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Loewengasse

Member of the Swiss Bar Association and the Bar Association of St. Gallen

Entered in the lawyers’ register and in the register of notaries public in the canton of St. Gallen

Our services and legal specialisations

Employment and Tenancy Law

Professional Focus

Family, Inheritance, and Property Law

Agricultural and Lease Law

Medical and Insurance Law

Notary and Certifications

Traffic Law

Contract and Liability Law

Business Law

Lawyers and consultants with extensive experience

Our law firm consists of experienced lawyers and consultants with in-depth expertise and many years of experience. We utilise our comprehensive understanding of the law to represent your interests and find individual solutions for your legal concerns.

Dr. Eugen David
Lawyer and Notary Public / Old Council
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Dr. Erwin Scherrer
Lawyer and Notary Public
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Dr. Andres Büsser
Lawyer and Notary Public
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Dr. Lawrence Reiser
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Dr. Eugen David
Lawyer and Notary Public / Old Council
Phone +41 58 810 20 60

Professional Focus

  • Company law (including formations) and corporate tax law
  • Construction law
  • Industrial property law
  • Contract law and inheritance law

Training

  • 1974 Dr. iur., Universität Zürich

Bar admission

  • 1975
  • In practise as an independent lawyer since 1980

Other occupations

  • Member of the Management Committee of the Institute of Finance and Finance Law (IFF) at the University of St.Gallen
  • Various other achievements

Former occupations

  • Assistant to Prof. Dr. E. Höhn, Institute for Finance and Finance law at St.Gallen College (1970 – 1973)
  • Manager of the Legal Service for the St.Gallen Canton Tax Authority (1974)
  • Clerk to the administrative court of the Canton of St.Gallen (1975 – 1980)
  • Acting judge at the administrative court of the Canton of St.Gallen (1980 – 1999)
  • Lecturer for public law and tax law at the University

Political involvement

  • 1972 – 1980 St.Gallen town council
  • 1980 – 1987 Parliament of the St.Gallen canton
  • 1987 – 1999 National council
  • 1999 – 2011 Council of St.Gallen

Publications

  • Höhn/David, Interkantonales und internationales Steuerrecht, St.Gallen 1972
  • Höhn/David, Doppelbesteuerungsrecht; Eine Einführung in das interkantonale und internationale Steuerrecht der Schweiz, Bern, Stuttgart 1973
  • David, Die st. gallische Beteiligungsgewinnsteuer; Grundlagen, Verfassungsmässigkeit, Probleme der Ausgestaltung, Bern, Stuttgart 1974
  • Vallender/David, Leitsätze zum OG und VwVG; Gesetzestexte mit Leitsätzen aus höchstrichterlicher Recht-sprechung, Bern 1978
  • David, Ortsplanungsrecht II: Das Verfahren beim Erlass von Baureglement, Plänen und Schutzverordnungen; Das Nachtragsgesetz zum st.gallischen Baugesetz; St.Gallen 1983
  • David, Vom gerechten Preis; Urheberrecht und kulturelle Entwicklung, in Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Ulrich Uchtenhagen, Baden-Baden 1987
  • David, Rechte und Pflichten bei Mängeln der Mietsache; Das neue Mietrecht, St.Gallen 1991, S. 47 -92
  • David, Rechtssicherheit in der postmodernen Individualistengesellschaft; Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Bundesrat Arnold Koller,
  • Vallender/David, Herausgeber, OR, Textausgabe mit Leitsätzen aus der Praxis des Bundesgerichts, 2. A., Bern 1994
  • David, Zum Stand der MWST-Gesetzgebung im Parlament; Der Schweizer Treuhänder, Zürich 1995, S. 335 – 338
  • David, Das Mehrwertsteuer-Gesetz (MWStG) als Eckstein eines rationalen Steuersystems; Steuer Revue, Muri Jg. 51 (1996), S. 455 – 460
  • David, Holdingbesteuerung – zurück zur internationalen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Der Schweizer Treuhänder, Zürich Jg. 70 (1996) H. 5, S. 355 – 359
  • David, Realien der Gesetzgebung; Der Verfassungsstaat vor neuen Herausforderungen; Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Yvo Hangartner, St.Gallen 1998, S. 171 – 182
  • David, Wettbewerbliches Vertragsmodell im KVG; NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 08.03.2000
  • David, Es ist an der Zeit zu verhandeln (CH/EU); NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 25.01.2001
  • David, Markenschutz – unverzichtbar im wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerb; Das Mandat (Die Klientenschrift des St. Gal-lischen Anwaltsverbandes SGAV); St.Gallen 2001 Nr. 1, S. 5 – 6
  • David, Zur Revision des Stiftungsrechts; Jahrbuch des Handelsregisters 2002, Bern 2003, S. 17

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Dr. Erwin Scherrer
Lawyer and Notary Public
Phone +41 58 810 20 60

Professional Focus

  • Contract Law
  • Liability and Insurance Law
  • Private and Public Construction Law
  • Notarial Services (Commercial Law, Succession Planning)
  • Banking Law
  • Representation and Consulting in Korea and Southeast Asia (Joint Ventures, M&A, Real Estate)
  • Arbitrator in National and International Construction Disputes

Training

  • 1990 lic. iur., University of Fribourg
  • 1994 Dr. iur., University of Fribourg

Bar admission

  • 1995
  • Practicing as an independent attorney since 1996

Other occupations

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors in the following areas: Banking, Consulting, Trade, Hospitality, Construction, and Industry (national and international)
  • Member of the Examination Board for “Specialist Lawyer for Construction and Real Estate Law” (since 2007)
  • Substitute Judge at the Court of Cassation of the Canton of St. Gallen (1999 – 2011)
  • Member of the Examination Board for Attorneys and Notaries in the Canton of St. Gallen (2007–2019)

Former occupations

  • Assistant and Doctoral Candidate under Prof. Dr. Peter Gauch at the Chair of Civil and Commercial Law and the Institute for International and Swiss Construction Law, University of Fribourg (1990-1993)
  • Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Thomas Fleiner at the Institute for Federalism, University of Fribourg (1990)
  • Clerk at the District Courts of Alttoggenburg and Wil (1993/94)
  • Teacher for Political Science, Economics, and Law at the “Ecole des métiers Fribourg” (1990-1991)
  • Speaker in Continuing Education Courses for Eastern Swiss Cantonal Banks on Banking Secrecy and Debt Collection Law (SchKG) (1989-2000)

Publications

  • Subcontractors in Construction, Dissertation, Fribourg 1993, AISUF 132
  • Who Pays for Changes in the Architect’s Orders? – The Implications of Article 33 SIA Standard 118, in: Koller (Ed.), SIA Standard 118, St. Gallen 2000
  • The Bank Customer as a Potential Money Launderer – or Why the Bank Wants to Know So Much About the Entrepreneur, Mandate, SGAV, 2003
  • The Joys and Sorrows of Consortia, in: Swiss Construction Law Conference 2007, Institute for Swiss and International Construction Law, Fribourg
  • Case Comments in BR, Journal for Public and Private Construction Law, Fribourg
  • Lectures for VST, Swiss Association of Civil Engineering Contractors, Continuing Education Courses of the Institute for International and Swiss Construction Law, Fribourg (Prof. Dr. Peter Gauch)
  • Speaker at the Construction Law Conference of the University of St. Gallen, September 2000 (Prof. Dr. Alfred Koller)
  • Speaker at the Construction Law Conference of the University of Fribourg 2007 (Prof. Dr. Hubert Stöckli)
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Dr. Andres Büsser
Lawyer and Notary Public
Phone +41 58 810 20 60

Professional Focus

  • Legal advice for SMEs
  • Contract law, liability law
  • Private and public construction law
  • Employment law
  • Inheritance law, family law
  • Medical law, private and social insurance law
  • Agricultural land law and lease law
  • Traffic law
  • Notarizations

Training

  • 1993 lic. iur., University of Fribourg
  • 1997 Dr.iur., University of Fribourg

Bar admission

  • 1998
  • Practicing as an independent attorney since 1999

Other occupations

  • Lecturer in General Civil and Obligation Law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Winterthur, Institute for Business Law
  • Board and advisory mandates
  • President of the Trägerverein Alterszentrum am Schäflisberg SG
  • Deputy Judge at the District Court of the Canton of Graubünden

Former occupations

  • Scientific assistant at the Institute for Swiss and International Construction Law at the University of Fribourg (Prof. Dr. P. Gauch)
  • Clerk at the District Court of Gossau
  • Court Clerk at the District Court of St. Gallen
  • Court Clerk and Office Management at the Court of Cassation of the Canton of St. Gallen
  • Lecturer in Employment Law and Law for Marketing and Sales Managers at MKS, Sargans

Publications

  • Defenses and Objections of the Bank as Guarantor against the Payment Claim of the Beneficiary, Dissertation 1997, AISUF 165
  • The Bank Guarantee, Basics and Selected Legal Issues of the Defense Position, Lecture at the Expert Conference on Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, European Institute of the University of Basel, 2001
  • The Legal Framework for Handling Member Data and Addresses,  Lecture and Workshop at sport.forum.switzerland 2005, Lucerne
  • Surveillance in the Workplace, in: Das Mandat, Law & Business, 1-2007
  • The Right of First Refusal for Relatives under the Swiss Civil Code (BGBB), Lecture at the Continuing Education Event of the Swiss Farmers’ Association on February 24, 2010, on Agricultural Land Law, Aargau University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch
  • Agricultural Land Law, Commentary on the Federal Law on Agricultural Land Law of October 4, 1991, fully revised 2nd edition, Brugg 2011, including: The Right of First Refusal for Relatives (Arts. 42-46, 49-56 BGBB), The Estimation of the Yield Value (Art. 87 BGBB), Transitional Law (Art. 94 BGBB)
  • Impact of the New Swiss Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO) on Proceedings in Agricultural Land Law/Lease Law, Lecture at the Continuing Education Event of the Swiss Farmers’ Association on February 22, 2012, on Land and Lease Law, Aargau University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch
  • Without Any Liability? – Thoughts on the Contractual Exclusion of Tort Liability, in: Without Any Liability, Contributions to Swiss Liability and Tort Law, Festschrift for Prof. Dr. iur. Willi Fischer on his 65th Birthday, Schulthess Verlag, Zurich 2016, pp. 97 ff.
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Dr. Lawrence Reiser
Consultant
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Our offices are located in the centre of the city of St. Gallen. The nearest car park is the Cityparking Burggraben multi-storey car park.

Address

Löwengasse 3
CH-9000 St. Gallen

Postal Address

P.O. Box 35
CH-9004 St. Gallen

Contact

+41 58 810 20 60
info@loewengasse.ch

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