About
Senior Counsel at Lenz & Staehelin, Stefan Breitenstein joined the firm in 1989, became a partner in 1994 and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2023. He advises on private clients, banking & finance, investment funds, corporate/M&A, insolvency and commercial contracts and has served as Co-Chair of the IBA Sub Committee on Banking Regulation and Secretary General of the Swiss Society of International Law (1998–2022).
Practice areas
Private ClientsBanking & FinanceInvestment FundsCorporate / M&AInsolvencyCommercial Contracts
Office
Expertise
Banking RegulationPrivate ClientsInvestment FundsCorporate / M&AInsolvencyInternational Law
Education
- University of Zurich (lic. iur., 1983)
- College of Europe, Brugge (Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes, 1984)
- University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 1987)
- Harvard Law School, USA (LL.M., 1988)
Admissions
- Swiss Bar Admission (1986)
Languages
GermanEnglishFrench