Dr. Merens Cahannes, LL.M.

Attorney at law, Associate
Dr. Merens Cahannes, LL.M.

Merens primarily represents parties in commercial matters before state courts and arbitration tribunals. He also regularly provides advisory services in contract law and debt enforcement and bankruptcy law. He has several years of experience as a litigation attorney at an international law firm in Zurich and as a law clerk at the District Court of Zurich. Merens completed a banking apprenticeship and wrote a dissertation on financial market law at the University of Zurich.

Education
  • Swiss Bar Admission (2021)

  • University of Zurich, Dr. iur. (2019) (awarded the Professor Walther Hug Prize)

  • Maastricht University, LL.M. (2015)

  • University of Zurich, MLaw (2015)

  • University of Zurich, BLaw (2013)

Professional Career
  • Associate at Wartmann Merker (since 2024)

  • Associate at an international law firm in Zurich (2022–2024)

  • Auditor and Law Clerk at the District Court of Zurich (2018–2020)

  • Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone, University of Zurich (2016–2018)

  • Banking Apprenticeship (2004–2007)

Recent Cases
  • Represented a Swiss company as a third party in mutual legal assistance proceeding (international legal assistance in criminal matters).

  • Represented a Swiss company as the plaintiff in an action to void a transaction due to fraud or mistake.

  • Acting for a Swiss company in court regarding a post-M&A dispute.

  • Representing a group of minority shareholders of a Swiss company in a dispute against the majority shareholders and the board of directors, including a challenge to the AGM resolution and an action for information.

Memberships
  • Zurich and Swiss Bar Association

Publications
  • Chapter "Social Insurance Law," in: Baker McKenzie Zurich (ed.), Business Law 2023: Trends & Developments, Zurich/Geneva 2023, pp. 67 ff. (together with Christoph Stutz and Kaspar Projer)

  • Chapter "Social Insurance Law," in: Baker McKenzie Zurich (ed.), Business Law 2022: Trends & Developments, Zurich/Geneva 2022, pp. 43 ff. (together with Kaspar Projer)

  • Short Selling, doctoral thesis, Zurich 2019

  • "The Societas Unius Personae (SUP) from a Swiss Perspective," in: Pascal Grolimund/Alfred Koller/Leander D. Loacker/Wolfgang Portmann (eds.), Festschrift for Anton K. Schnyder, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2018, pp. 1069 ff. (together with Hans Caspar von der Crone)

  • "The Casting Vote in General Meetings in Light of the Principle of Due Exercise of Rights," in: SZW 89 (2017), pp. 381 ff. (together with Hans Caspar von der Crone)

  • Arthur Meier-Hayoz/Hans Caspar von der Crone, Securities Law, 3rd ed., Bern 2018 (contributor)

  • "Falling Below the Minimum Number of Members in Cooperatives," in: SZW 88 (2016), pp. 340 ff. (together with Hans Caspar von der Crone)

Languages

German
English

Contact

P+41 44 212 10 11 F+41 44 212 15 11

m.cahannes@wartmann-merker.ch

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