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Sophie Brettschneider
Associate

Sophie Brettschneider

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Spanish

Sophie Brettschneider is a member of the Banking and Finance team and focuses on advising clients in financial market law, including regulatory issues and capital market law. She also assists clients with general contract and corporate law matters as well as legal aspects related to the structuring and execution of financial transactions.

Sophie Brettschneider studied Business Administration and Law at the University of St. Gallen. After completing her degree in Business Administration, she gained valuable professional experience in strategy consulting and in a technology company in Dublin. During her subsequent law studies, she worked as a research assistant at the Chair for Legal History, Sociology of Law, and Criminal Law. Following internships at CMS and another law firm, Sophie Brettschneider obtained her bar admission in 2024 and has been practicing as an attorney with our firm ever since.

Publications

  • In-Depth: The International Capital Markets Review, Lexology, 8 December 2025 (together with Matthias Kuert)
  • Regulatory Intelligence, Country Update-Switzerland: Securities & Banking, 7 July 2025 (together with Matthias Kuert)

Education

  • 2024 – Admission to the Bar of the Canton of St. Gallen
  • 2022 – Master of Arts HSG in Law, St. Gallen
  • 2020 – Bachelor of Arts HSG in Law, St. Gallen
  • 2017 – Bachelor of Arts HSG in Business Adminstration, St. Gallen
  • 2017 – Exchange semester at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Insights by Sophie

CMS advises SIX listed Youngtimers AG on its successful CHF 49.7 million capital increase

16 Dec 2025 2 min read

Legal Flash

29 Dec 2024 1 min read

Revision of Swiss corporate law - Expiration of the transitional provision for the amendment of the articles of association by 31 December 2024

28 Nov 2024 8 min read
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