Interdisciplinary successful.
We offer our clients pragmatic, efficient and cost-effective but still high quality solutions by understanding our profession and speaking the language of our clients.
We, Dr. Silvan Hürlimann, Dr. Markus Bill and Sara Sommer, are joining forces and pooling our experience. We have been providing our legal services in the law firm Turicum Legal Ltd., Zurich, since April 1, 2022, and look forward to advise and represent both our existing and new clients in all legal matters.
The focus of our engagement is the analysis of complex legal and economic problems and their solutions in an advisory and/or forensic way. As experienced attorneys-at-law, we take the lead and overall responsibility for the flawless solution process and, if necessary, involve the best legal and business specialists from the networks we have built up over decades. Depending on the extent of the matter, we make use of an individually assembled, tailor-made, efficient, high-quality but always cost-conscious team.
This type of problem solving and solution finding is suitable for all complex problems in connection with legal and economic as well as often interpersonal difficulties.
Expertise, experience and empathy
Dr. Silvan Hürlimann, Attorney, LL.M.
Dr. Silvan Hürlimann was admitted to the bar and notary public of the Canton of Zug in 2001 and subsequently worked as an attorney-at-law and notary in Zug. Prior to that, he worked as a legal advisor in an international OSCE mission. After further studies at a renowned American law school and obtaining the LL.M. degree, Dr. Silvan Hürlimann was awarded the degree of Dr. iur. in 2006 with a doctoral thesis on Insider Trading.
From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Silvan Hürlimann worked at the law firm Bill Isenegger Ackermann Ltd. in Zurich and subsequently worked as an independent attorney and partner in a commercial law firm in Zurich from 2007 to 2019. In 2020, he founded SH Legal Group Ltd., which was renamed to Turicum Legal Ltd. as of April 1, 2022.
Dr. Markus Bill, Attorney and Mediator SAV
Dr. Markus Bill studied at the University of St. Gallen in the 1980s, earned his first credits as a clerk at the District Court of Baden in the Canton of Aargau and was subsequently admitted to the bar. During his three years at the tax office of the Canton of Aargau, he built up his expertise in the field of tax law and then wrote his doctoral thesis on tax law. After his stays abroad in the United States and Germany in the early 90’s, he started working as an attorney in a Zurich law firm.
From 1995 to 2016, he was a partner at the law firm Bill & Isenegger Ltd (previously Bill Isenegger Ackermann Ltd). After his five-year detour as legal counsel at the law firm Voser Attorneys at Law, Baden in the Canton of Aargau, he has now returned to Zurich to focus his legal practice in the heart of the economy on “sticking points” of legal and business life.
Dr. Markus Bill, Attorney and Mediator SAV
Dr. Markus Bill studied at the University of St. Gallen in the 1980s, earned his first credits as a clerk at the District Court of Baden in the Canton of Aargau and was subsequently admitted to the bar. During his three years at the tax office of the Canton of Aargau, he built up his expertise in the field of tax law and then wrote his doctoral thesis on tax law. After his stays abroad in the United States and Germany in the early 90’s, he started working as an attorney in a Zurich law firm.
From 1995 to 2016, he was a partner at the law firm Bill & Isenegger Ltd (previously Bill Isenegger Ackermann Ltd). After his five-year detour as legal counsel at the law firm Voser Attorneys at Law, Baden in the Canton of Aargau, he has now returned to Zurich to focus his legal practice in the heart of the economy on “sticking points” of legal and business life.
Sara Sommer, Lawyer, MLaw
Before Sara Sommer embarked on her legal career, she worked as a clerk in public administration and in a fiduciary office in Zurich. From 2016-2021, she studied law at the Universities of St. Gallen and Zurich and also completed a basic business administration course. During her studies, she gained her first practical experience of working in a law firm as a paralegal. Following her studies, she completed two internships in law firms in the cantons of Graubünden and Aargau.
In November 2022, Sara Sommer started working for a legal expenses insurance company. At the same time, she prepared for the bar exam in the canton of Aargau, which she passed in September 2024.
She joined our team in April 2025 as an advising and litigating lawyer and brings fresh impetus to our firm.
Luzius Bill, MLE
Luzius Bill was admitted to the bar in January 2023 and primarily focuses on corporate law and mergers & acquisitions (M&A), advising clients, particularly startups and small to medium-sized enterprises, on a range of business and transactional matters. His expertise includes advising on corporate structuring, commercial contracts, and cross-border transactions.
Luzius has previously been with Bär & Karrer since December 2021, where he initially worked as a legal employee and, after his admission to the bar, as a lawyer. Prior to this, he completed his traineeship at a law firm in the Canton of Grisons, gaining valuable experience in a broad range of legal fields.
In 2016, Luzius completed an exchange semester at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He holds a Master of Law and Economics (MLE HSG) from the University of St. Gallen.
Luzius Bill, MLE
Luzius Bill was admitted to the bar in January 2023 and primarily focuses on corporate law and mergers & acquisitions (M&A), advising clients, particularly startups and small to medium-sized enterprises, on a range of business and transactional matters. His expertise includes advising on corporate structuring, commercial contracts, and cross-border transactions.
Luzius has previously been with Bär & Karrer since December 2021, where he initially worked as a legal employee and, after his admission to the bar, as a lawyer. Prior to this, he completed his traineeship at a law firm in the Canton of Grisons, gaining valuable experience in a broad range of legal fields.
In 2016, Luzius completed an exchange semester at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He holds a Master of Law and Economics (MLE HSG) from the University of St. Gallen.