Lawyers

Dr. Martin Lanz

Partner

Personal Information

Bar Admission: Switzerland 1983
Office: Zurich
Languages: German, English, French

Areas of practice

Capital Markets; Banking and Finance; Corporate and Commercial; Employee Stock Option Plans

Get to know Martin Lanz

Martin Lanz is a partner in our Zurich office, where he heads our Banking and Finance Group. He focuses on banking and finance law, capital markets law, and stock exchange law. His activities include transactions such as initial public offerings, rights offerings, convertibles, bond issues, syndicated loans, acquisition finance, and the structuring of employee stock option plans.

He specializes in establishing financial intermediaries and advises on regulatory matters that affect them, such as capital adequacy issues, organizational aspects, and outsourcing matters.

Martin Lanz is an authorised representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 1983 and graduated as a Doctor of Law from the University of Basel in 1985. From 1984 until 1991, he gained practical experience as a lawyer in the legal and documentation department of the capital markets division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS Investment Bank) in Zurich and in London. After working in an international law firm in New York in 1988, he joined us in 1991 and became a partner in 1995.

He is the author of publications in the field of securities law, stock exchange law, tender offers, and corporate law.

Recognitions

Recognized by PLC Which Lawyer (Banking; Capital Markets; Corporate/M&A), Chambers Europe (Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Corporate/M&A), Chambers Global 2008 (Banking & Finance; Investment Funds; Corporate/M&A), Expert Guides (Banking; Capital Markets; Investment Funds), IFLR 1000 (Financial and Corporate), Legal 500 (Banking and Finance; Capital Markets), Who's Who Legal (Banking; Capital Markets) and European Legal Experts (Banking & Finance)

Selected publications

  • The year after
  • Swiss book-entry securities as collateral
  • Inhaberaktien in der Form von Wertrechten – neue Möglichkeiten unter Art. 973c OR
  • New rules for Swiss book-entry securities
  • Aktientransfer unter dem neuen Bucheffektengesetz
All publications

Contact

Dr. Martin Lanz
Schellenberg Wittmer / Attorneys at Law
Löwenstrasse 19 / P.O. Box 1876
8021 Zurich / Switzerland
D +41 44 215 5277
T +41 44 215 5252
F +41 44 215 5200

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