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Michael Kündig

Michael Kündig

Managing Associate
MLaw, LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Zurich
Bern

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 52 34
michael.kuendig@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Corporate / M&A Private Equity & Funds Start-ups & Venture Capital

Michael Kündig is a managing associate in Walder Wyss’s Corporate/M&A-team. He specializes in private M&A- and private equity-transactions. Another focus of his practice is venture capital, advising startups and investors in connection with financing rounds and general contract and corporate law matters. Michael publishes in his areas of practice and is a lecturer at universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

Michael studied law at the University of Bern, Switzerland (MLaw 2012) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. 2021). Before joining Walder Wyss in 2017, Michael worked in an international IT-company, as a trainee in a leading law firm in Zurich and as a law clerk at the Commercial Court of Bern. As co-founder of a start-up, he successfully gained experience as an entrepreneur.

Michael’s professional languages are German and English, although he also speaks French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice throughout Switzerland.

Walder Wyss successfully obtained interim measures for a minority shareholder of a medical company and secured its shareholder status by way of a settlement

Merger of houzy and myky

Ferax Treuhand AG and Trusso Group enter into a strategic partnership

Walder Wyss advised Garage Auto Kunz AG on sale to Gross Garage Gruppe

Helvetia/Baloise – Merger Completed

GlobalLogic, a US subsidiary of the Japanese Hitachi Group has acquired AI consulting firm synvert from Maxburg

Frutiger acquires a 30% stake in Blumer Lehmann

Walder Wyss advises on the partial buyout and the restructuring of Swissbadge GmbH

Walder Wyss advised Chrysalis Investments Ltd. in connection with its investment in wefox

Walder Wyss advised Boostbar AG on EUR 16m financing round

Jacobs Group Simplifies Organisational Structure

WISAG Group acquires Stampfli AG

Buchi acquires NeoSpectra Platform from Si-Ware Systems

Strategic Investment by The Brydon Group in MedComms Experts

Unique announces USD 30m Series-A financing led by CommerzVentures and DN Capital

Walder Wyss advised Neustark AG on USD 69m Financing Round

Keysight Technologies Acquires AnaPico AG

Merger of Houzy and Devis.ch

Liberty Media acquires Dorna Sports, S.L., the exclusive commercial rights holder to the MotoGP™ World Championship

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Round Table on the Transparency Act

| Speakers Dario Galli, Michael Kündig and Letizia Schlegel | in: "Walder Wyss Breakfast" | Präsentationen

Startup Legal Playbook - Fourth Edition, 2026

| by Jürg Schneider, Joffrey Dobosz, Michael Kündig, Mattia Vidoz, Matteo Berti and Anaïs Essinger | in: "Startup Legal Playbook" | Online-Publikation

The Transparent Shareholder – Are You Ready for the New Transparency Register?

| Speakers Dario Galli and Michael Kündig | in: "Walder Wyss Breakfast" | Präsentationen

Private Mergers and Acquisitions in Switzerland: Overview

| by Urs P. Gnos, Markus Vischer, Dario Galli and Michael Kündig | in: "Thomson Reuters Practical Law" | Online-Publikation

Startup Legal Playbook

| by Jürg Schneider, Michael Kündig, Joffrey Dobosz, Emilia Rebetez, Mattia Vidoz, Matteo Berti and Anaïs Essinger | in: "ITechLaw" | Online-Publikation

Private Mergers and Acquisitions in Switzerland: Overview

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli, Urs P. Gnos and Markus Vischer | in: "Thomson Reuters Practical Law" | Thomson Reuters | Zeitschriften

Financing Rounds – Best Practices & Pitfalls

| Speaker Michael Kündig | in: "Startup Days 2023" | Bern | Präsentationen

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 | 2nd edition | Monographien

Private Mergers and Acquisitions in Switzerland: Overview

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli, Urs P. Gnos and Markus Vischer | in: "Thomson Reuters Practical Law" | Thomson Reuters | Zeitschriften

Disputes among Founders

| Speaker Michael Kündig | in: "Startup Nights 2022" | Winterthur, Switzerland | Präsentationen

Investments into Startups

| Speaker Michael Kündig | in: "Investments into Startups" | ZHAW School of Management and Law Private Equity, MSc Banking & Finance, Winterthur | Präsentationen

Once again on Assignment Declarations in Minutes of the General Meeting

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli and Markus Vischer | in: "dRSK (Digitaler Rechtsprechungs-Kommentar)" | Zeitschriften

Disputes among Founders

| Speaker Michael Kündig | in: "Startup Days 2022" | Berne | Präsentationen

Void Resolutions of the General Shareholders' Meeting Due to the Violation of FATF Reporting Obligations

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli and Markus Vischer | in: "dRSK (Digitaler Rechtsprechungs-Kommentar)" | Zeitschriften

Plea of Non-Performed Share Purchase Agreement (Article 82 Swiss Code of Obligations)

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli and Markus Vischer | in: "dRSK (Digitaler Rechtsprechungs-Kommentar)" | Zeitschriften

Doing 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 | Monographien

Share Deal or Asset Deal?

| by Michael Kündig and Dario Galli | in: "realestatereport" | Lucerne | Online-Publikation

Transferring real estate plots in the sales of companies / Selling a property with existing lease agreements / The importance of filing notifications of defects on time

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli, Christian Eichenberger, Yannick A. Moser and Nadja D. Leuthardt | Newsletter

Manifestations of Intent in Minutes of the General Shareholders' Meeting and the Board of Directors' Meeting

| by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli and Markus Vischer | in: "dRSK (Digitaler Rechtsprechungs- Kommentar)" | Zeitschriften

«Expert Arbitration-Clauses» in M&A-Contracts

by Michael Kündig, Dario Galli and Markus Vischer | in: "Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht (GesKR)" 4/2018 | 424–435 | Zeitschriften

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