Atty. Markus Pfenninger
Markus Pfenninger is a partner in the Transactions Team. His fields of expertise include capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, finance, restructurings, collective investment schemes as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters.
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Markus Pfenninger is a business and m&a attorney, practicing at Walder Wyss AG. Admitted to practice in Switzerland. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Banking and Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026). Serands clients in Zurich and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Markus Pfenninger is a partner in the Transactions Team
- His fields of expertise include capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, finance, restructurings, collective investment schemes as well as banking and insurance regulatory matters
- He is a member of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Task Force on the Financial Crisis and a past chair of the IBA’s Subcommittee on Legal Opinions as well as a past co-chair of the IBA’s Banking Law Committee
- Born in 1963, Markus Pfenninger was awarded a Ph.D. from the Law School of the University of Zurich and was admitted to the bar in Zurich in 1991
- He received an LL.M. from the Morin Center of Banking Law Studies, Boston University
- He has working experience as foreign associate in a Boston financial management company and in a law firm
- Markus Pfenninger speaks German and English
- He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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