Prof. Dr. Rolf Watter
Partner
Rolf Watter has broad experience in all types of M&A and capital market transactions including large scale mergers, auction procedures, cross-border transactions and IPOs. He also specializes in corporate governance questions.
Rolf Watter is presently a board member in the following listed companies: Zurich Financial Services, Syngenta and Nobel Biocare (in all three companies he is also a member of the audit committee). He is also a board member of Faber Castell (Holding) AG and of UBS AP AG.
Rolf Watter is ranked as a leading lawyer in the Guide to the World's leading Corporate Governance Lawyers (2009), in the Guide to the World's leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers (2009) and listed since 2009 as one of the two most influential lawyers in Switzerland in Bilanz. The European Legal 500 (2009) describes Rolf Watter as a "shining light in the field of M&A". Chambers Global (2010) point out: "Rolf Watter is "the rainmaker and the deal doer" of the practice, and one of the strongest practitioners in the country." Chambers Global 2011 describes Rolf Watter "with broad experience in all types of M&A and capital markets transactions, Rolf Watter is a first-class negotiator and is particularly skilled at handling complex cross-border transactions and corporate governance questions".
- Currently board member of Faber-Castell (Holding) AG (since 1997), UBS AOP AG (since 2000), Syngenta (since 2000), Zurich Financial Services (since 2002) and Nobel Biocare (since 2007)
- Member of the board of directors of Bär & Karrer AG (2007-2009)
- Member of the management board of Bär & Karrer (2000-2009)
- Board member of Cablecom Holdings GmbH (2003-2008), Forbo (1999-2005), Centerpulse (2002-2003), Feldschlösschen Getränke AG (2001-2004)
- University of Zurich: Professor of Law (since 1996), Venia Legendi (1990)
- Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 1994)
- Georgetown University, Washington D.C.: LL.M. (1988)
- Admitted to the Zurich Bar (1986)
- University of Zurich: Dr. iur. (1985)
- University of Zurich: lic. iur. (1983)
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- SIX Swiss Exchange: Member of the Admission Board, Member of the Commission of Experts on Disclosure of Shareholdings, Recognised Representative for the Listing of Securities
- Part-time Professor of Law at the University of Zurich
- Co-editor of the law journals "Aktuelle Juristische Praxis" and "GesKR" and of the Basler Commentaries on Corporate Law, on the Banking Act, the Stock Exchange Act and the Merger Act
- All Swiss Courts
Bär & Karrer AG
Brandschenkestrasse 90
CH-8027 Zurich
Switzerland
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T: +41 58 261 52 81
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