Prof Dr iur Urs Schenker > Walder Wyss Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Walder Wyss Ltd. Offices
SEEFELDSTRASSE 123
PO BOX 1236
8034 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Prof Dr iur Urs Schenker
Work Department
Corporate / M&A.
Position
Counsel
Career
Urs Schenker is very experienced in the areas of restructuring, financing, capital markets, M&As and company law. He has been involved in numerous national and international M&A transactions and public takeovers as well as financing, restructuring and other corporate finance transactions. He has published a number of books and specialist articles in his fields of expertise and is a regular lecturer at conferences in Switzerland and abroad.
Languages
Urs Schenker speaks German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Education
Urs Schenker completed his law studies in Zurich in 1981 (lic. iur.) and in 1985 (Dr. iur.). He obtained an LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1985. In 2009, he published his habilitation thesis on ‘Swiss Takeover Law’ at the University of St. Gallen where he is professor for business and commercial law.
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery
The team at Walder Wyss Ltd. have been actively involved in several high-profile bankruptcy and creditors’ composition cases that involve cross-border implications. The practice group advise big stake creditors or debtors, typically Swiss companies with the head company being subject to a US Chapter 11 proceeding. The team is co-led by Dominik Hohler, Dieter Hofmann, and Mark A. Reutter. Considered a ‘brilliant mind and strategic thinker’, Hohler advises national and international companies regarding their restructuring, financing, reorganisation measures and insolvency. Hofmann is an experienced litigator often handling cases concerning insolvency, directors’ liability, and shareholders’ agreements, whilst Reutter advises clients active in the IT field on insolvency and restructuring matters. Urs Schenker supports the team.
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