CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

Corporate / M&A, Finance.

Partner

Stephan Werlen focuses on M&A, joint ventures, capital market transactions, acquisition finance, corporate relocation and corporate restructuring. He has broad experience both in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions (including auction processes), advising both on the buy- as well as the sell-side, and the financing of such transactions. In addition, he is an expert in W&I insurance transactions (M&A insurance) with a long track record in this area. Stephan Werlen also regularly advises foreign companies on their relocation to Switzerland and assists companies in their ongoing corporate and commercial activities (e.g. shareholders' agreements, other corporate governance matters, capital measures, supply contracts, general terms & conditions, etc.).

Stephan Werlen joined CMS in 2003 became a partner in 2009. Before joining us he worked at the District Court of Zurich and wrote his thesis on the legal position of the target company in takeover transactions (Die Rechtsstellung der Zielgesellschaft im Übernahmekampf, Schweizer Schriften zum Bankrecht, Bd. 64, Zürich 2001). He is an officially admitted representative of listed companies at SIX Swiss Exchange.

German, English, French.

Zurich Bar Association, Swiss Bar Association.

University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland), Licentiate of Laws - 1997 / Bar admission - 2000 / University of Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland), Doctor of Laws - 2001 / University of Chicago Law School, Chicago (USA), LL.M. - 2003.