Dr. Reto Strittmatter

• University of Zurich, Dr.iur. (2002)

• Admitted to the bar (1999)

• University of Zurich, lic.iur. (1997)

• Associate (2005-2009) and partner (since 2010) at Wartmann Merker

• Associate at an international law firm in Zurich (2001-2005)

• Legal counsel at a Swiss bank in Zurich (2000-2001)

• Law clerk and court secretary at the District Court of Hinwil (1997-1998)

• Commercial training programme for high school graduates (1989-1991)

• Litigation:

• Representing a board member of a bankrupt Swiss stock corporation in defence against creditor claims related to directors' liability under company law.

• Representing an attorney before the Zurich Supervisory Commission for Attorneys in connection with an alleged violation of professional conduct rules.

• 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.

• Commercial and Corporate Law:

• Advising a Swiss corporation on the formation of a joint venture with a Chinese public company, including drafting/negotiating the JV agreement and restructuring the Swiss corporation in the run-up to the transaction.

• Advising a German group of companies on multiple private equity investments in Swiss (start-up) companies, including drafting/negotiating the Investment and Shareholders' Agreement.

• Providing advice to a Swiss subsidiary of a German group of companies on the establishment of a zero balancing cash pool, including drafting the corporate documents.

• Advising a Swiss group of companies on the acquisition of a division of a German group of companies (asset deal), including negotiating the asset purchase agreement and coordinating the (international) legal team for the buyer.

• Supporting a Swiss group of companies with the sale of its German subsidiary (share deal), including drafting/negotiating the share purchase agreement.

• Bar Examination Commission of the Canton of Zurich

• German-Swiss Lawyers' Association

• Zurich Bar Association

• Swiss Bar Association

• Commentary on Art. 574-593 of the Swiss Code of Obligations, in: Amstutz et al. (eds), A Commentary on Swiss Private Law, 4th ed., Zurich 2023.

• Civil Procedure Law (Stämpfli's Legal Textbooks). Taking into account the Bernese and Zurich introductory legislation, 2nd ed., Bern 2021 [together with Bernhard Berger, Andreas Güngerich and Christoph Hurni].

• Tables to the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure, Basel 2015 [together with Kurt Boesch and Andreas Güngerich].

• The exclusion of the owner of a condominium: Pitfalls to be aware of under the new under the new Swiss Code of Civil Procedure, in: Wermelinger/Fellmann (eds), Further training in law, Lucerne Condominium Day, Bern 2012, p. 117 et seq.

• Exclusion from legal communities (joint ownership and condominium ownership communities, general, limited and simple partnerships, communities of heirs and communities of property), Zurich Studies in Private Law vol. 179, Zurich 2002.

• ‘Data protection law – selected points for practice’, client lecture on the revised data protection law, 10 June 2024, Zurich [together with Dr. Merens Cahannes]

• ‘When managers are liable’ short presentation on the topic ‘Where do risks arise?’ at the WM client event on 6 September 2023

• ‘Reform of company law – what can we expect?’ Short presentation on the new legal institution of the capital bond at the WM client event on 13 September 2018

• The exclusion of the condominium owner: Pitfalls under the new ZPO, Lucerne Day of Condominium Ownership, 15 June 2012, Lucerne.

• Strategy and Tactics in Civil Proceedings, lecture at the Herrliberg Lions Club, 12 June 2012, Küsnacht

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r.strittmatter@wartmann-merker.ch