Baker McKenzie Switzerland SA

Capital Markets

Dr. Matthias Courvoisier is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and the head of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice Group. He is also a member of the Firm's European Capital Markets Steering Committee. For more than 20 years, Matthias has worked on legal matters relating to capital markets law, mergers and acquisitions, as well as litigation in these fields. He is a co-editor of the commentary on the listing rules of SIX Swiss Exchange and he has written various articles on capital markets law-related topics.

Matthias served as a member of the committee tasked with drafting the standards for auditing public takeover offers and the rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange on the listing of SPACs. He is a regular speaker at the Zurich capital markets' events and webinars and other seminars.

Practice Focus

Matthias focuses his practice on capital markets transactions in Switzerland, including public takeovers, IPOs and other equity capital market transactions. He has extensive experience working on M&A transactions and represents clients involved in capital markets-related litigation cases.

English; Frenchl German

University of Zurich (Ph.D. Law) (2005) London Business School (Master Finance) (2004) University of Zurich (Master of Laws) (1995)

Publications

Author, "SPACs – A Status Report", CalLaw-2021-49. 2021 Author, "SPACs aus Schweizer Sicht", SZW/RSDA, March 2021 Co-author: "Investorenschutz bei SPACs in der Schweiz", GesKR 02/2021, 249, February 2021 Co-author, "Structured Finance & Securitisation in Switzerland," Lexology/Getting the Deal Through, July 2019 Author, "Public M&A – Switzerland," Global Public M&A Handbook, Baker McKenzie, November 2016 Author, Commentary on articles 161, 162, 163a, 163d and 164 of the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law, in: Stämpflis Handkommentar, Fusionsgesetz, 2nd Edition, 2015