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Lukas Wyss is a partner in the Banking & Finance Team. He advises banks, insurers and other companies in connection with finance transactions, capital market transactions and more generally in regulatory, securities and corporate law matters. In finance, he focuses on corporate debt finance, leveraged finance, asset finance (including real estate finance), acquisition finance and structured finance and securitisation. Born in 1975, Lukas Wyss was educated at Zurich University and Lausanne...

Alain Raemy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Alain, who practices law in Zürich, Switzerland, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alain is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stefan Brunnschweiler is the managing partner of CMS Switzerland and co-heads the CMS Corporate/M&A Practice Area Group. He was named one of the top 10 lawyers in Switzerland in the edition of “Who is Who” by Bilanz. Stefan Brunnschweiler specialises in international and domestic M&A transactions, venture capital, corporate restructurings, corporate law and general contract matters (e.g. joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders' agreements). He is experienced in a bro...

Urs P. Gnos heads the Transaction Team. His practice focuses on international and domestic mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and capital market transactions, commercial and corporate law as well as public tender offers and buy-outs. Urs P. Gnos also advises companies with respect to corporate governance matters, stock exchange regulations, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, incl. relocations. Urs P. Gnos is a member of various board of directors, among oth...

Partner Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law Sibylle Schnyder specialises in real estate law and mainly deals with real estate acquisitions and divestments, portfolio transactions, construction and development projects, landlord and tenant law, real estate financing, sale & rent back transactions and real estate related litigation. Among the clients of Sibylle Schnyder are Swiss and foreign institutional real estate investors, companies with corporate real estate matt...

Markus Pfenninger is a partner in the Transactions Team. His fields of expertise include capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, finance, restructurings, collective investment schemes as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters. He is a member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Task Force on the Financial Crisis and a past chair of the IBA’s Subcommittee on Legal Opinions as well as a past co-chair of the IBA’s Banking Law Committee. Born i...

Managing Partner Jodok Wicki concentrates on dispute resolution, litigation and international arbitration. He heads the firm's dispute resolution group and leads also the litigation practice group of CMS. Jodok maintains an active practice of state court litigation and appellate proceedings in a variety of commercial matters, such as purchase and sales agreements, joint ventures, post M&A disputes, director and officer and auditor liability and product liability. He has also a particular ...

Francis Nordmann advises institutional and private investors as well as owners of real estate in all aspects of real estate law including real estate financing. Another focus of Francis Nordmann is legal advice relating to financial services and all kind of forms of national and international corporate finance (including structured finance) and capital markets transactions. Moreover, Francis Nordmann advises clients in banking law, stock exchange law and corporate law matters including restru...

Beat Spörri is assisting domestic and international companies, including several listed groups of companies, as well as private clients. He is mainly focussing on company law (incl. M&A), capital and financial markets and contracts. In addition, he manages areas such as commercial and competition law, foreign nationals (incl. immigration and naturalization), real estate and employment. He is increasingly involved in the management of complex cases, taking advantage of his military ed...

Partner Mark Cagienard specialises in tax law, covering individual and corporate taxation both on a domestic and international level with a particular focus on corporate finance, M&A and VAT. Mark Cagienard assists clients frequently in obtaining tax rulings and represents them in front of courts and tax authorities. Mark Cagienard graduated from the University of Zurich in 2006 (magna cum laude) and was admitted to the bar in 2008. In 2012 he qualified as a Swiss Certified Tax Expert. In...