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Urs Bertschinger

Prager Dreifuss

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
German
English
Biography

Prof. Dr. Urs Bertschinger has broad experience in financial market regulation and financial products. He advises clients on all types of corporate transactions as well as on general corporate and commercial matters. Urs Bertschinger is an issuers’ advisor registered by Swiss SIX Exchange Regulation. He is also engaged as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration. He was seconded to the London firm of Slaughter and May in 2003.

Practice areas
  • Capital Markets
  • Banking & Finance
  • White Collar Crime & Investigations
Academic qualifications
  • Secondment at Slaughter and May, London (2003)
  • University of St. Gallen (Professor since 2002; Dr. iur., 1991; lic. iur., 1989)
  • University of Zurich (Associate Professor, from 1997)
Association memberships
  • Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
  • Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association
  • Swiss Funds Association