Specializes in establishing financial intermediaries and advises on regulatory matters that affect them, such as capital adequacy issues, organizational aspects, and outsourcing matters
Transactions such as initial public offerings, rights offerings, convertibles, bond issues, syndicated loans and the structuring of employee stock option plans
Counsel to Spice Private Equity Ltd in its share repurchase program
Counsel to a Swiss private bank in the issue of Alternative Tier 1 (AT1) capital
Counsel to a Swiss portfolio manager in obtaining a license from FINMA
Counsel to a Swiss private bank in the implementation of a private equity carried interest plan
Counsel to a major industrial group in the launch of its employee stock option plan
Career
Professional Experience
2002-2007
Member of the Management Committee of Schellenberg Wittmer
1995
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
1991
Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
1988
Summer Associate in an international law firm in New York
1984-1991
Lawyer in the legal and documentation department of the capital markets division of Swiss Bank Corporation in Zurich and London
Education and Admission
1985
Dr. iur., University of Basel
1983
Bar Admission in Switzerland
1982
lic. iur., University of Basel
Additional Professional Activities
Regular publications in the field of securities law, stock exchange law, banking law and corporate law
Authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange