Thomas Brauchli
Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public
lic. iur. HSG, LL.M. / Partner
«For me, successful legal counsel means creating long-term value for our clients by being prudent, dedicated, and working in a true partnership with them.»
Competencies
Legal work
Thomas Brauchli had been acting as head of the legal department of a leading international auditing company at its seat in St. Gallen prior to joining schochauer ag, Attorneys-at-Law. He advises national and international companies on all business law matters, particularly in corporate sales and acquisitions, mergers and restructuring mandates and on general corporate and commercial law issues. His preferred areas of activity also include issues with respect to collective investment schemes as well as audit and tax law. He serves as a member of the board of directors of several companies active in the building and industry sector. As Compliance Officer of the Pensimo Group, he also has a comprehensive real estate expertise. Advise on contract, debt collection and bankruptcy law issues complete his core competencies.
Education
VR-CAS HSG (Certified Director for Board Effectivness)
Postgraduate studies at the University of Zurich in International Business Law (LL.M.)
Admitted to the St. Gallen bar
Law degree
Professional background
Member of the Board of Examiners for Attorneys-at-Law of the Canton of St. Gallen
Attorney-at-Law at schochauer ag, partner since 2006
Head of KPMG legal, St. Gallen
Secondment as a representative of KPMG legal at the Swiss Legal Desk in London
Legal advisor in the Legal and Tax Department of KPMG, St. Gallen
Legal trainee in a commercially focussed legal firm in the St. Gallen area
Legal assistant in the Legal Department of the Cantonal Tax Administration St. Gallen
Auditor at the St. Gallen Cantonal Court
Legal internship in the Legal Department of the Cantonal Tax Administration St. Gallen
Administrative board mandates
Member of the board of directors
Construction holding company
www.zindelgruppe.ch
Member of the board of directors
Appliances for the plastic, die-casting and
food industry
www.regloplas.com
Member of the board of directors
Real Estate Company
www.zima.ch
Member of the board of directors
Filing plant for the food industry and
Production and of die-cast components
for the automobilie industry
www.handtmann.de
Chairman of the board of directors
Mechanical engineering
(Production of locking cartridges)
www.doma-tech.ch
Company secretary
Supply of natural and bio gas
www.gravag.ch
Pensimo Fondsleitung AG, Zurich
Compliance Officer
Investment fund
www.pensimo.ch
Member of the board of directors
Real Estate Company
Member of the fundation board
Charitable foundation
Publications
merger report in accordance with merger law
Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in
the years 2003 – 2004, Publication of KPMG
Legal, European conformity of the provisions of
merger law relating to the merger contract, in
Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP), 12 / 2005
– interdependencies of stock corporation law
and investment fund law
Swiss Journal of Business Law, 6 / 2003
Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 2002 – 2003, KPMG publication
Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 2001 – 2002, KPMG publication
Pensimo Newsletter, Nr. 32 / Februar 2002
Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 1999 – 2000, KPMG publication
Speaking activities
KPMG seminar series (2004)
KPMG seminar series (2003)
University of Applied Sciences, Liechtenstein (2002)
Contract and corporate law (Autumn 1994-2005)