Markus Guggenbühl

Practice Areas

Banking and finance, capital markets, financial services regulations, restructuring and bank insolvency. Other areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions, private equity, general corporate work and selected private clients.

Markus Guggenbühl regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients in debt financing, capital market transactions (related to debt, equity, hybrid and derivative financial instruments) and financial services regulations. He ranks among the leading experts in Switzerland in these fields and brings to the table many years of experience in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency as well as in advising private clients and family offices. In addition, he is a recognized issuer representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Career

Admitted 1987 (Switzerland) and 1994 (New York).

Professional Memberships

Zurich and Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association

Publications

Author of the Commentary on Art. 32-34 of the Swiss Civil Code. Co-author of the Zurich Commentary on the Swiss Merger Act. Co-author of the Commentary on Art. 17-20 of the Swiss Federal Intermediated Securities Act. Publications on banking, securities and corporate law.

Personal

Graduated as Dr. iur. (University of Zurich) and LL.M. (Columbia Law School, New York). Diploma in European Economic Law (University of St. Gallen).

Recognized by the SIX Swiss Exchange as representative of issuers.