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Stefan Breitenstein

Lenz & Staehelin

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Position: Senior Counsel
Rating:
  • Expert consultant
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
Banking
Financial services regulatory
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Investment management
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Dr. Stefan Breitenstein has a broad private client, corporate, banking and finance practice and regularly advises on international and domestic transactions, including financial regulatory matters. He served as the firm's Managing Partner from 2015 to 2021.

Practice areas
  • Private Clients
  • Banking and Finance
  • Investment Funds
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Insolvency
  • Commercial and Contracts
Sector specialisations

  • Private Clients
  • Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Commercial and Contracts
Association memberships
  • International Bar Association (IBA, former Co-Chair of the Sub Committee on Banking Regulation)
  • Secretary of the Swiss Society of International Law (SVIR)
Academic qualifications
  • 1983 University of Zurich (lic. iur.)

  • 1984 College of Europe, Brügge (Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes)
  • 1986 Admission to Zurich Bar 1987 University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
  • 1988 Harvard Law School, USA (LL.M.) 
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 450 8000 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.lenzstaehelin.com/en/