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Urs Schenker

Urs Schenker

Counsel
Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 31
urs.schenker@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Corporate / M&A Banking, Finance & Insurance Capital Markets Private Clients Private Equity & Funds Litigation Restructuring & Insolvency ESG & Sustainability

Urs Schenker is very experienced in the areas of restructuring, financing, capital markets, M&As and company law. He has been involved in numerous national and international M&A transactions and public takeovers as well as financing, restructuring and other corporate finance transactions. He has published a number of books and specialist articles in his fields of expertise and is a regular lecturer at conferences in Switzerland and abroad.

Urs Schenker completed his law studies in Zurich in 1981 (lic. iur.) and in 1985 (Dr. iur.). He obtained an LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1985. In 2009, he published his habilitation thesis on 'Swiss Takeover Law' at the University of St. Gallen where he is professor for business and commercial law.

Urs Schenker speaks German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Die Emmi Gruppe übernimmt die renommierte Luzerner Kaffeerösterei Hochstrasser

Swiss Post acquires Open Systems

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Walder Wyss Secures Landmark Decision on Attorney-Client Privilege in Litigation-Related Internal Investigations

Walder Wyss advises Fundamenta Group Holding AG on the sale of its real estate division to Swiss Prime Site AG

Walder Wyss advised Banca Generali SpA, Milan, on its expansion into the Swiss market through BG (Suisse) Private Bank SA

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Gebrüder Meier acquires 100% of UIKER Antriebstechik

Constellation sells remaining minority stake in Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) to TVS Motor Company

UBS/CS Merger Completed

Legalcommunity.ch Awards: Walder Wyss Receives Awards as Market Leading Firm and Labour Law Firm of the Year

Credit Suisse and UBS to Merge

Walder Wyss has advised Swiss based investment company CONSTELLATION CAPITAL AG on Swiss law related finance and banking matters

Fundamenta Group acquires Belvédère Asset Management

Anokion raises USD 35 million financing round

Constellation sells majority stake in Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) to TVS Motor Company

IPO medmix AG

Sulzer successfully spun-off its Applicator Systems Division

Permira leads USD 180 million Financing Round in Nexthink

Interact Digital sold to SER Group
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Mergers & Acquisitions - Handbook for strategy, consulting and legal advice

| by Urs Schenker | in: Günter Müller-Stewens, Christoph Schalast, Andreas Binder, Sven Kunisch / Schäffer-Poeschel (Editor[s]) | 3rd Edition | pp. 637 to 652

Commentary on Art. 734f. of the Swiss Code of Obligations

 | by Urs Schenker [co-author] and Viktoriya Chernaya [co-author] | in: Rolf Watter/Hans-Ueli Vogt (Editor[s]) | "Basler Kommentar zum Obligationenrecht II" | 6. Aufl. | Basel 2024 | pp. 2159‒2172

Wirecard - Financial fraud and shareholders' claims

 | by Urs Schenker, Johannes Leudolph and Yannis Schneiter | in: GesKR 4/2023 | pp. 473-479

Practical guide to the revised company law

 | by Urs Schenker and Oliver Schenker [co-author] | Bern

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

Elon Musk and Twitter - the difficult road to takeover

 | by Urs Schenker and Caroline Grand | in: GesKR (Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht) | pp. 501-507

Theranos – A fraudulent «Unicorn»

 | by Urs Schenker and Caroline Grand | in: GesKR (Gesellschaftsrecht und Kapitalmarktrecht) | pp. 472-479

Sanierungstransaktionen auf dem Kapitalmarkt

 | by Urs Schenker and Christian A. Schmid | in: Thomas U. Reutter, Thomas Werlen (Editor[s]) | "Innovation und Disruption: Sanierungen, Exits, LIBOR-Ablösung und Blockchain" | Europainstitut, Band 210 | Zürich | pp. 9-58

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 | Editor[s]: Urs P. Gnos, Theodor Härtsch

Das Kapitalband - Flexibilisierung des Kapitals mit Gefahren für Aktionäre und Gläubiger

| by Urs Schenker | Editor[s]: Matthias P.A. Müller/Lucas Forrer/Floris Zuur | "Das Aktienrecht im Wandel"

Corporate 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 Hyatt

WeWork – a “super unicorn” stumbles with its IPO

 | by Urs Schenker and Julien Binder [co-author] | in: GesKR 4/2019 | pp. 628-633

The special audit – a difficult instrument

 | by Urs Schenker | in: GesKR - Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht 1/2019 ISSN 1661-7673 | pp. 18-36

Merger law

| by Peter Sester, Beat Brändli, Oliver Bartholet, Reto Schiltknecht and Urs Schenker [co-author] | in: St. Galler Handbuch zum Schweizer Finanzmarktrecht: Finanzmarktaufsicht und Finanzmarktinfrastrukturen 1/2018 | pp. 1079-1106
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