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Lawyers and legal associates

You can find out more about the lawyers and legal associates of our law firm here. We will be happy to advise you.

Lukas Metzler

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Lukas Metzler
Lukas Metzler

Lukas Metzler

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Lukas Metzler

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 09

special fields

  • Corporate law and Commercial law (incl. foundations of firms, mergers and restructurings as well as settlements of foreign firms and private persons)
  • Function of board member
  • Succession planning
  • Law on recording (notary public) especially notarizations of marriage and testamentary contracts, notarizations in the context with corporate law and notarizations in German law
  • Contract law
  • Intellectual property law

education

1991 Law studies at the University of Fribourg, lic.

admission to the bar

1993 Appenzell I.Rh.

job history

Since 1999 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd (formerly Suter & Partners Attorneys at Law)
1998 - 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, St. Gallen
1994 - 1998 STG-Coopers & Lybrand AG, St. Gallen
1992 - 1994 ATAG Ernst & Young AG, St. Gallen
1991 - 1992 Practical legal training as attorney in Appenzell

publications

languages

German, English, Italian, French

Markus Schmuki

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Markus Schmuki
Markus Schmuki

Markus Schmuki

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Markus Schmuki

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 10

special fields

  • Corporate law and Commercial law (incl. foundations of firms, mergers and restructurings as well as settlements of foreign firms and private persons)
  • Function of board member
  • Succession planning
  • Law on recording (notary public) especially notarizations of marriage and testamentary contracts, notarizations in the context with corporate law and notarizations in German law
  • Contract law
  • Construction and Real Estate Law

education

1992 Law studies at the University of Zurich, lic.

admission to the bar

1997 Schaffhausen

Beruflicher Werdegang

Since 2000 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd (formerly Suter & Partners Attorneys at Law)
1997 - 2000 Legal secretary at Higher Court of Canton Schaffhausen
1992 - 1997 Legal secretary at Cantonal Court Schaffhausen

publications

languages

German, English, French

Kevin Hagmann

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Kevin Hagmann
Kevin Hagmann

Kevin Hagmann

Attorney at Law and Notary, Partner

Kevin Hagmann

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 19

special fields

  • Contract law (incl. employment and tenancy law)
  • Commercial and corporate law
  • Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
  • Civil law
  • Criminal law

education

2021 Master of Law UZH (MLaw) at the University of Zurich

admission to the bar

2023 St. Gall

job history

Since 2022 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd
2021 - 2022 Berther Moeri Neuber Schindler Attorneys at Law, Substitute
2020 - 2021 De la cruz Beranek Attorneys at Law AG, Legal Associate

languages

German, English, Korean

Joël Keller

Attorney at Law and Notary

Joël Keller
Joël Keller

Joël Keller

Attorney at Law and Notary

Joël Keller

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 08

special fields

  • Contract law (incl. employment and tenancy law)
  • Commercial and corporate law
  • Civil law
  • Criminal law

education

2023 M.A. HSG in Law and Economics

admission to the bar

2026 St. Gall

job history

Since 2026 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd
2025 District Court of Appenzell I.Rh., Legal Trainee
2023 - 2024 AMG Attorneys at Law

languages

German, English, French

Christoph Lehmann

Tax expert, Of Counsel

Christoph Lehmann
Christoph Lehmann

Christoph Lehmann

Tax expert, Of Counsel

Christoph Lehmann

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 17

special fields

  • Corporate tax law, in particular restructuring, M&A transactions and succession planning
  • Corporate and asset structures
  • National and international tax planning for private individuals
  • Assessment of tax risks / tax due diligence
  • Property transactions
  • Estate planning

education

1998 Swiss Federal Diploma in Tax Consulting
1995 Business Economist HWV

job history

Since 2012 Partner at steuerpartner ag Steuer- und Wirtschaftsberatung, St. Gallen
1995 - 2012 Tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, St. Gallen

languages

German, English

Zorica Mijatovic

Attorney at Law and Notary

Zorica Mijatovic
Zorica Mijatovic

Zorica Mijatovic

Attorney at Law and Notary

Zorica Mijatovic

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 07

special fields

  • Civil law
  • Construction and Real Estate Law
  • Administrative law
  • Familiy and Social Security law
  • Contract law
  • Criminal law

education

2020 M.A. HSG in Law

admission to the bar

2025 St. Gall

job history

Since 2022 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd
2021 - 2022 District Court of Appenzell I.Rh., Legal Trainee
2021 - 2021 Official notary's office Buchs, six-month internship as legal trainee
2020 - 2021 Law Office St. Gallen, Legal Trainee

languages

German, Serbian, English

Olena Fäs

legal associate

Olena Fäs
Olena Fäs

Olena Fäs

legal associate

Olena Fäs

Pestalozzistrasse 2
Postfach 12
CH-9001 St. Gallen

+41 71 224 90 16

special fields

  • Civil law
  • Procedural law
  • Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
  • Construction law
  • Criminal law

education

2026 M.A. HSG in Law

job history

Since 2026 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd

languages

German, English, French

Yannick Schmuki

legal associate

Yannick Schmuki

legal associate

Pestalozzistrasse 2
P.O. Box 12
CH-9001 St. Gall

+41 71 224 90 00

special fields

  • Litigation
  • Enforcement law
  • Private International Law

education

2023 MLaw University of Zurich

job history

Since 2020 AMG Attorneys at Law Ltd
Since 2023 Research assistant at the University of Zurich with Prof. Dr Tanja Domej
Since 2023 Research assistant at the University of Bern with Prof. Dr. Alexander R. Markus

publications

  • Schutz des Betriebenen im Ausland, Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Qualifikation von Art. 85a Abs. 2 SchKG, in: Bachofner Eva/Bopp Lukas/Lorandi Franco (Hrsg.), Lebendiges Verfahrensrecht, Festschrift für Daniel Staehelin, Basel 2025, S. 13–30, mit Florian Eichel.
  • Schiedsfähigkeit ehegüterrechtlicher Ansprüche, in: Bachofner Eva/Bopp Lukas/Lorandi Franco (Hrsg.), Lebendiges Verfahrensrecht, Festschrift für Daniel Staehelin, Basel 2025, S. 419–432, mit Tanja Domej.
  • Berücksichtigung ausländischer Forderungsprozesse im Insolvenzverfahren, Zugleich eine Analyse von EuGH, Rs. C-394/22, 24.11.2024 (Oilchart/OWB), AJP 2025, S. 1200–1225.
  • Zwischen Anschein und Wirklichkeit – Scheinunternehmer im Europäischen Verbraucherprozessrecht, in: Tappy Denis/Dietschy-Martenet Patricia (Hrsg.), Escales procédurales, Recueil d’études en l’honneur du Professeur Jacques Haldy, Bern 2026, S. 133–147, mit Alexander R. Markus.
  • Die Klage nach Art. 85a SchKG und ihre duplex natura, Eine umfassende Zuständigkeitsanalyse, AJP 2026, S. 612–641, mit Raphael Zemp.
  • Verfahrensrechtliche Aspekte der vorläufigen Betreibungseinstellung in Fällen mit Auslandsbezug (im Erscheinen), mit Raphael Zemp.

languages

German, English, French

Support

The contact details of our support staff you can find here. At anytime they are pleased to assist you.

Alina Fuchs

secretariat

Alina Fuchs
Alina Fuchs

Alina Fuchs

secretariat

Alina Fuchs

Pestalozzistrasse 2
Postfach 12
CH-9001 St. Gallen

+41 71 224 90 18

working fields

  • Correspondence, revision of legal petitions and contracts
  • Switchboard
  • Invoicing as well as handling of accounts receivable
  • Organization of customer events
  • Administrative accounting as well as accounting of divers clients
  • Support of information technology
  • Support of personnel administration

languages

German, English, French