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About this Practice AreaBeat Brechbuehl is the managing partner of Kellerhals Carrard and co-head of the M&A team. He holds a LL.M. degree of Chicago Law School and worked with Sandoz / Novartis Nutrition. Being a lecturer at the University of Berne and a member of board of directors, he combines academic strength with entrepreneurial expertise and pragmatism. Beat has broad experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and joint ventures. He regularly advises clients on international ...
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...
Johannes Bürgi, partner with Walder Wyss since 2005, advises clients on matters involving real estate, finance, structured finance, restructuring, and capital markets (including debt and equity offerings and initial public offerings). In finance, he focuses on secured and unsecured lending, structured finance transactions including securitisation, alternative risk transfer, RMBS, CMBS, covered bonds, factoring, project finance and asset finance including complex real estate financings an...
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 regularl...
Shelby R. du Pasquier is considered as a leading lawyer in banking and financial services in Switzerland. He is the co-head and Partner of the Banking and Finance group of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva. Shelby R. du Pasquier advises a number of Swiss and international financial institutions, as well as Swiss and offshore private equity, hedge funds and funds managers. He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences on banking and financial law issues, as well as investment funds. Shelby...
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...
Theodor Härtsch is a partner in the Banking & Finance team in Zurich. He advises banks and corporate clients in financing matters (debt and equity financings). In addition, he counsels on capital markets law (initial public offerings, rights issues), public M&A matters as well as corporate and capital markets compliance. Furthermore, Theodor Härtsch advises financial institutions on regulatory matters. In the area of collective investment schemes, he supports clients in lice...
Christoph Heiz is a partner of the Corporate & Finance Department and heads firm’s capital market practice group. He regularly advises on capital market transactions, M&A, investment fund schemes and corporate finance structures. His Swiss and international clients include several listed companies, financial institutions as well as other large and medium-sized companies. Christoph Heiz has a particular focus on regulated industries such as financial services, banking and investm...
A Partner at Lenz & Staehelin's Geneva office, Dr. Jacques Iffland is a specialist in corporate law, securities regulation and M&A, with an emphasis on transactions involving public companies. He regularly advises listed companies, investors and financial intermediaries. Jacques Iffland is authorized to represent issuers before the SIX Swiss Exchange. After graduating from University of Lausanne (Dr iur, 1994), he was a legal adviser with the Swiss Takeover Board (1997). Jacques Iffla...
Catrina Luchsinger is a specialist in financial market law and corporate law. She has a wealth of experience advising financial market clients, including banks, asset managers and investment vehicles, as well as substantial operational knowledge. She also serves on the management boards of various companies, some of which are in the financial services sector.Catrina Luchsinger joined our firm as an associate in the year 2000. She became a partner in 2007.Catrina Luchsinger advises financial s...
Urs Schenker is very experienced in the areas of restructuring, financing, capital markets, M&As and company law. He has been involved in numerous national and international M&A transactions and public takeovers as well as financing, restructuring and other corporate finance transactions. He has published a number of books and specialist articles in his fields of expertise and is a regular lecturer at conferences in Switzerland and abroad. Urs Schenker completed his law studies in Zur...
Partner Dr. Patrick Schleiffer is co-head of the Capital Markets Group in Zurich and a leading and recognized expert on financial market law, particularly capital markets, stock exchange and securities law, investment fund law, financial services regulation and corporate law and corporate governance. Patrick Schleiffer lectures capital markets and securities law at the University of Zurich and is a regular speaker at conference and co-editor of the Swiss Internet based law Journal "CapLaw". H...
Marcel Tranchet heads the Banking and Finance practice group in Zurich. His practice includes syndicated financings, acquisition finance, structured finance, project finance, bond offerings and other securities transactions, financial restructurings, derivatives, regulatory matters and FinTech matters. Marcel Tranchet completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in St.Gallen (lic iur, 2000) and Boston (LLM, Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, Boston University 2005). He was admitt...
A Senior Counsel at Lenz & Stahelein's Zurich office, Rudolf Tschäni is regarded as a leading expert in the market. Apart from advising on transactions generally, Rudolf concentrates on advising the board and management in takeover and stress situations as well as generally in the area of corporate governance. Furthermore, he has extensive experience as board member and is often nominated as arbitrator in national and international arbitration procedures, in particular in disputes re...
Matthias Wolf is a partner in the Corporate and M&A department of Lenz & Staehelin in Zurich. He advises primarily in the fields of M&A, banking and finance, capital markets and on corporate law matters. His experience covers public and private M&A with a focus on cross-border transactions. He regularly advises private and listed companies on corporate governance and securities laws matters. Matthias Wolf completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Zurich (lic iur, 199...
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