Mr Marcel Tranchet > Lenz & Staehelin > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lenz & Staehelin Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 24
8027 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Mr Marcel Tranchet
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Restructuring, FinTech
Position
Partner, Head of Banking and Finance
Career
Admission to Zurich Bar (2003), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (2003), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York (2005-06), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2011)
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
University of St.Gallen (lic. iur., 2000), Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law, Boston University (LL.M., 2005)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Fintech
Lenz & Staehelin provides a range of services to clients operating in the fintech sector, including guidance on regulatory and compliance matters, corporate and M&A advice, IP creation and protection, and issues related to tax. The department also has expertise in crypto finance, digital assets, and insurtech. Co-leading the team are Lukas Morscher, Marcel Tranchet and Fedor Poskriakov. Morscher’s expertise covers digitalisation, blockchain, and data privacy, while Tranchet has experience across regulatory and financing matters, and securities transactions. Poskriakov, who is based in Geneva, handles cybersecurity, data protection, crowdfinancing, and cryptocurrencies.
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
(Leading individuals)Lenz & Staehelin‘s ‘efficient and solution-oriented’ team covers the full range of banking and finance work, with expertise in both transactional and regulatory matters. The department has a strong international focus, with multinational clients such as Citibank, Deutsche Bank and HSBC. Team lead Marcel Tranchet has a broad practice which includes handling syndicated financings, acquisition finance work and project finance issues, in addition to regulatory matters. Patrick Hünerwadel covers structured and lease financings, asset securitisations and derivatives work, while Stefan Breitenstein handles financial regulatory matters. Patrick Schleiffer, who has expertise in capital markets, is also noted.
Switzerland > Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
Lenz & Staehelin‘s full service offering includes work in the intellectual property field, employment matters, arbitration, and banking and finance. Key names to note are managing partner Thierry Calame, banking and finance experts Marcel Tranchet and Patrick Hünerwadel, capital markets-focused Patrick Schleiffer, corporate M&A specialists Lukas Morscher and Simone Ehrsam, dispute resolution expert Harold Frey, Astrid Waser, who advises on competition law, and Tanja Luginbühl, an expert in insolvency and restructuring matters.
Switzerland > Capital markets
Lenz & Staehelin acts on all aspects of capital markets law at a national and international level, with a diverse client list which includes domestic and foreign banks and issuers, as well as ETC and ETF promoters. The department has significant expertise in equity offerings including IPOs, share buybacks, and rights offerings. Securities regulations expert Jacques Iffland leads the Geneva office, working alongside Zurich-based head Patrick Schleiffer. Other core team members include the highly experienced François Rayroux, and financing expert Marcel Tranchet. Senior associate Patrick Schärli is also key practitioner. Hans-Jakob Diem left for Walder Wyss Ltd. in September 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich Switzerland
- Capital markets Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland Switzerland
- Leading individuals Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
- Fintech Switzerland
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland
- Private client
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax