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

2019

VR-CAS HSG (Certified Director for Board Effectivness)

2002 – 2004

Postgraduate studies at the University of Zurich in International Business Law (LL.M.)

1997

Admitted to the St. Gallen bar

1994

Law degree

Professional background

since 2018

Member of the Board of Examiners for Attorneys-at-Law of the Canton of St. Gallen

2004 – 2005

Attorney-at-Law at schochauer ag, partner since 2006

2000 – 2004

Head of KPMG legal, St. Gallen

2002

Secondment as a representative of KPMG legal at the Swiss Legal Desk in London

1997 – 2000

Legal advisor in the Legal and Tax Department of KPMG, St. Gallen

1995 – 1997

Legal trainee in a commercially focussed legal firm in the St. Gallen area

1995

Legal assistant in the Legal Department of the Cantonal Tax Administration St. Gallen

1994 – 1995

Auditor at the St. Gallen Cantonal Court

1994

Legal internship in the Legal Department of the Cantonal Tax Administration St. Gallen

Administrative board mandates

Zindel Gruppe AG, Chur

Member of the board of directors
Construction holding company
www.zindelgruppe.ch

Regloplas AG, St. Gallen

Member of the board of directors
Appliances for the plastic, die-casting and
food industry
www.regloplas.com

Zima Projektentwicklung AG, St. Gallen

Member of the board of directors
Real Estate Company
www.zima.ch

Handtmann Holding AG, Biberach/Riss

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

DOMA-TECH MAINARDI AG, Diepoldsau

Chairman of the board of directors
Mechanical engineering
(Production of locking cartridges)
www.doma-tech.ch

GRAVAG Energie AG, St. Margrethen

Company secretary
Supply of natural and bio gas
www.gravag.ch

Pensimo Management AG, Zurich
Pensimo Fondsleitung AG, Zurich

Compliance Officer
Investment fund
www.pensimo.ch

Giger AG, Murg

Member of the board of directors
Real Estate Company

Indepar Stiftung, Vaduz

Member of the fundation board
Charitable foundation

Publications

The contents of the merger contract and the
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

Merger of two fund management companies
– interdependencies of stock corporation law
and investment fund law

Swiss Journal of Business Law, 6 / 2003

Merger of fund management companies

Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 2002 – 2003, KPMG publication

Revision of Liechtenstein personal and corporate law

Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 2001 – 2002, KPMG publication

Merger of fund management companies according to the revised Investment Fund Act

Pensimo Newsletter, Nr. 32 / Februar 2002

Change of the legal form from a GmbH into an AG

Opportunities and risks of legal innovations in the
years 1999 – 2000, KPMG publication

Speaking activities

The new merger law

KPMG seminar series (2004)

Legal instruments of company succession

KPMG seminar series (2003)

The revised Liechtenstein stock corporation law

University of Applied Sciences, Liechtenstein (2002)

Lecturer at the former higher business school St.Gallen

Contract and corporate law (Autumn 1994-2005)

Languages