SWITZERLAND Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Martin Furrer, Alexander Wyss, Samuel Marbacher and Charles Gschwind Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie has one of the largest real es - tate transaction practice groups in the Swiss market, with a strong focus on real estate M&A and private equity, tax-efficient restructurings, real estate investment schemes (funds), list - ings of real estate investment companies, real estate developments, and corporate real es - tate and hotel transactions. Led by highly ex - perienced real estate lawyers, the practice is spread across two offices – Zurich and Geneva – and includes four partners and approximately 17 qualified lawyers. Clients in Switzerland in -
clude the largest publicly listed Swiss real es - tate companies, high-profile Swiss enterprises, Swiss developers, hotel owners and operators, real estate asset managers, international inves - tors and international corporate clients, as well as industrial companies, private clients and real estate investors. The real estate practice fo - cuses on real estate M&A, including sale and leaseback transactions, hotel and hospitality structures, portfolio optimisation, corporate real estate, development projects, real estate funds and club deal structures.
Authors
Martin Furrer is a former member of the management committee of Baker McKenzie Switzerland and co-heads the firm’s real estate transaction practice group. He is a former
Alexander Wyss is a member of the management committee of
Baker McKenzie Switzerland and co-heads the firm’s real estate transaction practice group. He is also a member of the firm’s European regional council and policy committee, and a former member of the European real estate steering committee. Alexander is a transactional lawyer with a primary focus on advising international and domestic clients in cross-border and national real estate and corporate transactions, private equity and venture capital, M&A and fund structuring. He teaches at the University of Zurich on the Center for Urban and Real Estate Management master’s course.
member of the firm’s European real estate steering committee, its European regional council and its policy committee. Martin’s professional practice focuses primarily on advising worldwide clients in the fields of legal and tax structuring and the execution of real estate, M&A and corporate transactions.
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