Bernhard Lötscher

Partner

Dreikönigstrasse 7
8022 Zurich, Switzerland

T +41 44 285 11 11
F +41 44 285 11 22
bernhard.loetscher@cms-veh.com

Berhard Lötscher’s main practice areas are national and cross-border litigation and arbitration, international mutual assistance in administrative, civil and criminal matters and advising an international corporate clientele on issues of immigration and labour law. Bernhard’s professional experience encompasses also general contract, banking and financial services law. He is a member of the CMS Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the Banking and Finance Practice Group.

Bernhard Lötscher graduated with honours form the University of Zurich in 1990. After an internship with Union Bank of Switzerland (today UBS), he joined CMS von Erlach Henrici Ltd in 1993 and was admitted to the bar in 1996. He is a partner of our company since 2001.

Membership

Zurich and Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association, Bankrechtliche Vereinigung

Publications

Abkommen Schweiz-USA in Sachen UBS: Sind dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht die Hände gebunden?, Anwaltsrevue, January 15, 2010

Beschönigte Realitäten im Abkommen Schweiz - USA (On the Treaty between Switzerland and USA of August 19, 2009, concerning the IRS Request for Information Exchange in the Matter of UBS Ltd), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 17, 2009

Keine Rechtshilfe der Schweiz im Fall Yukos (No Judicial Assistance from Switzerland in the Yukos Affair), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 8, 2005

Die Subsumption des Eigenhandels mit Rohwaren unter den Begriff der Finanzintermediation im Sinne des GwG (Co-Author: Prof. Dr. iur. Niklaus Schmid), AJP, November 2002

Expertise

Publications

Abkommen Schweiz–USA in Sachen UBS: Sind dem Bundesverwaltungsgericht die Hände gebunden?