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Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers

CMS Switzerland’s Insolvency and Restructuring Team has extensive knowledge in the field of both domestic and international insolvency, restructuring and enforcement law. Our core competencies include:

  • Debt enforcement, bankruptcy and composition proceedings
  • Proceedings to set aside the objection
  • Debt enforcement and bankruptcy related appeal proceedings
  • Proceedings concerning actions to contest the schedule of admitted claims
  • Opposition proceedings
  • Avoidance action proceedings
  • Proceedings concerning the freezing of assets
  • Proceedings concerning the enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitration awards in Switzerland

Furthermore, we advise Swiss companies, as well as domestic and foreign financial creditors on restructuring and reorganisation measures. This includes, in particular, providing advice on nonperforming loans and bonds, debt restructuring and financing operations, debt equity swaps, judicial and extrajudicial composition agreements and restructuring loans.

We also have a wealth of experience in the field of international insolvency law, such as advising and assisting foreign insolvency administrators in the enforcement of claims in Switzerland resp. in the addition of domestic assets to the foreign insolvency estate.

 
Reto Hunsperger
Reto Hunsperger, LL.M.
Partner
Switzerland, Zurich
Reto Hunsperger specialises in litigation and arbitration. With this focus, he represents national and international companies and individuals before state courts and arbitral tribunals (under ICC Rules...
Marjolaine Jakob
Dr Marjolaine Jakob, ArbP
Partner
Head of Insolvency and Restructuring Zurich
Switzerland, Zurich
Marjolaine Jakob is the head of our insolvency and restructuring team of CMS Zurich. Her practice focuses on national and international insolvency law and related litigation. She advises clients in connection...
Ferdinand Blezinger
Dr jur Ferdinand Blezinger, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Ferdinand Blezinger focuses on M&A, Restructuring, Private Equity and general corporate law. He advises on national and international M&A transactions, both on the buy- and sell-side. Ferdinand Blezinger...
Sarah Azoulay
Sarah Azoulay
Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Sarah Azoulay is an associate in the CMS Zurich dispute resolution team. Her practice focuses on commercial, insolvency, real estate and white-collar criminal law and related disputes. In these areas...
Anna Mast
Anna Mast
Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Anna Mast's practice focuses on international and domestic private and public M&A, capital markets and finance transactions. Anna Mast also advises on private equity transactions and on general corporate...
Marzia Schilleci
Marzia Schilleci
Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Marzia Schilleci's practice focuses on litigation in state courts and other authorities as well as arbitration. She specializes in advising and representing both companies and private individuals in national...
Roxana Sharifi
Roxana Sharifi
Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Roxana Sharifi specialises in litigation and arbitration as well as insolvency and restructuring. She also advises on corporate law matters. Roxana Sharifi's core competencies include disputes in all...
Emanuel Thaler
Emanuel Thaler
Associate
Switzerland, Zurich
Emanuel Thaler specializes in Litigation, Arbitration as well as Insolvency and Restructuring proceedings. Prior to joining CMS, he served as a senior law clerk and judge at the district court of Zurich...
David Müller
David Müller
Attorney Trainee
Switzerland, Geneva
David Müller is a trainee lawyer at CMS and is mainly active in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, banking & finance law and contract law. David Müller graduated from the University of Lausanne...
Alexander Salamon
Alexander Salamon
Attorney Trainee
Switzerland, Zurich
Alexander Salamon studied law at the University of Zurich. He graduated in 2020 with a Master of Law. Since 2021, he has been a doctoral student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich. Alexander...