Balthasar Wicki

Attorney at Law, EMBA (UZH), Mediator SAV/SKWM/SDM, CM&AA | Partner

As a business lawyer and internationally experienced industrial executive, Balthasar Wicki's experience in mastering phases of growth, crisis and change is based equally on his practical leadership experience and specialised expertise. Entrepreneurs and companies appreciate his broad-based business approach, his ability to understand complex economic contexts, his willingness to take responsibility and his high availability.

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After qualifying as a lawyer in 1993, Balthasar Wicki worked as corporate legal counsel for a major industrial group and then took on senior market development roles in India, China and Southeast Asia for several major industrial companies. Back from Asia in 2003, Balthasar Wicki was responsible for the successful repositioning of a large Swiss NGO/NPO and then, now as CEO and co-investor, led a global industrial company in the private equity environment through an existential crisis. Since 2008, Balthasar Wicki has again worked as a corporate and commercial lawyer.

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Balthasar Wicki advises a large number of domestic and foreign SMEs, entrepreneurs and investors comprehensively on corporate law issues and structuring matters, primarily in the technology environment, but also in traditional industrial sectors. In addition, he leads significant restructuring and estate mandates, also in the international group environment, and repeatedly takes on complex negotiation mandates.

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Balthasar Wicki was listed in Who's Who Legal 2016 as one of the leading experts in Switzerland in the field of "Insolvency & Restructuring". In addition, IR Global has named Balthasar Wicki as its exclusive advisor in the field of corporate law in Switzerland.

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As a business mediator and board member, Balthasar Wicki can bring his leadership experience to bear, especially in intercultural constellations (India, China, Southeast Asia, etc.).

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Board of Directors mandates (selection)

• Gonon Isolation AG, Schleitheim (Chairman)

• Mikas AG, Zurich

Languages

• German

• English

• French

• Italian (spoken)

Memberships

• Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations

• International Bar Association

• SwissBoardForum

• SKWM Swiss Chamber for Business Mediation

• Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce

• The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce

• Alliance of Mergers & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA)

• Swiss Chinese Law Association

• SECA

Partnerships

• Management Experts St.Gallen

• MedWorld Advisors