Dr Patrick Schleiffer > Lenz & Staehelin > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lenz & Staehelin Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 24
8027 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Dr Patrick Schleiffer
Work Department
Capital Markets, Equity Offering, Domestic and International Bond and Equity-linked Securities Offerings, Investment Funds, Financial Services Regulation, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Corporate Governance, Commercial and Contracts
Position
Partner, Co-Head of Capital Markets
Career
Research and teaching assistant at the University of Zurich (1989), Admission to Zurich Bar (1995), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1995), Admission to New York Bar (1997), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (2002)
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), International Bar Association (IBA), Swiss American Chamber of Commerce, New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
Education
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1989), University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1992), New York University School of Law (M.C.J., 1996)
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Capital markets
(Leading individuals)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.
Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Zurich Switzerland
- Capital markets Switzerland
- Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland Switzerland
- Leading individuals Switzerland > Capital markets
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