Find Lawyers in Switzerland for Corporate Law

Mathieu Blanc has been practising for many years in the different fields of commercial law. He regularly advises local or international companies in all stages of their constitution and development as well as during corporate transfers and successions or for issues of governance (drawing up shareholders’ agreements, financing, organisation of the board of directors). Mathieu Blanc also advises numerous clients for the drawing up and negotiation of sales contracts. He furthermore assists...

Dr. Stefan Breitenstein has a broad private client, corporate, banking and finance practice. He advises regularly on international and domestic transactions, including, in particular, financial regulatory matters. Stefan Breitenstein is Co-Chairman of the Banking Law practice group of the Zurich Bar Association. Stefan Breitenstein completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Zurich (lic iur, 1983; Dr iur, 1987), Brügge (Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes, 1984) an...

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...

Frédéric Cottier specializes in general corporate and commercial law, M&A and company law. His particular field of expertise is the establishment, administration and counsel of foreign, mainly French, companies in Switzerland. His experience spans a wide range of industries such fashion and fragrances, luxury goods and hospitality. Frédéric Cottier has been a partner of the firm since 2004. He serves on the boards of directors of several companies.

Ayesha Curmally is a partner at Walder Wyss. She is a notary in the canton of Basel-Stadt, a Certified Specialist SBA in Inheritance Law as well as a lawyer in the Private Clients team of Walder Wyss. Her main areas of practice include mariage and inheritance law, estate and succession planning, settlement of estates (including distribution), corporate and commercial law and real property law. Additionally to advising clients and notarising deeds in these fields of law, Ayesha Curmally notari...

Luc Defferrard, partner with Walder Wyss since 2001, has been active in the finance and legal industry for many years. He mainly advises clients in domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, financing, restructuring as well as in real estate and capital market. Luc Defferrard particularly focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions. He is regularly recommended by Chambers, Legal500 and IFLR1000. Chambers Europe describes him as "always available" and "very strong neg...

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...

Partner Pascal Favre is the head of the Corporate/M&A and Competition Practice Groups of CMS Geneva. Pascal regularly advises clients on all types of international and domestic M&A transactions, transaction finance, corporate restructurings, relocations, corporate law and general contract matters. His practice focuses particularly on joint ventures and projects based both in Switzerland and abroad. Pascal also has extensive experience in acquisition finance, corporate lending, crowdfu...

Tino Gaberthüel is a corporate partner at Lenz & Staehelin. He has extensive experience in representing clients in a variety of corporate transactions, focussing on mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions and corporate governance matters. Tino Gaberthüel is regularly involved in key transactions in the Swiss market, both domestic and cross-border. Besides his corporate practice, Tino Gaberthüel lectures at the LL.M. program of the University of Zurich and a...

Roman Graf is a partner at Lenz & Staehelin. He specializes in M&A (including private equity) transactions and insolvency and has extensive experience in complex national and international M&A transactions and cross-border restructurings. He also regularly advises companies, managers, and creditors on insolvencies and corporate reorganizations (including management liability). His other areas of practice include corporate, commercial and contract law, corporate finance, and corpor...

Alexander Gutmans is a partner at Walder Wyss since 2014. He advises national and international clients in the fields of commercial and corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and financings as well as in the field of health care and life sciences in contractual and regulatory matters. As a notary of the canton Basel-Stadt he accompanies his clients in commercial register and real estate register transactions as well as German notarisations. Alexander Gutman...

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...

Dr. Florian S. Jörg, MCJ, is a partner in the Zurich office of Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob, one of the larger independent Swiss law firms. He graduated from the University of St. Gallen Law School and obtained a postgraduate degree from NYU Law. His areas of practice include corporate law, M&A and banking law. Florian S. Jörg is also a lecturer for corporate and contract law at the University of St. Gallen Law School. Florian is a frequent speaker both on a national and an in...

A Partner at Lenz & Staehelin's Zurich office, Beat Kühni is an expert in corporate, M&A, private equity & venture capital, real estate, banking & finance, commercial & contracts and corporate & regulatory investigations. Beat Kühni completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Bern and in the U.S. (LL.M., University of Chicago Law School, 1998). He was admitted to the Bar in 1995. Beat Kühni joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1996 and has been a Partn...

Partner Dr André E. Lebrecht’s main focus is on legal issues in commercial matters, in particular transactions, litigation, arbitration and regulatory work, mainly but not exclusively for banks, collective investment schemes, securities dealers, asset managers, insurance companies and industrial companies. André E. Lebrecht graduated from the University of St.Gallen (lic. iur. and Dr. iur.) and the University of Miami (LL.M.).He is admitted to the bar in Switzerland (Z&uum...

David Ledermann is an expert on corporate law, M&A and financing transactions with a particular emphasis on complex equity financing for privately held companies, convertible debt financing and debt financing backed by traditional and non-traditional assets (such as art collection), where he regularly advises Swiss and international investors, borrowers and lenders. He also has a broad experience in M&A transactions (share deal as well as asset deal) across a wide range of industries ...

Alain le Fort has extensive experience in banking and finance, and regularly advises clients on banking regulatory and asset recovery matters. He founded the firm Lachenal & Le Fort, that later merged with Meyerlustenberger in 2012 to become Meyerlustenberger Lachenal.

Alberto Lissi is an attorney at law and a certified tax expert. He has gained extensive experience over the last 20 years as an advisor for national and international taxation at Arthur Andersen and later as a Partner at Ernst & Young. Since 2012 he has been a Partner at Tax Partner. His broad experience covers national and international tax planning and reorganizations as well as all tax aspects in the banking and financial sectors. Alberto Lissi is a frequent speaker and lecturer at sel...

A Partner at Lenz & Staehelin's Zurich office, Tanja Luginbühl is an expert in insolvency and restructuring, private clients and corporate and M&A. She has been involved in various national and cross-border insolvency and restructuring cases representing companies, banks and creditors. She leads the Insolvency and Restructuring group of Lenz & Staehelin in Zurich. In addition, Tanja Luginbühl advises Swiss and foreign private clients regarding succession matters, interna...

Thomas Lustenberger has been of counsel to the firm since 2016, before which he was a long-time partner of the firm, having first joined as an associate in 1980. He has notable experience of advising clients from the real estate and construction sectors on M&A transactions. He also provides clients with general corporate law advice. Thomas Lustenberger continues to rank as a Senior Statesman across the main legal directories.

Olivier Nicod is a partner at Walder Wyss. His expertise focuses mainly on corporate law and regulatory matters, in particular wealth management and money laundering issues. He regularly advises corporate clients in M&A transactions and in financial transactions as well as private clients in the succession and transfer of their businesses. He is involved in enforcement proceedings before the regulators and, in his fields of expertise, he also represents his clients in litigations. He is P...

Alex Nikitine is head of the Corporate/M&A team at Walder Wyss. His practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions, public tender offers, IPOs and other public (ECM/DCM) offerings, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate governance and general corporate, stock exchange and capital markets laws. His experience for the last 15 years includes numerous transactions in these areas of expertise, in particular with companies in the Life Sciences, Banking o...

Philippe Nordmann is Co-Head of our Employment Law Team and Head of our Basel Office. He advises companies as well as executive employees in all aspects of employment law (e.g. drafting of employment contracts and employee regulations, setting upcompensation schemes, support concerning dismissals and plant closures, advising companies in negotiations regarding collective bargaining agreements, assignments of employees, staff leasing, work permits, competition clauses etc.). He has substantial...

Dr. Matthias Oertle is a partner in the Zurich office and together with Dominique Müller heads the Employment and Pensions practice. Other areas of expertise include corporate law, venture capital and private clients. Matthias Oertle completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Zurich (lic iur, 1986; Dr iur, 1990). He was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 1988. Matthias Oertle joined Lenz & Staehelin in 1991 and has been a Partner since 1996.

Dmitry Pentsov’s specialisms include banking and finance, international arbitration (with a particular focus on Russia and other republics of the former USSR), corporate and commercial (especially international joint ventures and cross-border transactions governed by Swiss law) and international private client law (wealth transfer and structuring, including trusts, acquisition of aircraft and real estate and relocation to Switzerland).He has been an associate in our Geneva office since ...

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...

Stephan Pfenninger has over 30 years of experience in local and international tax. His career path commenced as a corporate lawyer in Zurich. Later he moved as a tax advisor to Ernst & Young. Stephan has been a Partner at Tax Partner since 1998. Besides national and international corporate tax law, Stephan’s activities are mainly focused on real estate tax matters. He is a tax advisor for listed and non-listed Swiss and foreign institutional real estate investors as well as for indi...

Andreas Rötheli heads the Corporate and M&A practice group of Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva. He regularly advises on international and domestic transactions, including private equity buy-outs and transactional real estate matters. Andreas Rötheli is consistently recommended by many rating agencies in his practice areas. Andreas Rötheli graduated from University of Geneva (1988) and also graduated from New York University School of Law (1996). He joined Lenz & Staehelin...

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 Sommer is Co-Head of the CMS Competition & EU Group. In this position, he jointly leads an international team of more than 170 competition lawyers. Patrick Sommer focuses on competition law, corporate law and M&A. Patrick Sommer has graduated from the University of St.Gallen in 1987 and was admitted to the bar in 1989. He has written his doctoral thesis on the relationship of Switzerland to the European Union and completed postgraduate studies at the Collège ...

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...

Mona Stephenson specialises in M&A, financing transactions and corporate law. With over 10 years of experience, she regularly advises Swiss and international companies, from start-ups and SMEs to multinational companies, on various corporate matters, including M&A and distress M&A, national and international company restructurings and reorganisations, private equity, venture capital, debt financing, corporate governance and commercial contracts. Her experience spans a wide range o...

Hans Rudolf Trüeb is a partner of Walder Wyss. He is the co-head of the Regulated Markets, Competition, Technology & IP team, together with David Vasella. He advises Swiss and international clients as well as public entities in corporate and technology-related transactions and with regard to compliance and governance issues. Inter alia, he handles technology transfer, licensing, distribution, joint venture and outsourcing projects as well as corporate transactions. He is often retain...

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...

Marco Villa is a partner with FBT and a member of its Corporate and Banking and Finance groups. He is a leading contract and commercial law expert and specializes in corporate and commercial law. He is a former professor on contract and tort law at the University of Lausanne.He advises individuals and companies of different sizes on domestic as well as cross-border legal issues, namely on banking and finance agreements, mergers and acquisitions, agency and distribution agreements and cooperat...

Markus Vischer is a partner at Walder Wyss since 1995. His main areas of practice are M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, business reorganizations and corporate and commercial incl. employment and real estate law. He is a recognized leader in M&A due to his involvement in major transactions, in particular in the media-, real estate-, IT and health care area, and due to his many publications. Born in 1960, Markus Vischer was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. ...

Alexander Vogel heads the firm’s Corporate & Finance department. He has over 25 years’ experience across a wide range of industries, transaction types and countries, with a particular interest in complex cross-border transactions. His principal areas of work include cross-border M&A, private equity, acquisition finance and capital markets. His experience includes recommended and hostile public takeovers, all manner of private share and business acquisitions or disposals an...

Patrick W. Vogel is a partner with Walder Wyss. He specializes in corporate law, as well as in banking and finance. He advises domestic and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. With an education in both business and economics (HEC Lausanne) and law, he began his career by working for several years as an associate in the busy corporate finance departments of two pre-eminent US law firms in New York. Patrick Vogel has advised numerous clients on cross-b...

Nadine von Büren – Maier is a member of the firm’s corporate and IP practice groups. She has wide-ranging experience in assisting international companies in all aspects of corporate and commercial law to carry out and develop commercial activities in Switzerland. She is also experienced in the registration and enforcement of trademarks, copyright and designs and she has a very good knowledge of data protection issues and regulatory law. Nadine von Büren – Maier has...

Dr. Andreas von Planta is a leading expert in corporate law, stock exchange regulation and one of the most experienced M&A practitioners in Switzerland. He is regularly advising boards of public companies on governance matters and he is considered a leading authority in corporate law. He is a regular speaker on corporate law issues in universities and professional educational organizations. Andreas von Planta is a former Chairman of the Geneva Association of Business Law. Dr von Planta ho...

Robert von Rosen is a partner in the Basel office of Walder Wyss. His practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions (mainly private M&A/private equity and venture capital) with a focus on telecommunication, energy and life sciences. In addition, he advises mainly medium-sized and start-up companies and SMEs on questions of corporate governance, compliance, restructuring and all other legal aspects of day-to-day business operations. Robert von Rosen is a board member ...

Reto Vonzun is a partner at Walder Wyss since 2014. His practice focuses mainly on corporate and commercial law, M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. As co-author of the Zurich Commentary on the Simple Partnership (art. 530–551 CO) he is also recognized as one of Switzerland's leading scholars and practitioners in the area of partnership law. Finally, Reto Vonzun acts for various medium-sized and larger companies and their executive management as the 'point of first...

Dieter Weber studied law at the University of St Gallen followed by his graduation as an attorney and a certified tax expert. He joined Ernst & Young in 1988 and became a Partner in 1995. In 1997 he was one of the founders of Tax Partner. He has a broad experience in national and international corporate and private tax. Dieter is also specialized in estate planning and successions for families and individuals with an international orientation. He serves regularly as a speaker in internati...

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...