Mr Franz Schubiger > Pestalozzi > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
Pestalozzi Offices
Feldeggstrasse 4
8008
Switzerland
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Mr Franz Schubiger
Work Department
Corporate / Mergers & acquisitions.
Position
Member of Pestalozzi’s Corporate / M&A and Life Sciences groups in Zurich. Practice focuses on corporate law, M&A, corporate finance, private equity and venture capital, complex restructurings as well as general contract and commercial law. Regularly advises in the fields of life sciences, including pharma, consumer healthcare and medtech, as well as consumer goods and retailing industries, e-commerce and online business.
Career
University of Zurich (lic.iur., 1999). Law clerk at District Courts Gaster/See (1999). Associate at a Swiss law firm (2000). Bar Admission (2001). Associate at Pestalozzi (2001). Cornell University (LL.M., Fulbright Scholar, 2004). Partner at Pestalozzi (2010).
Languages
German, English, French, Italian.
Memberships
Swiss Bar Association, Zurich Bar Association, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce.
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > Healthcare and life sciences
Praised for its ‘outstanding‘ work, the team at Pestalozzi acts for a variety of clients, including service providers, financial investors, and manufacturers of medical devices. The group has deep bench strength across a broad range of issues involving import and export regulations, the application of medicinal products, and the distribution of cannabis products. Practice co-head Franz Schubiger is noted for his vast expertise in M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, and restructurings. Lara Dorigo co-leads the team, and is known for her expansive knowledge of disputes within the life sciences sector, with particular emphasis on small molecules, biosimilars, and monoclonal antibodies. Co-head Christian Roos leads the firm’s employment and pensions practice, advising on social plan negotiations and restrictive covenants within the pharma and medical device industries. Sarah Drukarch regularly assists both domestic and overseas companies on R&D project negotiations, and post-marketing set-ups.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: Geneva
- Banking and finance: Zurich
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Private client
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Data privacy and data protection
- Regulatory, compliance and investigations
- TMT
- Competition