Hansjürg
Appenzeller

Partner
  • Portrait
  • Career

Hansjürg Appenzeller is a member of the Corporate / M&A and Financial Services practice teams, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, including public takeover offers, private equity transactions and capital markets work. He heads the Insurance working group.

Hansjürg Appenzeller is a member of the Corporate / M&A and Financial Services practice teams and heads the Insurance working group.

2003
Partner at Homburger
1997
Bar admission
1996
University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
1996
Bar admission (New York)
1994
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ), New York University

Hansjürg Appenzeller is clearly one of Switzerland’s leading insurance contract and regulatory lawyers.

2023

Having him on our side in difficult deal-making situations always provides valued comfort.

2022

Excellent legal advice, always coming up with pragmatic solutions and very cost efficient.

2020

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  • Publications

Homburger advised Credit Suisse on various aspects in connection with the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS

Deals & Cases

Homburger advised HBM Healthcare Investments on the issuance of CHF 100 m 1.125 per cent Bonds due 2027

Deals & Cases

Financial Services Act - FinSA (FIDLEG) - Curse or Blessing?

News

Chapter 14: Financial Reporting and Rules on Inside Information

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Career

Hansjürg Appenzeller

Partner

Hansjürg Appenzeller is a member of the Corporate / M&A and Financial Services practice teams and heads the Insurance working group.

He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, including public takeover offers and private equity transactions, as well as capital markets work. His practice further focuses on advising (re-)insurance companies in M&A and capital markets transactions and with respect to license and regulatory matters and compliance with corporate governance and insurance regulations.

He is an Authorized Issuers’ Representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.Hansjürg Appenzeller has published a doctoral thesis on shareholders’ agreements in international private law (Stimmbindungsabsprachen in Kapitalgesellschaften – Rechtsvergleichung und Internationales Privatrecht, Schulthess 1996). He has also published the insurance regulatory part of the Basel Commentary on the Swiss Merger Act as well as articles on the merger of insurance companies, hybrid instruments within the insurance regulatory framework, ad hoc publicity, the legal framework for activist shareholders in Switzerland and corporate law aspects of shareholders’ meetings transmitted over the internet.

Career

2003
Partner at Homburger
1997
Bar admission
1996
University of Zurich (Dr. iur.)
1996
Bar admission (New York)
1994
Master of Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ), New York University

Languages

English, German

Bar Registration

Admitted to the Swiss and New York bar

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