Prof. Dr. Franco Taisch

Practice Areas

Structuring of business & governance models Corporate transformations & mergers & acquisitions (M&A) Corporate & commercial law Financing & financial market law Inter-/national contract law including risk management Legal-regulatory compliance & legal management

Education

University of Lucerne, Habilitation in Business Law, 2009 University of Lucerne, Titular Professor of Business Leadership and Law and Financial Market Law, 2005 IMD Lausanne, Professional Leadership Program, 2000 Practising Law Institute New York, 1992 Admitted to the bar, 1989 University of Zurich, Dr. iur., 1987 University of Zurich, lic. iur., 1985

Experience

Partner at Barandun AG in Zug Partnership with Value2go AG in Zurich-Wallisellen Attorney and business consultant in Zug, Zurich, Geneva, New York and Liechtenstein (over 20 years) Executive positions at C-level and board level for inter-/national, non-/listed companies in Switzerland and abroad as well as chairman of the board, member of risk and audit committees, delegate for innovation and as entrepreneur (over 20 years) Part-time university professor and full professor of business law (over 15 years)

Memberships

Swiss Bar Association and Advocates Association Zug (SAV/Advocates Association) Zurich Bar Association (ZAV; passive member) Association of Swiss Corporate Lawyers (VSUJ) International Center for Corporate Governance / Swiss Board School (ICFCG), St. Gallen European Corporate GovernanceInstitute (ECGI), Brussels Board of Governors HEC Montréal, Institut International des Coopératives Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins, Montréal european centre for e-commerce and internet law, Vienna

Languages

DE, EN, FR, RM