About
Counsel at Walder Wyss Ltd., Urs Schenker is an experienced lawyer specializing in restructuring, financing, capital markets, M&A and company law; he has acted on numerous national and international M&A transactions, public takeovers and corporate finance matters. He is also a published author and regular lecturer and serves as professor for business and commercial law at the University of St. Gallen.
Practice areas
Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsBanking & FinanceRestructuringCorporate FinanceTakeovers
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Expertise
Restructuring and insolvencyFinancingCapital marketsMergers & acquisitionsPublic takeoversCompany lawCorporate financeAcademic research and teaching on takeover law
Education
- lic. iur., University of Zurich, 1981
- Dr. iur., University of Zurich, 1985
- LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1985
- Habilitation (Swiss Takeover Law), University of St. Gallen, 2009
Languages
GermanEnglishFrenchItalianSpanish