Dr iur Jürg Frick > Homburger > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Homburger
PRIME TOWER
HARDSTRASSE 201
8005 ZURICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Financial Market Regulation, Financing and Investment Products, Real Estate.

Position

Partner. Jürg Frick is a banking and finance specialist whose main focus is on financial services and collective investment regulations, syndicated debt financing, international bond offerings, venture capital and buyout financing, real estate transactions, restructurings and insolvency law.

Career

Jürg Frick was admitted to the Swiss bar in 2000. After being legal counsel of a start-up company, he joined Homburger in 2002. From 2006 to 2008 he worked as an associate for Simpson Thacher in London, where he advised on private equity and high yield bond transactions. In 2014, he became partner at Homburger, in 2015 he was first Deputy Head of Homburger’s Financial Services Team, of which he then became Head of in 2023, and is Homburger’s Hiring Partner since 2020.

Memberships

Swiss Bar. Editorial Board of Global Restructuring Review.

Education

Jürg Frick studied law at the Universities of Zurich and Neuchâtel, and in 2005 he received a Masters Degree (LLM) from the Harvard Law School. In 2009, he graduated as Dr iur from the University of Zurich with a thesis on “Private Equity under Swiss Law”. In 2021, both Who’s Who Legal as well as Lexology Client Choice awarded him the title “Swiss Banking Lawyer of the Year”.

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich

(Leading individuals)

Jürg Frick – Homburger

Homburger advises several high-profile clients on financial transaction matters and takes an active role in the development of new legislative acts such as the new Swiss Financial Services Act and the new Swiss blockchain legislation. Benedikt Maurenbrecher heads the team and has expertise in a broad range of transactions such as bonds, secured and unsecured lending. Jürg Frick heads the financing and investment products team and focuses on international high-yield bond offerings and structured financing. Daniel Haeberli’s practice focuses on secured lending, syndicated debt, and structured financing. Other core team members include Stefan Kramer, whose focus is on asset-based and structured finance, René Bösch who regularly acts as senior advisor to banks and was involved in the crafting of the new Swiss Financial Services Act and Benjamin Leisinger, who specialises in financing transactions.