CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Funds, FinTech

Partner

Matthias advises clients in general contract, commercial and financial law matters (including capital markets law). In these fields, he also handles proceedings, be it in front of state courts, arbitral tribunals or regulatory authorities. A special focus of his practice concerns regulatory advice to financial services providers, regulatory and contract law advice to companies in the FinTech and blockchain field, and advice to large shareholders of listed companies. Matthias is co-head of CMS Switzerland's FinTech Group.

Matthias graduated from the University of St. Gallen in 2006. After his traineeships in the legal department of a global power and automation technology company and at CMS, he was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2010.

Thereupon, Matthias was engaged as a research assistant at the Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis of the University of St. Gallen (chair of Prof. Dr Vito Roberto), before joining CMS again in 2012. In 2014 he was seconded to another global industrial company and in the 2015/2016 term he obtained an LL.M. in International Business Law from King’s College, London. Matthias wrote his thesis on the treatment of the public law norms of conduct in Swiss liability law ("Öffentlich-rechtliche Verhaltensnormen im schweizerischen Haftungsrecht", St. Galler Schriften zum Finanzmarktrecht, Bd. 16, Zürich 2018).

German, English, French

Zurich Bar Association (ZAV) Swiss Bar Association (SBA)

2018 – Thesis, Dr. iur., University of St. Gallen 2016 – LL.M. (King’s College London) 2010 – Bar Admission (Canton Zurich) 2006 – M.A. HSG in Law (University of St. Gallen)