What BianchiSchwald does

BianchiSchwald LLC is a Geneva-headquartered Swiss law firm operating as a professional services partnership from 5, rue Jacques-Balmat, P.O. Box 1203, CH-1211 Geneva 1. The firm was constituted effective 1 July 2024 by consolidating partners, of counsel, managing associates, senior associates, and associates from four affiliated Swiss practices — valfor.ch, cvpartners.ch, aegis.ch, and jmrlegal.ch — into a single entity. BianchiSchwald comprises approximately 25–30 professionals, including ten partners (Stéphanie Fuld, Christoph Gasser, Marc Metzger, Stefan Scherrer, Thomas Schmid, Hans-Peter Schwald, Cyrill Süss, Yves de Coulon, Jean-Marc Carnicé, and Joseph Merhai), one of counsel (Despina Mavromati), four managing associates, four senior associates, and six associates, organized across the integrated partner practices.

The firm delivers legal advisory and representation services to corporate clients in the Swiss market, with a trilingual service offering across English, French, and German. The go-to-market is partner-led direct engagement built on established professional networks and referrals rather than marketing-driven demand generation. Underlying technology is not specified in the available source material — the firm does not disclose proprietary platforms, software products, APIs, or AI tooling, and the practice is structured around the expertise and relationships of its senior practitioners. No published rate cards, fee schedules, or revenue figures are available; billing is consistent with Swiss law-firm norms of hourly or fixed-fee professional services arrangements.

Commercially, BianchiSchwald operates through a single-channel direct distribution model within Switzerland, with no disclosed customer logos, case studies, or named clients and no public marketing or partnership channels beyond the founding affiliations. Revenue mechanics are entirely first-party professional services billing to corporate clients served out of the Geneva office. The firm is privately held as a partnership, with no public listing, no disclosed parent entity, no subsidiaries, and no funding rounds in the source data; ownership sits with the partner group.

Name

BianchiSchwald

Legal name

BIANCHISCHWALD LLC

Website

https://bianchischwald.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

BianchiSchwald LLC is a Geneva-based Swiss law firm formed in July 2024 by consolidating four affiliated practices (valfor.ch, cvpartners.ch, aegis.ch, jmrlegal.ch) into a single 25–30-person partnership providing trilingual (EN/FR/DE) legal advisory and representation services to corporate clients in Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services billed to corporate and individual clients, likely on hourly rates or fixed fee arrangements typical for Swiss law firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

BianchiSchwald LLC is a Swiss law firm based in Geneva providing legal advisory and representation services to corporate and individual clients. The firm operates through a partnership structure comprising approximately 10 partners, of counsel, managing associates, senior associates, and associates, and collaborates with affiliated Swiss legal practices (valfor.ch, cvpartners.ch, aegis.ch, jmrlegal.ch) to deliver counsel across multiple practice areas under the Swiss law framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Services Comprehensive legal advisory, counsel, and representation under Swiss law provided by BianchiSchwald LLC and its affiliated partner firms to corporate and individual clients in Geneva, Switzerland.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• valfor.chcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Valfor.ch partners (Stéphanie Fuld, Christoph Gasser, Marc Metzger, Stefan Scherrer, Thomas Schmid, Hans-Peter Schwald, Cyrill Süess, Yves de Coulon) and staff will be active and available through BianchiSchwald network from July 2024. Includes of counsel (Despina Mavromati), managing associates, senior associates, and associates.
• cvpartners.chcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Cvpartners.ch partner (Jean-Marc Carnicé) and managing associates (Charles-Louis Notter, Dominique Ritter) integrated into BianchiSchwald network from July 2024.
• aegis.chcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Aegis.ch professional (Joseph Merhai), senior associate (Thomas Pasquier), and associate (Laurent Schenker) integrated into BianchiSchwald network from July 2024.
• jmrlegal.chcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024Jmrlegal.ch managing associate (Elodie Le Guen) integrated into BianchiSchwald network from July 2024.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lenz & Staehelin: Largest Swiss law firm with a major Geneva office offering corporate, dispute resolution, banking, and private client services; directly competes for the same Geneva-based corporate and international clients.
• VISCHER: Swiss full-service law firm headquartered in Basel with Zurich and Geneva offices; comparable size and corporate/IP/regulatory practice mix that overlaps with BianchiSchwald's Geneva offering.
• Walder Wyss: Major Zurich-based Swiss corporate and dispute resolution firm; competes for cross-border mandates and serves Swiss-based multinational clients that BianchiSchwald also targets.
• Schellenberg Wittmer: Geneva-headquartered Swiss corporate and dispute resolution law firm of comparable size and practice mix; the closest direct peer given shared Geneva base and similar corporate/commercial orientation.
• Niederer Kraft Frey: Zurich-based Swiss corporate and finance law firm of similar size and partner-driven model; comparable in offering corporate advisory, M&A, and dispute services to Swiss and international clients.
• Homburger: Premier Zurich-headquartered Swiss law firm specializing in corporate, finance, and dispute work; directly competes for sophisticated corporate mandates that BianchiSchwald targets from Geneva.
• Bär & Karrer: Leading Zurich-based Swiss corporate law firm with a Geneva office covering corporate, finance, dispute resolution, and private client matters; competes head-to-head on cross-border mandates out of Geneva.
• Pestalozzi: Swiss full-service firm with offices in Zurich and Geneva providing corporate, finance, and dispute resolution services; directly comparable in Geneva corporate market and practice breadth.

Broad incumbents

• CMS Switzerland: International full-service firm with a Zurich/Geneva presence offering corporate, finance, and dispute services; broader incumbent competing for Swiss and cross-border mandates BianchiSchwald targets.
• Baker McKenzie (Geneva): Global Magic Circle firm with a significant Geneva office covering corporate, dispute, tax, and private client work; a broader incumbent that competes with BianchiSchwald on international mandates out of Geneva.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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