SWITZERLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Francis Nordmann, Johannes Bürgi, Christian Eichenberger and André Kuhn, Walder Wyss Ltd
Walder Wyss Ltd has specialised and estab - lished itself in Switzerland’s real estate sector over the course of many years. Its experienced and well-known real estate team consists of more than 30 lawyers and tax experts, and is one of the largest and most specialised in Swit - zerland, enabling it to handle highly complex real estate transactions, planning issues and real estate litigation efficiently and with an in -
tegrated perspective. Walder Wyss advises real estate players in all parts of Switzerland through offices in Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lugano, Bern and Lausanne, which also offer notarial ser - vices such as notarisations of sale and pur - chase agreements. The firm works with clients to develop solutions that generate added value and are executed with interdisciplinary project teams where necessary.
Authors
Francis Nordmann is a partner and head of the real estate department at Walder Wyss, and advises institutional and private clients on all real estate matters. He is a member of the Royal
Johannes Bürgi advises clients on matters involving real estate, finance, structured finance/ securitisation, covered bonds, restructuring, capital markets, banking, securities and
Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and has co-authored work on the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act relating to real estate investment funds and on Swiss real estate financing and refinancing, as well as various other articles related to real estate. Francis earned an LLM degree from Melbourne and an MBA from the University of Zürich.
corporate law, and has acted as lead counsel on virtually all Swiss securitisation transactions across a variety of asset classes. He was educated at Lausanne and Bern Universities (Dr iur, summa cum laude), and at Stanford Law School (LLM in corporate governance and practice). Johannes is fluent in German, English and French, and regularly publishes in his areas of practice.
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