Matthias Kuert

Banking & Finance, Capital Markets and Public M&A, Corporate / M&A, FinTech & Blockchain, Funds, ESG

Matthias advises clients in financial law (including capital markets law), and general contract and corporate law matters. In these fields, he also handles proceedings in front of state courts and regulatory authorities. A special focus of his practice concerns regulatory and contract law advice to financial services providers, advice on international financing as well as public and regulatory M&A transactions, and capital markets law transactional and compliance advice. He is an authorized issuers' representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Matthias graduated from the University of St. Gallen in 2006. After his traineeships in the legal department of a global technology company and at CMS, he was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2010.

Thereupon, Matthias was engaged as a research assistant at the Institut für Rechtswissenschaft und Rechtspraxis of the University of St. Gallen (chair of Prof. Dr Vito Roberto), before joining CMS again in 2012. In 2014 he was seconded to another global company and in the 2015/2016 term he obtained an LL.M. in International Business Law from King’s College, London. Matthias wrote his thesis on the treatment of the public law norms of conduct in Swiss liability law ("Öffentlich-rechtliche Verhaltensnormen im schweizerischen Haftungsrecht", St. Galler Schriften zum Finanzmarktrecht, Bd. 16, Zürich 2018). Matthias has been a partner since January 2023.

- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

- Swiss Bar Association (SBA)