Markus Pfenninger
Partner
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law
Location
Contact
Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 34
markus.pfenninger@walderwyss.com
Curriculum Vitae
"Markus Pfenninger is very commercial and he understands our goal and what we are trying to achieve. He helps us find very commercial solutions to our problems." - Chambers and Partners
"Markus Pfenninger is a well-versed capital markets lawyer who advises clients on a wide range of matters, including debt and equity transactions, collective restructurings, collective investment schemes and mergers and acquisitions." - Lexology
Markus Pfenninger is a partner in the Transactions Team. His fields of expertise include capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, finance, restructurings, collective investment schemes as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters. He is a member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Task Force on the Financial Crisis and a past chair of the IBA’s Subcommittee on Legal Opinions as well as a past co-chair of the IBA’s Banking Law Committee.
"Markus Pfenninger is very commercial and he understands our goal and what we are trying to achieve. He helps us find very commercial solutions to our problems." - Chambers and Partners
"Markus Pfenninger is a well-versed capital markets lawyer who advises clients on a wide range of matters, including debt and equity transactions, collective restructurings, collective investment schemes and mergers and acquisitions." - Lexology
Markus Pfenninger was awarded a Ph.D. from the Law School of the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar in Zurich in 1991. He received an LL.M. from the Morin Center of Banking Law Studies, Boston University. He has working experience as foreign associate in a Boston financial management company and in a law firm.
Markus Pfenninger speaks German and English. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
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Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
| by Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Manuel Bigler, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Letizia Schlegel, Stéphanie Oneyser, Urs P. Gnos, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Christian A. Schmid, Patrick W. Vogel, Alexander Sorton, Samuel Lieberherr, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Theodor Härtsch, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Simone Wetzstein, Valentina Eichin, Irène Suter-Sieber, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Matthieu Seydoux, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Roxane Allot, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch | ed.: 2nd editionDoing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
| by Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch, Ramona Wyss, Andrea Haefeli, Gion Giger, David Vasella, Davide Cerutti, Marco Galli, Roger Staub, Benno Fischer-Siddiqui, Reto Jacobs, Monique Sturny, Thomas P. Müller, Nadja D. Leuthardt, Adriano Antonietti, Valentine Schnyder, Stefan Knobloch, Dimitrios Berger, Dominik Hohler, Jenny Süess, Stéphanie Oneyser, Dario Galli, Michael Kündig, Markus Vischer, Urs Schenker, Rafael Zemp, Patrick W. Vogel, Laurent Schmidt, Christian Lütolf, Daniel Dedeyan, Nico Bernhard, Tervel Stoyanov, Lukas Wyss, Markus Pfenninger, Valentin Wiesner, Rafal Szala, Thiemo Sturny, Roger Ammann, Hubertus Hillerström, Ken Savioz, Ueli Sommer, Simone Wetzstein, Christoph Stutz, Nadine Mäder, Olivier Sigg, Laura Luongo, Francis Nordmann, André Kuhn, Davide Jermini, Christian Eichenberger, Théo Meylan, Thomas Meister, Janine Corti, Robert Desax, Fabienne Limacher, Dieter Hofmann, Rodolphe Gautier, Olivia Sistovaris, Micha Bühler, Michael Feit, Maurice Courvoisier, Oliver M. Kunz, Albane de Ziegler and Pascale Köster | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor HärtschCorporate Finance Forum 2019
| Speakers Theodor Härtsch, Urs Schenker, Thomas Müller, Markus Pfenninger, Alexander Eichhorn, Sophie Püschel-Arnold and Eva Selamlar-Leuthold, UBS Business Solutions AG | Zürich, Park HyattHedge Funds in Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger and Pascal Zysset | in: Florentino Carreño/Lynn McGrade/Alfred LJ Page (Editor[s]) | "Hedge Funds. A Practical Global Handbook to the Law and Regulation" | 2nd | London | pp. 371-385Commentary to Art. 821–826 of the Swiss Code of Obligations
| by Markus Pfenninger | in: "Handkommentar Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht" | 3. Auflage | Zurich | pp. 2121–2132Commentary to Art. 2, 6, 20–23, 30–32 of the Collective Investment Schemes Act, CISA
| by Markus Pfenninger and Martina Nüesch [co-author] | in: Bösch/Rayroux/Winzeler/Stupp (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zu Kollektivanlagegesetz (KAG)" | 2. Auflage | BaselMergers & Acquisitions Practice Area Review
| by Alex Nikitine, Sarah Schulthess and Markus Pfenninger | in: Who"s Who Legal: Switzerland | pp. 117-119Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Area Review
| by Alex Nikitine, Sarah Schulthess and Markus Pfenninger | in: Who"s Who Legal: Switzerland | pp. 152–153Commentary to Art. 13, 14 and 16 of the intermediated securities law
| by Markus Pfenninger | in: Zobl/Hess/Schott (Editor[s]) | "Kommentar zum Bucheffektengesetz (BEG) sowie zum HWpÜ und den relevanten Bestimmungen im OR und IPRG" | Zurich | pp. 184–190; 204–206Hedge Funds in Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] and David Borer [co-author] | in: Florentino Carreno et al. (Editor[s]) | "Hedge Funds, a Practical Global Handbook to the Law and Regulation" | London | pp. 391–372Hedge fund regulations in Switzerland and the EU
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] and Nicolas Keller [co-author] | in: Reutter/Werlen (Editor[s]) | "Kapitalmarkttransaktionen VI" | Europa Institut Zürich, Band 115 | Zurich | pp. 71–127Chapter on Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] | in: "Getting the Deal Through – Insurance & Reinsurance 2011" | London | pp. 167–171Buyback of equity and debt securities in Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] and Lukas Wyss [co-author] | in: "PLC Capital Markets 2011" | LondonA survey of current regulatory trends – Chapter on Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger | in: The International Bar Association"s Task Force on the Financial Crisis | pp. 117–150The unified Financial Market Supervisory Authority: the first year
| by Markus Pfenninger | in: International Law OfficeChapter on Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] | in: "Getting the Deal Through – Insurance & Reinsurance 2010" | LondonBuyback of equity and debt securities in Switzerland
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] and Lukas Wyss [co-author] | in: "PLC Capital Markets 2010" | LondonProposed Swiss Bank Deposit Protection Law
| by Markus Pfenninger [co-author] and Thomas Müller [co-author] | in: CapLaw 1/2010Recognitions
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