Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotechnologie

Stefan Kohler primarily assists businesses in the development and marketing of innovative technologies. He first studied science at the ETH in Zurich which enables him to accurately legally classify technical-scientific facts. Stefan is the head of the VISCHER IP Team and the VISCHER Life Sciences Team in Zurich.

Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Natural Sciences (dipl. sc. nat. ETH, 1994)
University of St Gallen, Legal studies (lic. iur., 1997)
University of St Gallen/ETH Zurich (Dr. iur., 2004)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech (Teamleader)
• Intellectual Property
• Health

• Litigation
• Arbitration
• Technology Law
• Biotechnology Law
• Patent Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Licensing Executive Society Switzerland (LES-CH) (Managing Committee, since April 2011)
Swiss Forum of Communications Law (SF-FS)
INGRES - Institute for industrial property
SWISS PLG - Swiss Pharma Licensing Group
Member of the Forum for Genetic Research of the Swiss Academy of Sciences

Lecturer at the University of St Gallen (since 2007)
Research Assistant (biosciences/biotechnology)
Teacher for natural sciences
Legal Research Assistant at the University of St. Gallen
Clerkship and Associate with international corporate law firms in Zurich
Legal Counsel with a US-based (New Jersey) multinational pharmaceutical company
Consultant on the Swiss Federal legislation on biotechnology

Matthias Staehelin is primarily involved in transactions in the life sciences and IT industries; he regularly advises on the sale and purchase of companies (M&A), financing through investors (private equity and venture capital), licensing and collaboration agreements (including joint ventures), introductions to the stock exchange (IPOs) and restructuring. Matthias knows the life sciences industry well from many years of working with companies, investors and founders, and is the initiator of the Life Sciences Prize and a Board member of the BioValley Business Angels Club (BioBAC) and BioValley Basel. He publishes and gives lectures on corporate law, employee options, debt collection and bankruptcy. Matthias 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 Reorganisation
• Equity Compensation
• Biotechnology Law
• Intellectual Property
• Licence Agreements
• Technology Law
• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary

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

Since the beginning of his career as an attorney in 1992, Rolf Auf der Maur has focused on the legal aspects of the internet, combining his fascination with new communication technologies with his legal expertise. His clients include leading companies from the media and entertainment industry as well as from the telecommunications and information technology industries. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Rolf publishes and speaks regularly on internet-related legal issues, and is active as an entrepreneur. Renowned as the leading expert in Switzerland in his field, Rolf is listed as "1st Tier” for TMT and Intellectual Property in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1990)
continuing education in entertainment law at the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA (1992)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Energy
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients
• Intellectual Property (Teamleader)
• Media and Entertainment (Teamleader)
• Information and Communication Technology (Teamleader)

• Data Protection
• Intellectual Property
• Information Law
• IT Law
• Communication Law
• Licence Agreements
• Trademarks
• Online Law
• Law of Personality Rights
• Regulatory
• Technology Law
• Unfair Competition
• Advertising Law
• Competition Law

Vice-President of the Executive Board of simsa swiss interactive media and software association
Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers
Vice-Chair of the Technology Law Committee of the International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Forum on Communication Law
Swiss Institute for Industrial Property

Court clerk
Associate with a mid-sized law firm specialising in intellectual property matters
Associate with an international law firm in Zurich
Intellectual property department of a leading law firm in London (1994)
Partner in a mid sized law firm in Zurich
Partner at VISCHER since 2000

Due to his interest in business and his admission to the New York Bar, Sebastian Burckhardt mainly advises international companies based in the USA and major Swiss companies and their owners on a long-term basis. These include companies in the life sciences, chemical and financial field. He is a member of the board of directors of Straumann Holding Ltd, president of the board of directors of Dolder AG, member of the board of directors of Applied Chemicals International AG as well as Amsler Tex AG and the Foundation Board of the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired School in Riehen and is secretary of the board of directors of Dreyfus Söhne & Cie AG, Banquiers in Basel. Since the beginning of his legal career in 1981, he has specialized in company successions, M&A, private equity and licensing agreements.

New York University Law School (M.C.J.)
University of Basel (Dr. iur.)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Private Clients (Teamleader)
• Civil Law Notaries

• Licence Agreements
• Technology Law
• Contract Law

American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
STEP, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Basel

Associate with the Law Offices of S.G. Archibald, Paris, and Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, (1984/85)

Straumann Holding Ltd, Basel (listed at SWX)
Institut Straumann AG, Basel
Applied Chemicals AG, Basel
Amsler Tex AG, Aesch
Biotechnologie AG für Emulsan, Basel
Cell International AG, Basel
Dolder AG, Basel
Foot Locker Switzerland AG, Basel
P&P Private Bank AG, Basel
persona service AG, Basel
Foundation GSR School for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Riehen
The Misrock Foundation, Basel

Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg
University of Basel
IMD Lausanne
Harvard Business School

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial

Member of the Steering Committee of Regio Basilensis, Basel (1996)
Member of the Committee Natural History Museum, Basel (2002 - 2009)

1973 Legal Counsel UBS
1974 Ciba-Geigy AG, Counsel Legal Department; head of personnel Legal Department
1996 - 2006 Ciba-Geigy / Novartis, Corporate Secretary
2001 Vice-Chair Gebäudeversicherung des Kantons Basel-Stadt
2006 SVC / Credit Suisse: Jury President "Unternehmerpreis Nordschweiz"
2006 Member Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council Novartis International AG
2007 - 2009 Former President of the International School Region Basel
2008 President metrobasel, Think Tank and platform for the development of the metropolitan region of Basel

Thomas Gelzer started his career as an attorney and a civil law notary in 1986. He is the head of the dispute resolution team of VISCHER and is mainly focusing on litigation before Swiss and international courts. He represents Swiss domestic and international clients in commercial disputes, mainly in the area of contract law, insurance law, product liability law and intellectual property right issues. In addition to his activities as an attorney, Thomas Gelzer is a member of various boards of directors of medium sized companies as well as of Swiss subsidiaries of international companies. He publishes and lectures regularly on litigation related legal issues.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1980; Dr. iur., 1983)
Further studies at the University of Neuchâtel and Columbia Law School, New York (LL.M., 1985)

• Civil Law Notaries
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Real Estate
• Litigation, Arbitration (Teamleader)

• Litigation
• Unfair Competition
• Insurance Law
• Advertising Law
• Intellectual Property
• Civil Law Notary

International Association of Lawyers (UIA)
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Notary Association

Attorney at Law and Civil Law Notary

Member of the Board of several companies i.e.
Neue Medien Basel AG,
Foot Locker Switzerland Ltd.,
WEKA Business Media AG and
member of the Foundation Board of the Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel

Stefan Grieder’s primary practice areas are finance and capital market, company and contract law and M&A/private equity. He advises banks, securities traders and asset managers in supervisory law matters and specialises in the law on collective capital investments. His clients in company and contract law include leading international companies in the furniture trade, laboratory technology, mechanical engineering and aviation interior design sectors. In M&A and private equity, Stefan specialises 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 is also active as a 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
• 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

University of St. Gallen, Business Administration
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1987)
University of California at Davis and Berkeley, Orientation in American Law (1991)
University of St. Gallen (M.B.L.-HSG, 2003)

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Employment Law
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation (Teamleader)
• Private Clients

Zurich Bar Association (President 2009/2010)
Zurich Lawyers Association
Swiss Bar Association
International Bar Association
German competition lawyers association

Managing Partner VISCHER (2006-2011)
Associate with a major law firm in Zurich
Court clerk

Board Member of various Swiss Corporations

David Jenny has been advising and representing corporations since 1991 in transactions and corporate and commercial matters. In insolvency, he acts as liquidator and advises governing bodies of corporations and creditors. He assists various international professional services organisations which are structured as Swiss associations, and also acts as arbitrator. He is a member of various board of directors and foundation councils. Presently David is president of the Basel Bar Association and co-chair of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights section (SIRC) of the International Bar Association. He regularly publishes on legal issues within his field of specialisation and is highly recommended by authoritative directories.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1984; Dr. iur., 1988)
University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1989)
Additional studies at the University of Neuchâtel and Western Washington University/USA

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Restructuring and Insolvency (Teamleader)

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate and Commercial
• Bankruptcy Law
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganisation
• Arbitration
• Law of Associations (Swiss Verein)

Basel Bar Association (President, Treasurer 2007 - 2010)
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Association of Jurists
Swiss Association of Jurists
Swiss Enforcement of Debts and Bankruptcy Law Association (member of the board)
Swiss Arbitration Association
International Bar Association (co-chair Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights section(SIRC))
American Bar Association

Research and teaching assistant for constitutional and administrative law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel to Prof. Kurt Eichenberger
court clerk

Member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations
Liquidator of Menag Energie AG

Ulrich Vischer was head of the legal and tax department of a major international Swiss insurance company before spending twelve years as a member of the government of the canton of Basel City heading the department of finance. Since then he has been advising small and medium-sized companies and private individuals on legal, financial and personal matters. His experience is also an asset to boards of directors and other management bodies of listed companies, small and medium-sized companies and public institutions.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1974; Dr. iur., 1977)

• Private Clients
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate

• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Asset Management
• Administrative Law
• Real Estate
• Inheritance Law
• Pensions Law

Swiss Bank Corporation (1977/1978); lawyer of the economic union of Basel; head of the general secretariat / legal and tax department of the Baloise Group; member of the government for Canton Basel-Stadt (Minister of Finance), 1992-2005

Chairman and member of the board of various Swiss companies and foundations.

Beatrice Wagner Pfeifer is titularprofessor of public law, in specialising environmental law, at the University of Basel. At VISCHER she is legal counsel both in an advising and forensic capacity on issues such as prior encumbrances, environmentally compatible examinations, water conservation requirements and chemicals. Beatrice is a board member of the Swiss Association of Environmental Law and Vice-President of the Federal Expropriations Commission responsible for the Canton of Basel-City. She wrote her habilitation thesis on genetically changed organisms and published a two volume textbook on environmental law. In addition she regularly publishes in technical magazines on environmental and expropriation law issues.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1978; Dr. iur., 1981)
Traineeship at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and EC Commission in Brussels
Habilitation at the University of Basel (1997)
Appointment as titularprofessor of Public Law (specialising in environmental law) at the University of Basel (2001)

• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Health
• Corporate and Commercial
• Real Estate
• Aviation

• Environmental Law
• Public Construction Law
• Real Estate
• Regulation of chemicals
• Biotechnology Law
• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Public Economic Law

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Associaton
Basel Lawyers Association (board member)
Swiss Association for Environmental Law (VUR) (board member)

Associate professor on public law (specialising in environment law) at the University of Basel, faculty of law
Vice-president of the Swiss Court for compensation for expropriations, 7th district (Basel)

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

• 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

Azra Dizdarevic-Hasic advises both companies and the public sector on energy law, government procurement law and general administrative law. She represents clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and administrative courts and in administrative criminal proceedings. In addition she practices in the areas of law relating to food products, product security and aviation.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 2004; lic. oec., 2001)

• White Collar Crime
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Media and Entertainment
• Information and Communication Technology
• Aviation

• Technology Law
• Administrative Law
• Public International Law
• Competition Law
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Assistant at the University of St. Gallen in the field of constitutional and administrative law (especially economic constitutional and economic administrative law)
Internship at the District Court of Meilen
Internship at the Coordination Unit EEA, Vaduz

Gili Fridland specialises in employment, immigration and data protection law. Her clients are primarily Swiss companies and international company groups with a Swiss presence as well as international law firms.
Gili completed her LL.M. at the University of Sydney, Australia, which has given her a valuable understanding of employment law under the common law system, and enable her to perfect her excellent command of English.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
University of Sydney (LL.M., 2009)

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

• Labour Law
• Data Protection
• Work and Residence Permits
• Contract Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Civil courts of Basel-Stadt 2000
Justice Department of Basel-Stadt 2001
VISCHER 2001-2002 (trainee)
Legal counsellor to Parliamentary Investigationcommission of the Liestal Cantonal Hospital 2002-2003

Tanja Gustinetti Henz advises Swiss and foreign clients on banking, financial market, mergers & acquisitions, corporate financing, and company and commercial law. She also advises companies, on labour law issues.
As a result of her experience gained working at a Swiss bank, Tanja has in-depth knowledge of banking law, particularly in derivatives. She has also gained valuable experience and developed usefull in-depth know-how in cross-border transactions, where her work to date 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

Cédric-Olivier Jenoure has been involved in the area of employee participation schemes since he began his career. In addition to designing plans, he is particularly interested in the internet-based management of such plans and in the (tax) compliance of these plans. He also regularly advises international groups (including Asian groups) and foreign entrepreneurs who want to invest directly in Switzerland or even want to move their base here. His clients include leading national and international companies as well as private clients, all of whom are seeking tax-optimized structures. As a tax expert with Advanced Federal Diploma, he is a member of the VISCHER tax team. He speaks English and French (native language) – and is the tax consultant for the firm’s Frenchdesk.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2000), Tax Expert with Advanced Federal Diploma

• Tax
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Employment Law
• Real Estate

• Tax Law
• International Tax Planning
• Tax-optimised Restructuring
• Social Insurance Law
• Pensions Law

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Lawyers Association
Pro Iure
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
GEO - Global Equity Organisation

Deputy Head of Legal at Bank CIC (Switzerland) Ltd in Basel
Compensation & Benefits Manager,  International Equity Team at Syngenta AG in Basel
Managing Partner of JT Asset Compensation

Felix Kesselring primarily practises in health, pharmaceutical and life sciences law. He advises Swiss and international companies on research, permits, drug registrations, advertising and marketing, data protection and insurance compensation. He regularly represents companies in proceedings before administrative authorities and courts. Felix is also active in advising and representing companies in other regulated markets (including the energy and food products market), in administrative criminal proceedings and in matters involving European law.

Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (2004/2005)
Universität Zürich (lic. iur., 2006)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Real Estate
• Public Sector and Regulatory
• Energy
• Health
• White Collar Crime

• Biotechnology Law
• Public Procedure Law
• Regulatory
• Administrative Law
• Technology Law
• Constitutional Law
• Public Economic Law
• Data Protection
• Advertising Law
• Social Insurance Law
• Competition Law
• Unfair Competition
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Law
• Regulation of chemicals

Swiss Association of Jurists
Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal assistant to a Member of the European Parliament, Strasbourg
Legal internship with international corporate law firm in Zurich
Examinations expert for the Swiss Association of Property Regulators (SVIT)

One of the specialisations of Marius Meier is the field of Corporate and Commercial and all as-sociated aspects. Thereby, he assists clients as attorney and public notary among other things in incorporations, changes in capital, restructuring, and financing. A further of his spe-cialisations is the comprehensive assistance of clients in the field of estate and succession planning. Moreover, Marius Meier has a wealth of experience in the area of real estate.

University of Basel (lic. iur. 2003)

• Corporate and Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Real Estate
• Private Clients
• Civil Law Notaries

• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Inheritance Law
• Estate Planning
• Civil Law Notary
• Real Estate

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Basel Notary Association
Pro Jure

Civil Law Notary (since 2011)
Attorney at Law (since 2006)

Rosana Pfaffhauser specialises in intellectual property and competition law. She regularly advises clients on trademarks, patent law and competition law. In intellectual property and competition law, Rosana primarily advises on preliminary measures and injunctions.

University of Lucerne (BLaw, 2005; MLaw, 2007)

• Life Sciences, Pharma, Biotech
• Antitrust and Competition
• Intellectual Property
• Media and Entertainment

• Intellectual Property
• Trademarks
• Patent Law
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust Law
• Biotechnology Law

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal internship with Wenger & Vieli AG in Zurich and Zug

Laura Rey primarily advises clients on life sciences, industries and IT on a range of corporate and commercial legal matters, including transactions and corporate finance (private equity and venture capital) and restructurings in Switzerland. She also assists business start-ups in these, and the parma and biotech industries. Laura completed her law studies in Basel and Neuchâtel.

University of Basel (lic.iur., 2007)

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

• Financing and Funding
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• IT Law
• Licence Agreements

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Legal Internship at the Civil Court of Dornach (2007)
Legal Internship at VISCHER (2007 - 2008)
Legal Internship at the Criminal Court of Basel-Stadt (2008)
Legal associate in the Legal Department of the Group of Helvetia Assurances, Basel

Martina Strub Meier’s primary focus is in the areas of M&A, private equity and venture capital. As a member of the Life Science group she mainly advises young companies in the life science, pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. She also supports our clients in all matters of corporate law and advises on matters of commercial law, including the design and negotiation of licensing and cooperation agreements. Martina Strub Meier also has considerable experience in acting for international companies in connection with cross-border M&A deals, having acquired a large part of this experience during the many years when she worked in one of the leading law firms in east and southeast Europe in Vienna.

University of Montpellier (1996-1997)
University of Freiburg i.Ue (lic. iur., 1999)
College of Europe, Bruges (LL.M., 2000)

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

• Private Equity
• Financing and Funding
• Licence Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Corporate Governance
• Compliance

Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Expertenpool für zivile Friedensförderung

Associate bei Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte, Wien (2005-2010)
Rechtspraktikum am Handelsgericht Wien
Praktikum in einer Rechtsanwaltskanzlei in Aarau
Praktikum am Obergericht des Kantons Aargau
Legal and Human Rights Officer, OSZE Brčko, Bosnien-Herzegowina

Andreas Textor is primarily involved banking and finance and M&A. He regularly advises companies on securities questions and financing and company take-overs. With an LL.M. in american law and international business transactions from Boston University USA, Andreas is specialised 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

Internship with a law firm in Zurich
Internship with VISCHER, Zurich
Substitute judge on the Cantonal Court of Schaffhausen

Christian Wyss advises clients from the life sciences and IT industries on licensing, research collaborations and transactions. He regularly supports companies in financing, acquisitions and joint ventures. Christian has particular experience in contract manufacturing and technology transfer, distribution agreements, clinical trials, transition services agreements, coordination of multi-jurisdictional due diligence as well as the implementation of Swiss data protection compliance in international companies.
Christian recently advised Saba Software, Inc. on the acquisition of a Swiss-based international information technology company. He was part of the VISCHER team advising Hannover Finanz on the acquisition of the hardware business from Kofax plc. Christian also acted as Swiss Counsel to IK Investment Partners in the acquisition of Hansa Metallwerke AG and its Swiss subsidiary KWC AG from private investors.

University of Lausanne (1998/1999)
University of Basel (lic. iur., 2000)
Wake Forest University School of Law (LL.M., 2005)

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

• Licence Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Intellectual Property
• Data Protection

Swiss Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Pro Iure

Legal internships with a corporate law firm in Basel and at the Basel-Land Criminal Court
Law clerk at the Basel-Land Criminal Court