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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
New York
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Real estate
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Josef Caleff co-heads Schellenberg Wittmer's Real Estate Group and is a Partner in the Construction Group as well as the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Counsel of the Barana Group in the sale of an office building in Zurich for CHF 128m to the city of Zurich
  • Counsel of Dolce & Gabbana in the negotiation of a long-term high-end lease agreement at a prime location on Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich
  • Advising clients in all types of corporate and M&A transactions
  • He possesses special expertise in real estate transactions, in particular sale and purchase of single properties and portfolios, real estate financing, construction and commercial leases
Key practice areas
  • M&A
Sector expertise
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Real Estate Industry
  • Constrution
  • Hotels and Leisure
  • Sanctions Group
  • Real Estate Law
Academic qualifications
  • lic. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen, 1996
  • lic. iur. HSG, University of St. Gallen, 1999
  • LL.M., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2004
  • Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, 2013
  • MRICS, 2018
Association/network memberships
  • Member of the Zurich Bar Association
  • Member of RICS 
  • Regular publications in the field of Real Estate
  • Member of International Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Switzerland, 2002
  • New York, 2006
Address:
Löwenstrasse 19
8021 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel:+41 44 215 5252 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.swlegal.com/en/lawyers/lawyer-detail/josef-caleff/