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Luc Defferrard

Luc Defferrard

Partner
lic. iur., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 47
luc.defferrard@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Banking, Finance & Insurance Corporate / M&A Energy & Infrastructure Healthcare & Life Sciences Real Estate & Construction Private Equity & Funds Restructuring & Insolvency Start-ups & Venture Capital

"Luc Defferrard has excellent synthesis skills and is always available and very attentive to his clients. He is a seasoned negotiator with outstanding business insight." - Chambers and Partners

"Luc Defferrard is a brilliant, pragmatic lawyer giving the most solid high-quality advice." - The Legal 500

Luc Defferrard, partner with Walder Wyss since 2001, has been active in the finance and legal industry for many years. He mainly advises clients in domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, financing, restructuring as well as in real estate and capital market. Luc Defferrard particularly focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions. He is regularly recommended by Chambers, Legal500 and IFLR1000. Chambers Europe describes him as "always available" and "very strong negotiator"

"Luc Defferrard has excellent synthesis skills and is always available and very attentive to his clients. He is a seasoned negotiator with outstanding business insight." - Chambers and Partners

"Luc Defferrard is a brilliant, pragmatic lawyer giving the most solid high-quality advice." - The Legal 500

Prior to joining Walder Wyss, Luc Defferrard was working for seven years with UBS in Geneva, Zurich and New York as client manager and project manager in corporate and structured finance. In this position he developed the bank's structured finance offerings to clients in the French part of Switzerland.

Luc Defferrard speaks French, German and English. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Liberal Labor Legislation

| by Luc Defferrard | in: "Brussels Research Group: Spotlight on Switzerland" | Zeitschriften

New Swiss Insolvency Rules and Lender’s Rights Pre-Insolvency

| by Luc Defferrard and Tervel Stoyanov | in: Global Restructuring Review (GRR) (Editor[s]), "Swiss Chapter of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review" | Sammelbände

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Maurus Winzap [co-author] and Florian Gunz Niedermann [co-author] | in: Sweet & Maxwell International Series Legal, UK & Ireland (Editor[s]), "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London | Sammelbände

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Florian Gunz Niedermann [co-author], Maurus Winzap [co-author] and Alex Nikitine [co-author] | in: "PLC Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2015: Private equity and venture capital" | Zeitschriften

2014: a very good year

| by Luc Defferrard, Lukas Wyss and Maurus Winzap | in: "IFLR (International Financial Law Review), Switzerland Guide 2015" | Zeitschriften

Switzerland – Implementation of the «Initiative against rip-off salaries»: New corporate governance rules for Swiss public companies

| by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Simon Kehl [co-author] and Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Euromoney Trading Ltd | Zeitschriften

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Maurus Winzap [co-author], Florian Gunz Niedermann [co-author] and Alex Nikitine [co-author] | in: "PLC Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2013/2014: Private equity and venture capital" | Zeitschriften

Switzerland – Corporate aspects and tax consequences relating to the incorporation of a holding company in Switzerland

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Samuel Dürr [co-author] and Alexandre Both [co-author] | in: "International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2013" | London | Sammelbände

Switzerland – Scope of application of Swiss takeover rules

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Lucas Hänni [co-author] | in: Euromoney (Editor[s]), "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | 66–69 | Colchester | Sammelbände

Switzerland – Redomiciliations into Switzerland from a Swiss corporate and tax perspective

| by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Thomas Meister [co-author] and Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | 184–188 | Colchester | Sammelbände

Switzerland: Recent Developments in the Regulatory Environment for Alternative Investment Service Providers

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Christian Staub [co-author] | in: "Financier Worldwide" | Zeitschriften

Switzerland – Squeeze-out of minority shareholders in listed companies

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Thomas Meister [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | Sammelbände

Consolidation in the asset management

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Hubertus Hillerström [co-author] | in: "Le Temps" 12/2009 | 18 | Zeitschriften

Switzerland's Takeover Law Significantly Revised

| by Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "World Securities Law Report" 5/2009 Vol. 15 | Zeitschriften

Switzerland – Recent Developments in Swiss Takeover Law

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Andrin Schnydrig [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | Sammelbände

Switzerland – Swiss takeover law: Development in the year 2007

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Essex | Sammelbände

Switzerland – Experience with the Merger Act

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Urs P. Gnos [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2007/2008" | Sammelbände

Employee stock plans

| by Luc Defferrard | in: "Le Temps" | Zeitschriften

New developments in financing Swiss assets

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "Asset Finance International" | Zeitschriften

Recognitions


Chambers Europe 2026 Defferrard
Chambers Global 2026 Defferrard
Legal 500 EMEA 2026 - Hall of Fame
IFLR 1000 2026 Ranking Badges - Highly Regarded Lawyer
Lexology Index - Banking & Fintech 2026 - Recommended
Best Lawyers 2027

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