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Urs P. Gnos is a business and m&a attorney, practicing at Walder Wyss AG. Admitted to practice in Switzerland. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Capital Markets Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Private Equity Law (2026). Serands clients in Zurich and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Urs P. Gnos heads the Transaction Team
- His practice focuses on international and domestic mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and capital market transactions, commercial and corporate law as well as public tender offers and buy-outs
- Urs P. Gnos also advises companies with respect to corporate governance matters, stock exchange regulations, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, incl. relocations
- Urs P. Gnos is a member of various board of directors, among others of the Glarner Kantonalbank (SIX: GLKBN)
- He lectures and publishes regularly in his areas of practice
- Born in 1967, Urs P. Gnos was educated at Zurich University (lic. iur. 1993, Dr. iur. 1997), at Columbia University/Leyden University and at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (LL.M. 2000)
- He has working experience as lawyer in Zurich law firms and as foreign associate in Chicago and New York law firms
- Urs P. Gnos speaks German, English and French
- He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland
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