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Urs P. Gnos

Urs P. Gnos

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 39
urs.gnos@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Corporate / M&A Capital Markets Private Equity & Funds Restructuring & Insolvency

Urs P. Gnos heads the Transaction Team. His practice focuses on international and domestic mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and capital market transactions, commercial and corporate law as well as public tender offers and buy-outs. Urs P. Gnos also advises companies with respect to corporate governance matters, stock exchange regulations, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, incl. relocations. Urs P. Gnos is a member of various board of directors, among others of the Glarner Kantonalbank (SIX: GLKBN). He lectures and publishes regularly in his areas of practice.

Born in 1967, Urs P. Gnos was educated at Zurich University (lic. iur. 1993, Dr. iur. 1997), at Columbia University/Leyden University and at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (LL.M. 2000). He has working experience as lawyer in Zurich law firms and as foreign associate in Chicago and New York law firms.

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

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 edition

Corporate Reorganisations 2023 - Chapter Switzerland

 | by Dominik Hohler, Urs P. Gnos and Markus Vischer | in: Nick A Cline, Robbie McLaren, Catherine Campbell (Editor[s]) | "Lexology GTDT" | pp. 168-180

Introduction (§ 1 Overview)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Florian S. Jörg [co-author] and Lorenzo Olgiati [co-author] | in: Florian S. Jörg/Urs P. Gnos/Lorenzo Olgiati (Editor[s]) | "Handbücher für die Anwaltspraxis (HAP)" | Basel 2022 | pp. 3-5

Restructuring Events (§ 98 Transfers of Assets)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Christoph Zaugg [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1720–1744

Restructuring Events (§ 94 Merger)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Dario Galli [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1551–1611

Restructuring Events (§ 95 Conversion)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Claudia Weber [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1612–1654

Restructuring Events (§ 95a General Remarks on Demergers)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author], Mirjam Olah [co-author] and Samuel Lieberherr [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1655–1667

Restructuring Events (§ 96 Division)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author], Mirjam Olah [co-author] and Samuel Lieberherr [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1668–1695

Restructuring Events (§ 97 Spin-Off)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author], Mirjam Olah [co-author] and Samuel Lieberherr [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1696–1719

Cross-Border Restructurings (§ 104 Cross-Border Demerger)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Claudia Weber [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1913–1925

Cross-Border Restructurings (§ 103 Cross-Border Conversion)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Claudia Weber [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1911–1912

Cross-Border Restructurings (§ 105 Cross-Border Transfer of Assets)

 | by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Markus Vischer [co-author] and Christoph Zaugg [co-author] | in: Fabiana Theus Simoni/Isabel Hauser/Harald Bärtschi (Editor[s]) | "Handbuch Schweizer Aktienrecht" | 2nd edition, Basel 2022 | pp. 1926–1936
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