The firm's lawyers assist clients from the initial consultation through to representation before civil, criminal, administrative and arbitration courts. We favour in-depth analysis of the peculiarities of the case submitted to us in relation to our clients' needs, in order to effectively take the necessary steps to achieve a sustainable and satisfactory result for our clients' interests, both in contentious proceedings and in extrajudicial proceedings aimed at finding an amicable solution. The firm focuses on a direct and personal relationship, working with speed, professionalism and in a confidential manner. Thanks to the experience gained by the firm's lawyers, legal and notarial mandates are followed with the utmost diligence and care. Legal services: Personality law Family, child and adult protection law Succession law Real rights Contract law Consulting and drafting of contracts Corporate law Execution and bankruptcy law, debt collection procedures Social and private insurance law Criminal law and administrative criminal law Road traffic law Administrative law Foreigners' Law Arbitration Procedures Notary services Land law Corporate law Family, adult protection and inheritance law Preparation of notarial patents

ABOUT US The Nievegelt & Stoehr Group consists of Nievergelt & Stoehr Ltd. (law firm), Thomas Nievergelt Notariat Ltd. (notary's office in Grisons) and Nievergelt & Stoehr Family Office Ltd . Thanks to our presence in Samedan, Poschiavo, St. Moritz, Lugano and Lucerne, we are able to offer you a wide range of support, advisory and litigation services for all areas of life and in all areas of the law. Our employees work according to a multidisciplinary approach in several languages and provide advice and information in German, English, Italian, French and Romansh.

ABOUT US The Nievegelt & Stoehr Group consists of Nievergelt & Stoehr Ltd. (law firm), Thomas Nievergelt Notariat Ltd. (notary's office in Grisons) and Nievergelt & Stoehr Family Office Ltd . Thanks to our presence in Samedan, Poschiavo, St. Moritz, Lugano and Lucerne, we are able to offer you a wide range of support, advisory and litigation services for all areas of life and in all areas of the law. Our employees work according to a multidisciplinary approach in several languages and provide advice and information in German, English, Italian, French and Romansh.

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