Partner

Löwenstrasse 19
8021 Zurich
Switzerland

+41 44 215 5252

Highly regarded

German
English
French


Bar admissions:

New York
Switzerland

Jurisdictions:

Switzerland

Practice areas:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Real estate


Josef Caleff co-heads Schellenberg Wittmer's Real Estate Group and is a Partner in the Construction Group as well as the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

  • Counsel of the Barana Group in the sale of an office building in Zurich for CHF 128m to the city of Zurich
  • Counsel of Dolce & Gabbana in the negotiation of a long-term high-end lease agreement at a prime location on Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich
  • Advising clients in all types of corporate and M&A transactions
  • He possesses special expertise in real estate transactions, in particular sale and purchase of single properties and portfolios, real estate financing, construction and commercial leases

  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Real Estate Industry
  • Constrution
  • Hotels and Leisure
  • Sanctions Group
  • Real Estate Law

  • lic. oec. HSG, University of St. Gallen, 1996
  • lic. iur. HSG, University of St. Gallen, 1999
  • LL.M., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 2004
  • Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law, 2013
  • MRICS, 2018

  • Member of the Zurich Bar Association
  • Member of RICS 
  • Regular publications in the field of Real Estate
  • Member of International Bar Association

  • Switzerland, 2002
  • New York, 2006