Profile: Martin Lanz

Capital Markets

Biography: Capital Markets

He advises banks and other financial institutions, as well as borrowers and issuers of debt and equity, in regulatory matters and in domestic and cross-border transactions, such as bond and note issues, syndicated loans, the establishment of collective investment schemes, swaps and warrant transactions, rights offerings, initial public offerings, tender offers, as well as the structuring of employee stock option plans. As an issuer representative recognised by the SIX Swiss Exchange, he is regularly involved in the listing of debt and equity instruments. Martin Lanz is the author of various publications in the field of capital markets and securities.

Martin Lanz was admitted to the Bar in Switzerland in 1983 and graduated as a Doctor of Law from the University of Basle in 1985. From 1984 until 1991, he gained practical experience as a lawyer in the legal and documentation department of the capital markets division of Swiss Bank Corporation (now UBS Investment Bank) in Zurich and in London. After having worked in an international law firm in New York in 1988, he joined Schellenberg Wittmer in 1991, where he became a partner in 1995.

Schellenberg Wittmer's banking and finance team is recognised for its extensive experience in handling all aspects of Swiss banking and financial markets issues, including advice in regulatory matters and the structuring of financial instruments. The clients of the banking and finance team include major domestic and foreign investment banks, private banks, investment companies, funds and other financial intermediaries. The banking and finance team also advises major Swiss and foreign corporate clients in capital markets and financing matters.