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Stephan Erni

Lenz & Staehelin

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

Stephan Erni is a Zurich-based partner whose specialist areas include real estate transactions, domestic and international M&A transactions, including public tender offers. He regularly advises clients on domestic and international transactions and on corporate and commercial matters. One of the main foci of Stephan’s practice is advising private equity firms in auction processes, both buy-side and sell-side. During a placement with one of New York’s major law firms (2005/2006), he gained experience in relevant US areas too.

Practice areas
  • Corporate and M&A

  • Real Estate
  • Private Equity
  • Public Tender Offers
  • Banking and Finance
  • Commercial and Contracts
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Pharma and Life Sciences
  • Real Estate
  • Tourism
  • Industrial
Bar admissions
  • Switzerland
Association memberships
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Lecture on "P2P-Transactions by Private Equity Firms" at the 8. Schweizer Private Equity & Corporate Finance Kongress dated December 9, 2008
  • Speaker at the "M&A Workshops for Practitioners" in 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008 and 2007 in Lucerne
Academic qualifications
  • 1999 Universities of Zurich and Fribourg (lic. iur.)

  • 2005 University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)
  • 2012 Partner at Lenz & Staehelin
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 450 8000 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.lenzstaehelin.com/en/