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Andreas Rötheli

Lenz & Staehelin

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Position: Partner, Head of Corporate and M&A
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
New York
Practice Areas:
Real estate funds
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Andreas Rötheli is a corporate partner and heads the Corporate and M&A practice group. He is experienced in different industries in a broad range of M&A transactions, including leveraged buy-outs and venture capital financing rounds, as well as real estate transactions.

He further advises clients on general corporate matters, including shareholders' meetings and corporate governance matters, both for institutional clients and large families.Andreas Rötheli is consistently recommended by many rating agencies in his practice areas, has published various articles on topics relating to M&A and corporate law and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences

Practice areas
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Capital markets : Equity
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Banking
Sector specialisations

  • Corporate and M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Commercial Banking
  • Real Estate
  • Contracts
Academic qualifications
  • University of Geneva (lic. iur., 1991 )
  • New York University School of Law (M.C.J., 1996)
Association memberships
  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA) 
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • American Bar Association (ABA)
Bar admissions
  • Switzerland
  • New York