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Bar admissions:

Switzerland

Jurisdictions:

Switzerland

Practice areas:

Banking
Capital markets
Financial restructuring
M&A

Industry sectors:

Banking
Consumer goods and services
Financial services
Insurance
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences


Client feedback - Financial and corporate 2017

"Excellent."

Urs Schenker is experienced in the areas of M&A, capital markets, restructuring, financing and company law. He has been involved in numerous national and international M&A transactions and public takeovers as well as financing, restructuring and other corporate finance transactions. He has published a number of books and specialist articles in his fields of expertise and is a regular lecturer at conferences in Switzerland and abroad.

• Advised Rewe on the acquisition of Kuoni’s Swiss and European travel business;

• Advised Zürcher Kantonalbank on the acquisition of Swisscanto.

• Capital markets: Equity

• Financial restructuring

• M&A

• Restructuring and insolvency

• Banking

• Consumer goods and services

• Financial services

• Insurance

• Pharma and life sciences

Zurich Bar Registry, admitted to practice in all Switzerland

Harvard Club of Switzerland

Zurich University: lic. iur. (1981)

Harvard Law School: LL.M. (1985)

Zurich University: Dr. iur. (1985)

University of St. Gallen: habilitation thesis (2009)