Matthias Bürge

• Commercial and corporate law / M&A
• Contract law
• Financial Market Law
• Debt enforcement and bankruptcy law
• Civil procedural law

The core work of Matthias Bürge lies in M&A transactions (company acquisitions and disposals, restructuring). He also has extensive experience in advising both banks and borrowers in connection with complex project and acquisition financing (structured finance). Matthias Bürge advises on all areas of corporate law, contract law, debt recovery and insolvency law. He also represents his clients in court and before administrative authorities in these fields.

(Co-Author)

• Share Transfer Restrictions - Unanswered Questions, in International Financial Law Review (IFLR), July/August 2018
• First and foremost, the importance of data protection considerations in M&A due diligence, in International Financial Law Review (IFLR), March 2017
• Lifting the veil - Switzerland's New Transparency Rules, in International Financial Law Review (IFLR), March 2016

• Partner at Werder Viganò AG (since 2021)
• Partner at a large Zurich commercial law firm (2008 to 2020)
• Associate at a large Zurich commercial law firm (2000 to 2007)
• Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University (2001/2002)
• Court clerk and substitute judge, Zurich District Court (1995 to 1999)
• Master of Law, University of Zurich (1995)

• German
• English
• French
• Italian

• Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• ZAV Commercial Law Section