Schellenberg Wittmer

Martin Lanz is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Zurich office. He focuses on banking and finance law, capital markets law, and stock exchange law.

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 Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative in connection with the status of the Raiffeisen group as a domestic systemically important banking group (D-SIB), in particular with respect to group structure aspects and gone-concern capital issues
Counsel to Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative in the issue by itself of 3% CHF 550 mio Additional Tier 1 Capital Bonds
Counsel to AXA Life Ltd in a public tender offer for all the shares in Zürcher Freilager AG, a Zurich based real estate company with a portfolio of CHF 870 mio.

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