Restructuring & Insolvency
Switzerland
08 July 2025
The insurance team at Lenz & Staehelin often works with the firm’s banking and finance and corporate and M&A practice groups to provide well-rounded advice to major Swiss and foreign insurance and reinsurance companies. It covers a comprehensive range of insurance-related services, including transactions, regulatory, commercial, and dispute resolution matters. Olivier Stahler co-heads the team and often acts for a broad range of Swiss and foreign financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies and fund managers. Fellow co-head Lukas Morscher stands out for his expertise in the insurance aspects of corporate M&As and wider financial services.
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Testimonials
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‘An excellent firm - I have always been impressed by the consistency and quality of their advice.’
‘Lukas Morscher gives clear and reliable advice on Swiss insurance issues.'
Key clients
- Baloise Insurance Holding
- Consimo
- Caterpillar Insurance Company
- Generali
- Liberty Mutual
- Octium Group
- Resolution Life
- Resolution Re
- Schweizerische Mobiliar Versicherungsgesellschaft
- TransRe
Work highlights
Advising a global reinsurer on the cross-border marketing of insurance-linked funds to various types of investors in Switzerland.
Advising the captive insurance carrier of a world-leading construction and mining equipment manufacturer on all legal, regulatory and contract aspects of new custody arrangements for its Swiss entities.
Acting as Swiss counsel to an international banking group on a multi-year stop-loss transaction to provide funding to a Swiss reinsurance company.
Lawyers
Practice head
Olivier Stahler; Lukas Morscher