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Simone Ehrsam

Lenz & Staehelin

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
Biography

Simone Ehrsam is a corporate partner at Lenz & Staehelin and advises clients in all areas of Swiss business law. She is specialized in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including public takeover offers. Additional focuses of her practice are advising private equity companies in auction proceedings and advising clients in capital market transactions as well as in banking and financial market law. She is admitted as an expert to the SIX Swiss Exchange for Listing Purposes.

Practice areas
  • Corporate and M&A

  • Public Tender Offers
  • Private Equity
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate Governance
  • Commercial and Contract Law
Association memberships
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Admitted as an expert to the SIX Swiss Exchange for Listing Purposes
  • Lecturer on M&A law in the LL.M. program of the University of Zurich.
Academic qualifications
  • 2008 University of Basel (BLaw)

  • 2010 University of Basel (MLaw)
  • 2014/15 Visiting attorney Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York
  • 2022 Partner at Lenz & Staehelin
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 450 80 00 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.lenzstaehelin.com/en/