Mr Beat Schwarz > Pestalozzi > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

The ‘knowledgeable’ team at Pestalozzi boasts a breadth of experience that encompasses debt capital transactions, high yield bond issues, derivatives, and private placements. Leading the equity capital markets side of the practice, Christian Leuenberger is noted for his expertise in private placements and public offerings. Steering the firm’s debt capital markets offering, Oliver Widmer assists banks, financial institutions, and wealth managers with a host of issues. Another name to note is Urs Klöti, who manages a variety of banking, finance and capital markets mandates. Severin Roelli and Beat Schwarz are also recommended.

The insurance department at Pestalozzi is active in advising clients on insurtech matters and innovative business models working towards digitalisation, such as the legal implications of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in the insurance sector. Notably, Christoph Lang has a focus on corporate governance and insurance law, and Andrea Huber regularly represents clients in the sector in proceedings before FINMA. Other key individual Beat Schwarz is an expert in insurance-related transactional work.

Christoph Lang and Sébastien Roy jointly helm the ‘pragmatic and business oriented’ team at Pestalozzi, which operates across a plethora of mandates, varying from public takeovers and demergers to licensing and public issuance work. Lang particularly excels on the corporate law side, while Roy is noted for his strengths across transactional, contractual, and regulatory mandates. Petra Hanselmann is knowledgeable across a spread of issues, such as private equity transactions, pre-transaction restructurings, and joint ventures, with Severin Roelli being recommended for his expertise in M&A transactions with particular regard to public takeovers. Pascal Richard and Beat Schwarz are other names to note in the group, both capable of acting on a domestic and international scale.