Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance

Jürg Luginbühl’s main practice area is mergers & acquisitions, advising Swiss and foreign clients in national and international corporate acquisi-tions, company mergers and restructurings, as well as in public takeo-vers. Additional areas of particular interest include business transfers, spin-offs, outsourcing, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, private equity and venture capital as well as succession arrangements. His primary practice area also includes the preparation and implementation of shareholders’ meetings, the drafting of shareholder agreements and all issues pertaining to corporate governance and compliance.
Jürg Luginbühl heads up the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity teams at the Zurich location.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1988; Dr. iur., 1993)

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

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Zürcher Anwaltsverband
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband
International Bar Association
Europa Institut
Schweizerisch-Chinesische Handelskammer
Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Unternehmensfinanzierung

1995 till 1996 at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Hongkong
since 2000 Partner at VISCHER

Board Member of various Swiss corporations

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

Robert Bernet specializes in advising Swiss and foreign clients in corporate transactions - public takeovers of listed companies, mergers, de-mergers, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions - and has considerable experience in transaction management. He also advises national and international companies and their owners and executive bodies on matters relating to company law and corporate governance & compliance.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1997)
University of London, London School of Economics (LL.M., 1998)

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

• M&A
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• Corporate Governance
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Stock Exchange Law
• Capital Markets

Zurich Bar Association
Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
German-Swiss Lawyers Association

Research Assistant at the University of Basel for Civil and Commercial Law
Lecturer in Corporate Law and Securities and Capital Markets Regulation at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School of Business

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 of 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. His specialization has since the beginning of his legal career in 1981 remained in the area of company successions, M&A, Private Equity as well as licensing agreements.

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

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

• License Agreements
• Technology Law
• Contract Law

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

Associate with Law Offices of S.G. Archibald (Paris) and with Davis Polk & Wardwell (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 (president of the supervisory board)
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

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

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 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)

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

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 advises and represents corporations since 1991 in transactions and corporate and trade legal matters. In the area on insolvency, he acts as liquidator and advises governing bodies of corporations and creditors. He supports various international professional services organizations which are structured as Swiss associations. In addition he also acts as arbitrator. He is a member of various Board of Directors and Foundation Councils. Presently David Jenny is President of the Basel Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights (SIRC) of the International Bar Association. He regularly publishes about various legal topics and is 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

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

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

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 Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors'' Rights (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

Christoph Niederer primarily advises companies and private individuals in the areas of international tax law and in procedural law and criminal tax law. His clients include several multinationals from various industrial sectors. He also has extensive experience in structuring company sales. In addition to his work as an attorney, Christoph Niederer lectures on a regular basis at the Academy of the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants and for a number of years has also worked as a substitute judge at the Zurich District Court.

University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1998)
Swiss certified tax expert (2006)

• Tax (Teamleader)
• Private Clients
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Employment Law
• White Collar Crime

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants
IFA, Swiss Association for tax law

Senior Manager with Deloitte Ltd., Zurich, FSI (Financial Services Industries and International Tax (October 2007 - August 2010)
Associate at VISCHER Ltd., Zurich (2007)
Associate and responsible person for taxes at Blum & Partner, Zug (2005 - 2007)
Clerk at the tax court of appeal of the Canton of Zurich (2000 -  2005)
Auditor at district court Zurich (1998 - 1999)

Nadia Tarolli Schmidt heads up the Basel office of VISCHER’s tax team. She advises companies and private individuals on all matters pertaining to Swiss tax law – both in the national and international environment and also in criminal tax law. She can draw on over ten years’ experience in topics such as restructurings, relocations and succession planning.
The know how she has gained from her previous work at the Swiss Bankers Association is regularly brought to bear in banking and finance issues and in the advice she provides to banking clients. With regard to the latter, clients particularly appreciate the experience she has with US tax aspects. Because questions about occupational pensions are often associated with tax aspects attorney Schmidt also heads up the VISCHER Occupational pension funds team, which advises both pension funds and the insured.

University of Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
Swiss certified tax expert (2008)

• Pension Funds (Teamleader)
• Tax
• Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance
• Energy
• White Collar Crime
• Private Clients

• Social Insurance Law
• Location Planning
• Banking and Finance
• Tax-optimized Restructuring
• Capital Markets
• Tax Litigation
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• M&A
• Estate Planning

Basel Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Pro Iure
Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera (CCIS)
IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants

Secondment at Swiss Bankers Association
Secondment at an Italian company in the sections strategy / taxes
Legal secretary at the Tax Appeal Commissions of Canton Zurich
Legal internships at a law firm and court

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

Gili Fridland specializes in the areas of employment law, immigration law 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 Fridland has excellent command of English; international clients and law firms further benefit from Ms. Fridland's LL.M. at the University of Sydney, Australia, where Ms. Fridland gained among others insight into the employment law under the Common Law.

Universität Basel (lic. iur., 1999)
Universität 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

Advokatenkammer Basel
Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband

Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt 2000
Justizdepartement Basel-Stadt 2001
VISCHER 2001-2002 (jur. Volontariate)
Juristische Beraterin der Parlamentarischen Untersuchungskommission betreffend das Kantonsspital Liestal 2002-2003

Matthias Glatthaar is primarily practicing in the areas of corporate and securities law with his focus of attention on M&A, Private Equity, capital market transactions as well as Corporate Governance. He has in particular experience in advising on public take-over offers. In addition Matthias Glatthaar advises companies in the internet and telecommunication industries on IT transactions and general IT law issues. Matthias Glatthaar is completing at the present time a LL.M. graduate degree at Harvard law school.

University of St. Gallen, HSG (Dr. iur., 2007)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur., 2004)

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

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association
Swiss Lawyers Association

Teaching Assistant with Prof. Dr. Peter Nobel (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Teaching Assistant Research Center for Information Law (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Teaching Assistant with Prof. Dr. Urs Bertschinger (University of St. Gallen, HSG)
Internship with VISCHER, Zurich

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

Thomas Krizaj is mainly practicing in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate and commercial law. He advises clients from a wide range of sectors. His clients benefit from his broad practical experience in the areas of restructuring and insolvency. His expertise further includes supply, distribution and agency agreements and their enforcement. Thomas Krizaj is also a member of the team specializing in commercial criminal law and regularly represents injured parties in criminal investigation proceedings with respect to white collar crimes.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1996)
University of Exeter, U.K. (LL.M., 2000)

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

• M&A
• Corporate and Commercial
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Stock Exchange Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• White Collar Crime

Swiss Bar Association
Zurich Bar Association

Law Clerk with a medium size Zurich law firm
Court Clerk (Zurich District Court)
Associate with a medium size international Zurich law firm

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

Reto Mäder primarily advises Swiss and foreign clients in connection with M&A transactions, Corporate Governance as well as legal questions relating to commercial, contract and corporate law. During his LL.M. graduate degree at the University of Melbourne, he could expand his practical experience with knowledge relating in particular to various areas of international finance and capital markets as well as selected business administration aspects.

University of Melbourne (LL.M., 2011)
University of St. Gallen, HSG (lic. iur. HSG, 2005)

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

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Contract and Commercial Law
• Corporate Governance
• Private Equity
• Capital Markets
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Zurich Bar Association
Swiss Bar Association

Internship with a Swiss insurance company (Corporate Legal Services)
Internship with an international audit and consulting firm (Corporate Tax / M&A)
Internship with a law firm in Zurich

Fabian Martens specializes in the areas of corporate law and transactions (mergers and acquisitions). He consults companies from Switzerland and abroad, with a special focus on incorporations, restructurings, changes in capital and purchases and sales of companies and parts of companies. He also supports clients with regard to the legal issues of their day-to-day business and in drafting their contracts. Fabian Martens has practical experience in Asia and a good network of contacts with first-rate corresponding attorneys in Japan. He also has experience dealing with Asian clients and is a member of the Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2007)

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

• M&A
• Corporate and Commercial
• Private Equity
• Restructuring and Reorganization

Europa Institut Zurich (EIZ)
Swiss Lawyers Association
Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce

Internship with an international law firm, Tokio

Laura Rey primarily advises clients in the areas of Life Sciences, industry and IT in all legal matters, in particular also in transactions and corporate finance (Private Equity, Venture Capital) and restructurings in Switzerland. The advising of start-up businesses, for example in IT, Life Sciences, pharma and biotech areas, likewise belongs to her core activities. At the same time she is particularly involved in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate and commercial law as well as contract law. Laura Rey completed her studies of law 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
• Restructuring and Reorganization
• Private Equity
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Contract and Commercial Law
• IT Law
• License 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 assistant of the Legal Service of the Group 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
• Contract and Commercial Law
• License Agreements
• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A
• Corporate Governance
• Compliance
• Restructuring and Reorganization

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 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

Christian Wyss advises clients in the areas of Life Sciences and IT regarding licensing, research collaborations and transactions. He regularly supports companies in financing, acquisitions and Joint Ventures. Christian Wyss 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 Wyss recently advised Saba Software, Inc. in the acquisition of a Swiss-based international information technology company. He was part of the VISCHER team advising Hannover Finanz in acquiring the hardware business from Kofax plc. Moreover, he acted as Swiss Counsel to IK Investment Partners in acquiring 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

• License 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