Banking and Finance

Markus Guggenbühl primarily advises Swiss and foreign banks, financial services providers and international companies. His specialities include debt financing, capital market transactions (related to debt, equity and hybrid financial instruments) and financial services regulations where he ranks among the leading experts in Switzerland. In addition, Markus has many years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, restructurings and bank insolvency law. He is head of the Banking & Finance practice team in Zurich.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1985; Dr. iur., 1990)
Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M., 1992)
University of St.Gallen (Diploma in European Economic Law, 1994)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Arbitration

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Zurich Chamber of Commerce
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce

Court Clerk, Research Assistant to Professor Arthur Meier-Hayoz (University of Zurich), Associate with major Swiss law firms and with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

University of Neuchâtel (licence en droit, 1993)
New York University (LL.M., 1998)

• Banking and Finance (Teamleader)
• Energy
• Information and Communication Technology
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate

• Financing and Funding
• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Debt Enforcement Law
• Real Estate
• Location Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Union Internationale des Avocats (M&A Commission; standing member for Switzerland)
PPP Association
SchKG-Association
Chambre franco-suisse du commerce et de l'industrie

Assistant (droit des sociétés) at the University of Neuchâtel and Lausanne
membre de l'Autorité de conciliation en matière de bail (Neuchâtel)

Benedict F. Christ, LL.M. joined VISCHER in 2002 and specializes in mergers & acquisitions, banking, finance, contracts and corporate law. Benedict has a wealth of transactional experience, and advises regularly on real estate, private equity, structured finance and capital increase matters.

University of Freiburg i.Ue. (lic. iur. with focus in EU law, 1996; Dr. iur., 1999) Manchester Metropolitan University (1995)
New York University (LL.M. in Comparative Jurisprudence, 2001)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Real Estate
• Banking and Finance

International Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Basel Bar Association

Court Clerk
Associate with Mayer Brown LLP (New York)

Adrian Dörig is primarily active in the area of banking and finance. His main interest is in structured finance transactions with a focus on acquisition, restructuring and leasing financing. He also deals with regulatory and contractual issues relating to financial services and collective investment schemes as well as asset management. In addition, he advises clients in M&A projects and real estate transactions. From Legal 500 (EMEA 2011): Adrian Dörig is experienced and always available, and provides thorough and practice advice.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1998)
University of Virginia (LL.M., 1996)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Information and Communication Technology

• Banking and Finance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Stock Exchange Law
• Real Estate
• Information Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German-American Lawyer's Association (DAJV)
Forum Kapitalmarktinstrumente - Kapitalmarktfinanzierung e.V.

Court Clerk
Associate with Cantonal Tax Administration
Foreign Associate with Howard Darby & Levin (by now Covington & Burling) in New York
Associate with major law firm in Zurich and Geneva

Felix W. Egli is mainly practicing in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions and corporate finance and advises in all aspects of corporate and commercial law. As Swiss counsel of large industrial groups he also has extensive experience in Corporate Governance and related issues. He is the head of the VISCHER China desk.

University of St. Gall, HSG (lic. iur., 1984; Dr. iur., 1989)
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (LL.M., 1988)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Banking and Finance

• M&A
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Private International Law
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Location Planning

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Association of Lawyers
European Association of Attorneys (DACH)
International Bar Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
International Fiscal Association

Law clerk with a major Zurich law firm (1985/86); Associate (1988 -1993) and Partner (1993 - 2003) with a medium size Zurich law firm

As from 1993, Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

Stefan Grieder’s primary practice areas are finance and capital market law, company and contract law and M&A/private equity. He advises banks, securities traders and asset managers in supervisory law matters and in relation to their customers. One of his special interests here is the law on collective capital investments. His clients in the area of company and contract law include leading international companies in the furniture trade, laboratory technology, mechanical engineering and aviation interior design sectors. In the area of M&A and private equity Stefan Grieder specializes in life science companies. Here he supports his clients all the way from formation through financing and right through to the exit stage in the form of an IPO or sale. Stefan Grieder is also active as judge at the Tax Appeals Commission for the canton of Basel-City and as lecturer in capital market law at the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1990; Dr. iur., 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Banking and Finance

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Collective Investment Schemes
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Stock Exchange Law
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Financing and Funding
• Asset Management

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro Jure

Legal Counsel of Migrosbank, Basel
Senior Manager Tax and Legal Department of Ernst & Young Ltd. in Basel
Head Swiss Legal Desk of Ernst & Young LLP in New York

Member or Secretary of Board of Directors of several Swiss companies

Matthias Staehelin is primarily involved in transactions in the area of Life Sciences, IT and other industries. Belonging to this are purchases and sales of companies (M&A), financing through investors (Private Equity and Venture Capital), licensing agreements, collaboration agreements (e.g. Joint Ventures), introduction into the stock exchange (IPO) and restructuring. Matthias Staehelin knows the Life Sciences industry à fonds from many years of working with companies, investors and founders as well as being the initiator of the Life Sciences Prize and as Board member of the BioValley Business Angels Club (BioBAC) and BioValley Basel. He publishes and gives lectures in the areas of corporate law, employee options and debt collection and bankruptcy. Matthias Staehelin has studied in Halifax (Canada), Basel, Bruges (European College) and Freiburg i.B. (graduate college). He is also a public notary in Basel-City and Basel-Country.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1990; Dr. iur., 1993)
College of Europe, Bruges (Master of Advanced European Studies, 1992/Diplome des Hautes Etudes Europeennes, 1991)
College: Internationalisierung des Privatrechts Freiburg i.B. (1992/93)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Teamleader)
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance (Teamleader)
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech (Teamleader)
• Banking and Finance
• Health
• Civil Law Notaries

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Financing and Funding
• Stock Exchange Law
• Corporate Governance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Equity Compensation
• Biotechnology Law
• Intellectual Property
• License Agreements
• Technology Law
• Inheritance Law
• Reorganization
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Contract and Commercial Law

Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
Bio Valley Association

Associate with the New York office of Cravath Swaine & Moore (1994)
General reporter of the AIJA-Seminar on Cross Border M&A, New York (2000)

Member or secretary to the Board of various companies

Matthias's primary focus is on company and capital market law. He advises Swiss and international clients on mergers & acquisitions, private equity/venture capital and capital market transactions. In addition to his full legal education, Matthias gained a Master’s degree in business management (MBA) at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Matthias regularly publishes on legal issues related to the legal fields he works in. He is also a lecturer in Swiss company law on the Executive MBA Programmes of the international institute of management in technology at the University of Fribourg.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 2001; Dr. iur., 2006)
Copenhagen Business School (MBA, 2011)

• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking and Finance
• Information and Communication Technology

• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Financing and Funding
• Capital Markets

Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Pro iure
Basel Bar Association

Associate with Bär & Karrer, Zurich
Internship at VISCHER, Basel
Internship at the Criminal Court of Basel

Jana Essebier specializes in finance law. She regularly advises Swiss and foreign financial market participants in the areas of regulatory law as well as insolvency and restructuring. Moreover she advises both financial market participants and investors in the area of derivatives, structured products and other financial instruments. At the same time she brings in particular also her in-house experience from working at a large international bank.

Universities of Potsdam and Geneva
First Bar Exam in Brandenburg (2000)
University of Hamburg (Dr. iur. 2004)
Second Bar Exam in Hamburg (2005)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Banking and Finance
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• White Collar Crime

• Banking and Finance
• Stock Exchange Law
• Compliance
• Financing and Funding
• International Tax Planning
• Capital Markets
• Collective Investment Schemes
• Bankruptcy Law
• Public Economic Law
• Private Equity
• Comparative Law
• Regulatory
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Reorganization
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Asset Management
• Insurance Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Association of German and Swiss Lawyers (DSJV)
Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg
European Lawyers'' Association DACH

Secondment with UBS Investment Bank London in the area of derivatives, structured products and structured funds
Law clerk with White & Case LLP, Hamburg, and Gide Loyrette Nouel, Paris
Notary public clerk in Hamburg
Court clerk
Lecturer at the Institute for Comparative Law of the University of Paris II
Research assistant to the Law Faculty of the University of Potsdam (area of private international law) and to the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, Hamburg

Tanja Gustinetti Henz advises Swiss and foreign clients in the areas of banking and financial market law, mergers & acquisitions, corporate financings and company and commercial law. She also supports companies, i.e. their management, in labor law issues.
As a result of her work at a Swiss bank Tanja Gustinetti Henz has in-depth knowledge in banking law, particularly in the area of derivatives. She has also gained in-depth know-how in the area of cross-border transactions, which has included providing legal support for the purchase of a Swiss life science company by a US listed company.

University of California, Berkeley (LL.M., 2010)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Banking and Finance
• Employment Law

• Banking and Finance
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Financing and Funding
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Labour Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
PRO IURE

Associate with a corporate law firm in Zurich
Research assistant at the University of Basel
Legal internships at a court and with a law firm in Basel
Associate in a bank

Diana Imbach Haumüller specializes in the areas of banking and finance, compliance and prevention of white collar crime, in particular money laundering, as well as corporate and contract law. Within the scope of her dissertation Diana Imbach Haumüller dealt intensively with the theme whistle blowing in Switzerland and internationally, specifically in connection with internal control systems, and supports her clients in implementing corresponding concepts and policies. During her LL.M. studies at the University of Sidney, Australia and at the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, she could also intensify her knowledge on an international level. Diana Imbach Haumüller was employed for several months by a leading commercial law firm in Sydney.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)
University of Sydney (LL.M. 2010)
University of Zurich (Dr. iur. 2011)

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Clients
• Employment Law
• White Collar Crime
• Real Estate

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Compliance
• White Collar Crime
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate and Commercial
• Labour Law
• Corporate Governance

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Pro Jure

Legal internship at the Civil Court of Basel-City
Legal internship in law firms in Basel and Zurich
Foreign Legal Associate with Freehills in Sydney, Australia

Peter Kühn is primarily practicing in the areas of M&A, banking and finance as well as Private Equity. In addition he advises domestic and foreign clients about corporate law, contract law, cross border legal issues and aviation law. Educated in Constance (Dr. iur.) and London (LL.M. in International Financial Law), Peter Kühn is admitted as attorney in Germany (since 2005) and Switzerland (2008). He gained his practical experience in several law firms and the legal department of an international airline. Peter Kühn is a visiting lecturer in the law department of the University of Constance.

University of Constance (First State Exam 2002, Bar Exam 2004, Dr. iur. 2007)
King's College London, School of Law (LL.M. in International Financial Law, 2010)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Banking and Finance
• Aviation

• M&A
• Banking and Finance
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Aviation
• Contract Law

German Bar Association
Bar Association Tübingen
Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association
Association of German and Swiss Lawyers (DSJV)
Europe Institute at the University of Zurich (EIZ)

Visiting Lecturer at the University of Constance, Department of Law
Secondment with Swiss International Air Lines AG, Zurich-Airport, Legal Department
Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Winfried Boecken, LL.M., Chair of Civil Law, Labour and Em-ployment Law, Social Security Law, University of Constance
Freelancer with Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Wilms & Schaub Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Donaueschingen / Friedrichshafen
Law clerk with Luther Menold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Rechtsanwälte Kues & Partner GbR, Constance, and Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Hanhörster, Constance
Court clerk

Carla Lang is primarily practicing in the areas of corporate law, mergers & acquisitions as well as banking and finance. She supports clients also in contract and commercial questions. Clients benefit from her interdisciplinary background with a degree in Law and Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG, 2006; M.A. HSG, 2009)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Banking and Finance
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Capital Markets
• Banking and Finance

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship at the District Court of St. Gallen
Legal internship at a law firm in Zurich

Janusz Marty is primarily involved in the areas of financing, corporate law and M&A. He regularly advises companies in general contract and corporate questions as well as questions relating to credit security. Moreover he has experience in collective investment schemes.

Northwestern University (LL.M., 2010)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2002)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial
• Banking and Finance

• Banking and Finance
• Financing and Funding
• Collective Investment Schemes
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law

Basel Bar Associaton
Swiss Bar Association

Associate with an important law firm in Geneva
In-house lawyer with an international insurance company in Nyon
Trainee with the Court of Appeal of Geneva

Fabienne Ochsner specializes in banking and finance, M&A, securities and capital markets law. She also advises clients on contract and corporate law. Clients benefit from her interdisciplinary background with a degree completed in law and economics.

University of St. Gallen (M.A. HSG in Law and Economics, 2008)

• Banking and Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Corporate and Commercial

• Banking and Finance
• M&A
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and Commercial
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship at the District Court of St. Gallen
Internship at VISCHER Ltd, Zurich
Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken, University of St. Gallen

Andreas Textor is primarily involved in the areas of banking and finance and M&A. He regularly advises companies in securities questions and in connection with financing and company take-overs. With his LL.M. education in American Law and International Business Transactions from Boston University/USA, Andreas Textor is specialized in crossborder transactions.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2002);
Boston University (LL.M., 2004)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Banking and Finance

• Capital Markets
• Stock Exchange Law
• Banking and Finance
• Financing and Funding
• M&A

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
New York Bar Association