Dr Stephan Werlen > CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Offices
Dreikönigstrasse 7
PO Box 8022 Zurich
Switzerland
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Dr Stephan Werlen
Work Department
Corporate and M&A - Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Stephan Werlen focuses on M&A and corporate law, joint ventures, MBOs, acquisition finance and venture capital transactions. He has broad experience both in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions (including auction processes), the structuring as well as the financing of such transactions. In addition, he is an expert in W&I insurance transactions (M&A insurance) with a long track record in this area. Stephan Werlen also regularly advises foreign companies on their relocation to Switzerland and assists companies in their ongoing corporate and commercial activities (e.g. shareholders’ agreements, capital measures and other corporate housekeeping matters, advising boards of directors etc.).
Stephan Werlen joined CMS in 2003 and became a partner in 2009. He is a member of the CMS Corporate Practice Group and the CMS Private Equity Sector Group.
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
- Zurich Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)
- University of Chicago Alumni Association
- University of Zurich Alumni Association
Education
- 2003 – Master of Laws, LL.M., University of Chicago Law School (USA)
- 2001 – Thesis, Dr.iur., magna cum laude, University of Zurich
- 2000 – Bar exam
- 1997 – legal studies, lic.iur., magna cum laude, University of Zurich
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- Competition
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Employment
- Insurance
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property
- Sports law
- Tax
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Dispute resolution: arbitration