During his years working within the court system and as an attorney-at-law, Philipp Meier Schleich has gained extensive experience covering not only business law, international matters as well as complex contracts and disputes, but also private clients issues.

He is advising and representing corporations, institutions and private clients in the areas of business law and within areas of law such as employment law, contract law, inheritance law, matrimonial law and the law of nonmarital cohabitation as well as foundation law. He focuses also on the dispute resolution within these areas.

Career
2025 Attorney-at-law and partner with LANTER PARTNER
2018 Attorney-at-law and partner with LANTER, Attorneys & Tax Advisors
2018 University of Zurich (Dr. iur., magna cum laude)
2017 Partner with a small-sized law firm in Zurich
2008 Attorney-at-law with a large law firm in Zurich
2007 Associate Deputy Judge (Nebenamtlicher Ersatzrichter) at a District Court in the Canton of Zurich
2007 Admitted to the Zurich Bar (admitted to all Swiss courts)
2004 Law clerk at a District Court in the Canton of Zurich
2004 University of Zurich (lic. iur., magna cum laude)
2001 Keele University, England (Erasmus Studies Year)
1998 University of Zurich (History and Philosophy)
Languages

English
German
French

Areas of Practice

Business Law
Employment Law
Dispute Resolution
Contract Law
Estate and Succession Planning
Matrimonial Law
Law of Nonmarital Cohabitation
Foundation Law

Publications (Selection)

Die Abeltung von Überstunden, in: PENSO – HR, Sozialversicherungen, Personalvorsorge, 27.09.2024
Abschluss von Arbeitsverträgen – besser digital oder handschriftlich? in: PENSO – HR, Sozialversicherungen, Personalvorsorge, 31.05.2024
Änderungen des Arbeitsorts wegen Umzug des Unternehmens, in: PENSO – HR, Sozialversicherungen, Personalvorsorge, 11.10.2023
Streitpunkte beim Optionsvertrag, Leitartikel in: Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung SJZ, 117/2021, S. 907 ff.
Option und Optionsvertrag – Vertragsherbeiführende Optionsrechte aus schuldrechtlicher Sicht (Doctoral Thesis, Zurich, 2018)
Commentary of the Article 55 of the Civil Code and of the Articles 916-920 of the Code of Obligations, in: Fischer/Luterbacher (Eds.) Haftpflichtkommentar – Kommentar zu den schweizerischen Haftpflichtbestimmungen, Zurich/St. Gallen 2016
Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, in: Geisinger/Voser/Petti (Hg.), International Arbitration in Switzerland: A Handbook for Practitioners, 2. A. 2013 (as a co-author with Martin Bernet)

Registered with the attorneys’ registry.