Dr iur Markus Pfenninger > Walder Wyss Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Walder Wyss Ltd.
SEEFELDSTRASSE 123
PO BOX 1236
8034 ZURICH
Switzerland
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Work Department

Banking & Finance / Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Markus Pfenninger is a partner in the Transactions Team. His fields of expertise include capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, finance, restructurings, collective investment schemes as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters. He is a member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Task Force on the Financial Crisis and a past chair of the IBA’s Subcommittee on Legal Opinions as well as a past co-chair of the IBA’s Banking Law Committee.

He received an LL.M. from the Morin Center of Banking Law Studies, Boston University. He has working experience as foreign associate in a Boston financial management company and in a law firm.

Languages

Markus Pfenninger speaks German and English.

Education

Born in 1963, Markus Pfenninger was awarded a Ph.D. from the Law School of the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar in Zurich in 1991.

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich

Helmed by Thomas Muller, who is an experienced practitioner on the regulatory and fintech sides, Walder Wyss Ltd. is highly experienced in the structured finance, investment funds, and banking M&A fronts. Lukas Wyss frequently handles matters pertaining to asset-based lending and structured finance, while Theodor Härtsch is often engaged to handle an array of domestic and cross-border finance transactions. Johannes A. Bürgi is well-positioned to advise on structured finance and securitisation mandates, and other recommended lawyers in the practice include Luc Defferrard and Markus Pfenninger.

Switzerland > Capital markets

Walder Wyss Ltd. employs its vast experience across both debt and equity capital markets mandates to advise a host of issuers and arrangers with covered bond transactions, regulatory issues, and public M&A transactions. The practice is jointly led by Theodor Härtsch, who is regularly immersed in the remit of debt and equity securities, structured finance expert Lukas Wyss, and Alex Nikitine, who covers all facets of public M&A transactions. Markus Pfenninger is an experienced practitioner in the debt capital markets space, while Johannes Bürgi is well-versed in the structured finance and securitisation area. Another name to note in the practice is Urs Schenker.