Wenger Vieli Ltd
Lawyers
Christoph Schmid
- Phone+41 58 958 53 28
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial Law; Inheritance Law & Estate Planning; Media Law; Mergers & Acquisitions; Venture Capital & Private Equity; Financial Market Infrastructure Law.
Position
Christoph Schmid advises companies and entrepreneurs on contractual, corporate, and inheritance law issues, with a focus on M&A, corporate governance, and succession planning. Christoph Schmid is also a board member for companies in a range of industries, and a board member for several charitable foundations.
“I consider it a great privilege to be able to work as an independent lawyer for a long-established clientele, with whom I have built up a relationship of trust, and to be able to think like an entrepreneur.”
Career
Since 1989 Partner at Wenger Vieli Ltd.; 1986-1989 Lawyer at Wenger Vieli Ltd.; 1985 Foreign Lawyer at Arnold & Porter, Washington D.C.; 1982-1984 Clerk at the District Court of Meilen; 1979-1982 Legal Department of Ringier Ltd., Zurich
Languages
German, English and French
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA); Swiss Bar Association (SAV); Zurich Bar Association (ZAV).
Education
1985 Admission to the Bar; 1982 University of Zurich (Dr. iur.); 1978 University of Zurich (lic. iur.)