Dr Kaspar Landolt > CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Dreikönigstrasse 7
PO Box 8022 Zurich
Switzerland
Kaspar Landolt photo

Work Department

Banking & Finance, Corporate / M&A, Insurance, Infrastructure & Projects, Fintech

Position

Partner

Career

Kaspar Landolt focuses on banking & finance, capital markets and corporate law.

He has more than twenty years of experience in acquisition finance, corporate lending, real estate finance, project finance and asset finance, the issuance and offering of financial instruments, applying for regulatory licenses and other capital market topics as well as restructuring. Other key competencies of Kaspar include insurance, collective investment schemes as well as M&A and corporate law.

Kaspar Landolt regularly advises Swiss and international financial institutions, asset managers, industrial enterprises, trading houses and other companies on their transactions and regulatory matters and represents clients before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and other authorities. He is an authorized issuers’ representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. Before joining CMS in 1994, he worked as associate with leading law firms in Detroit and Zurich and clerked at the district court of Meilen, Zurich. Since 2000 he is a partner.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)

Education

  • 1994 Master of Laws, LL.M., University of Michigan (USA)
  • 1992 Doktorat, Dr. iur., magna cum laude, University of Zurich
  • 1991 Bar admission
  • 1989 Lic. iur., magna cum laude, University of Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Zurich

Counting financial institutions, funds, and industrial enterprises among its key consortium of clients, CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. demonstrates considerable proficiencies in relation to acquisition finance, asset finance, and regulatory licenses or rulings from FINMA. Kaspar Landolt heads up the group with his extensive experience in relation to the issuance and offering of financial instruments, regulatory licenses and project finance, to name a few. Tina Balzli is highly knowledgeable on the subject of global and Swiss regulatory landscape in capital and financial markets law. Other recommended lawyers include Matthias Kuert and Dominique Gemperli.

Switzerland > Insurance

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.’s insurance practice group advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters in the sector, often working with other departments within the firm to provide a comprehensive offering for multidisciplinary issues. Jodok Wicki heads the practice and is a standout specialist in the market with extensive experience in leading major litigation for insurance and reinsurance clients. Kaspar Landolt often advises Swiss and global financial institutions, insurers, asset managers, and others on a variety of insurance-related issues.