Special Interests
Banking Law, Supervision Law on Financial Services Institutions, Financing, Refinancing, Capital Markets Law, Financial Markets Law, Securities Law, Forming and Structuring of Financial Services Institutions, Forming and Structuring of Corporations, Hybrid Finance, Real Estate Law, Collective Capital Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructurings, Takeover Bids
Memberships
Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association, Chamber of Commerce Germany-Switzerland, Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange, Member of the expert committee "Processes & Operations" of the Swiss Funds Association SFA
Languages
German, English, French
Teams
Banking / Finance / Capital Markets, Corporate / M&A , Building and Real Estate Law
Publications
January 2011
Basel commentary on the Swiss Stock Exchange Act (2nd ed.) (co-author)
September 2010
Getting the Deal Through - Project Finance 2011
April 2010
Act on Book-Entry Securities - Need for Action?
April 2010
Real Estate Asset Swaps Between Pension Funds and Investment Foundations
March 2009
Financial Market Supervision Innovations
March 2009
The New Act on Book-Entry Securities
January 2005
Basel commentary on the Swiss Merger Act (co-author)
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Career
1992Licentiatus iuris, University of Basel
1992-1995 Taineeship in pharmaceutical industry and law firm, legal clerk at court
1995 Doctor of Law, University of Basel
1995 Admission to the Bar
1996-1998 Associate attorney in a Zurich law firm
1998 Master of Law (LL.M.) at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
1998-2004 Associate attorney in a Zurich law firm
2004 Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange
2004-2007 Partner in a Zurich law firm
since 2006 Member of the expert committee "Processes & Operations" of the Swiss Funds Association (SFA)
2007 Partner at Staiger, Schwald & Partner Ltd.