Lawyers Markus Vischer

Markus Vischer

Senior Counsel
Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 32
markus.vischer@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Corporate / M&A Real Estate & Construction Private Equity & Funds Restructuring & Insolvency

"Markus Vischer frequently handles complex transactional mandates, including cross-border acquisitions and carve-outs." - Chambers and Partners

"Markus Vischer is a prominent name in the M&A market thanks to his experience in notable, complex real estate, media, IT and healthcare transactions." - Lexology

Markus Vischer was a partner at Walder Wyss from 1995 to 2025 and has been Senior Counsel since 1 January 2026. His main areas of practice are M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, business reorganizations and corporate and commercial incl. employment and real estate law. He is a recognized leader in M&A due to his involvement in major transactions, in particular in the media-, real estate-, IT and health care area, and due to his many publications.

Markus Vischer was educated at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 1984, Dr. iur. 1986) and at the University of London (LL.M. 1991). He has working experience as a research assistant at the University of Zurich, as a District Court clerk and as an associate in a tax law firm in Zurich and in a law firm in London.

Markus Vischer speaks German, English and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Key Equipment Finance to sell leasing business to BAML

19 May 2014

Shell Companies and Shell Company Trading Under the New Law or "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"

by Markus Vischer | in: "Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ)" 3/2024 | Schulthess Juristische Medien AG | Zeitschriften

Duties of the Board of Directors in Financial Crisis Situations under the New Corporation Law

26 January 2023 | by Markus Vischer | in: "iusNet Gesellschaftsrecht" | Schulthess Juristische Medien AG | Zeitschriften

Granting of Upstream- and Crossstream-Guarantees

by Markus Vischer | in: "Expert Focus" 8/2018 | 597–601 | Zeitschriften

Corporate Reorganisations 2018 - Chapter Switzerland

Judgement Reviews, 3.2.4. Stock Corporation Law: The Better or the Less Bad Shareholder?

by Pascal Zysset [co-author] and Markus Vischer [co-author] | in: "Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP)" 9/2017 | Arnold F. Rusch | 1147-1152 | Zeitschriften