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Hans-Jakob Diem

Lenz & Staehelin
  • Recognized Since:
    2011
  • Recognized in:
    Capital Markets Law
    Corporate Law...
  • Website:
    http://www.lenzstaehelin.com
  • E-mail:
    hans-jakob.diem@lenzstaehelin....
  • Languages:
    English, French, German
  • Location:
    Brandschenkestrasse 24
    Zürich, CH 8027

Hans-Jakob Diem is a corporate Partner at Lenz & Staehelin. He heads the firm's Corporate and M&A practice group and is the co-head of the Capital Markets practice group in Zurich. He has extensive experience in representing clients in a variety of corporate transactions, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, bank financings and corporate governance matters. Hans-Jakob Diem is regarded as a leading corporate practitioner in Switzerland and is regularly involved in high-profile transactions in the Swiss market, both domestic and cross-border. He also serves as principal outside counsel for a number of clients on stock exchange and securities trading law and corporate governance matters. Besides his corporate practice, Hans-Jakob Diem lectures corporate and M&A law at the universities of Basel and Zurich and is a regular speaker at conferences, an author of various legal textbooks and a regular contributor in law journals.

Hans-Jakob Diem completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Basel (lic iur, 1992) and London (LLM, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1998). He was admitted to the Basel Bar in 1995. Hans-Jakob Diem joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1998 and has been a Partner since 2007.

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Hans-Jakob Diem is a corporate Partner at Lenz & Staehelin. He heads the firm's Corporate and M&A practice group and is the co-head of the Capital Markets practice group in Zurich. He has extensive experience in representing clients in a variety of corporate transactions, concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, bank financings and corporate governance matters. Hans-Jakob Diem is regarded as a leading corporate practitioner in Switzerland and is regularly involved in high-profile transactions in the Swiss market, both domestic and cross-border. He also serves as principal outside counsel for a number of clients on stock exchange and securities trading law and corporate governance matters. Besides his corporate practice, Hans-Jakob Diem lectures corporate and M&A law at the universities of Basel and Zurich and is a regular speaker at conferences, an author of various legal textbooks and a regular contributor in law journals.

Hans-Jakob Diem completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Basel (lic iur, 1992) and London (LLM, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1998). He was admitted to the Basel Bar in 1995. Hans-Jakob Diem joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1998 and has been a Partner since 2007.

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  • Switzerland

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Private Equity Law, Zürich (2020)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Switzerland for work in:

  • Capital Markets Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Private Equity Law
 

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Lenz & Staehelin
http://www.lenzstaehelin.com
 
Headquarters
Route de Chêne 30
Genève, CH 1211
41 58 450 70 00
 
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