Dr Stefan Breitenstein > Lenz & Staehelin > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Lenz & Staehelin Offices
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 24
8027 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Dr Stefan Breitenstein
Work Department
Private Clients, Banking and Finance, Investment Funds, Corporate and M&A, Insolvency, Commercial and Contracts
Position
Senior Counsel
Career
Admission to Zurich Bar (1986), Joined Lenz & Staehelin (1989), Partner at Lenz & Staehelin (1994)
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA, former Co-Chair of the Sub Committee on Banking Regulation), Secretary of the Swiss Society of International Law (SVIR)
Education
University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1983), College of Europe, Brügge (Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes, 1984), University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1987), Harvard Law School, USA (LL.M., 1988)
Lawyer Rankings
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.
Lawyer Rankings
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