Karl Wüthrich > Wenger Plattner > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Wenger Plattner
SEESTRASSE 39 | POSTFACH |
PO BOX
CH-8700 KÜSNACHT-ZÜRICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Insolvency and Restructuring
Litigation and Arbitration
Banking and Finance

Position

Karl Wüthrich is a counsel on the Insolvency and Restructuring team. For more than 30 years, he has advised creditors on national and international enforcement law and assisted debtors in formulating and implementing reorganisation and restructuring plans. He acts as administrator, liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy and member of creditor committees in complex insolvency proceedings. He has been appointed by FINMA as an investigating agent and liquidator for banks and financial institutions.

Karl Wüthrich regularly speaks at national and international conferences and at universities in Switzerland. He publishes in the area of insolvency law.

Career

Bar admission (1983), Partner Wenger Plattner, 1995; Counsel Wenger Platter, 2019

Languages

German, English, French

Education

University of Zurich (lic. iur.), 1979

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery

(Leading individuals)

Karl WüthrichWenger Plattner

Wenger Plattner is experienced with handling insolvency and restructuring cases from both sides, namely acting as administrator or bankruptcy trustee in complex cross-border cases and advising debtors or creditors in other cases, within various industry sectors such as pharma, real estate and construction, energy, banking and finance, and technology. Practice head Brigitte Umbach-Spahn advises clients in domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases and represents them in related proceedings. Fritz Rothenbühler  handles insolvency and restructuring matters within the corporate, competition law, construction and real estate sectors. Karl Wüthrich advises creditors on national and international enforcement law and assisted debtors in formulating and implementing reorganisation and restructuring plans. Litigation specialist Stephan Kesselbach represents national and international clients before the administrative authorities, focusing mainly on corporate and insolvency law matters. Pablo Duc handles major bankruptcies and composition proceedings whilst Stefan Bossart primarily advises foreign clients on insolvency matters. Roland Burkhalter, who rejoined the team in 2022 from St Galler Kantonalbank, handles complex restructuring and insolvency assignments as well as extensive investigations and audits for the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Denise Jagmetti-Huser and Mathias Burghardt support the team.