Urs Kägi
Urs Kägi advises listed and non-listed companies on a broad range of corporate and regulatory matters. A main focus of his work is on M&A transactions (both in a domestic and a cross-border setup), including mergers, spin-offs, public offers, joint ventures, complex intra-group restructurings, relocations, as well as private equity and family succession transactions, on corporate restructurings of financially distressed companies, and on corporate governance (including "Minder"/compensation issues) and securities laws issues. Urs has advised a number of Swiss blue chips and major multi-national clients. Apart from his transactional work, he provides ongoing corporate advice to a number of listed companies, including several Swiss-domiciled clients with a primary or secondary listing abroad. He has in-depth expertise of the financial services sector, in particular banking, insurance and stock exchanges. In the context of his expertise in connection with cross-border bank reorganizations and resolution actions, he has recently been invited to speak as a panelist by the Financial Stability Board's Legal Experts Group. · Bär & Karrer Ltd.
About
Urs Kägi is a partner at Bär & Karrer advising listed and non‑listed companies on a broad range of corporate and regulatory matters, with a primary focus on domestic and cross‑border M&A, restructurings, spin‑offs, public offers, joint ventures, intra‑group restructurings and governance issues. He has in‑depth expertise in the financial services sector (banking, insurance and stock exchanges), provides ongoing corporate advice to listed companies and has spoken as a panelist for the Financial Stability Board's Legal Experts Group on cross‑border bank reorganizations and resolution actions.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- University of Fribourg: Dr. iur. (2012)
- University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley): LL.M. (2011)
- University of St. Gallen: lic. iur. (2003)
Admissions
- Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2005)