Portrait

Martin L. Müller, is a partner and member of Pestalozzi' s Corporate/M&A as well as Employment groups in Zurich. Martin L. Müller advises clients on corporate transactions and restructuring, corporate immigrations, private equity and venture capital, executive employment (in particular structuring of compensation schemes) and commercial contracts.

He graduated from the University of St. Gallen (lic.iur., 1994; Dr.iur. 1997) and Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2002). Martin L. Müller joined Pestalozzi in 2002. Previously, he worked as a teaching and research assistant at the Institute of European and International Business Law at the University of St. Gallen, was granted the 1997/1998 fellowship at the University of Zurich by the Swiss National Fund for Academic Research, served as a law clerk and worked as an associate in an international law firm in Zurich. Martin L. Müller was admitted to the bar in 1999. His professional languages are German, English and French.

Publications (download PDF list )

07.05.2012 / Das Begehren des Gläubigers um Befriedigung oder Sicherstellung bei der Kapitalherabsetzung
Detail Das Begehren des Gläubigers um Befriedigung oder Sicherstellung bei der Kapitalherabsetzung, in: AJP 2011, p 529-535

31.12.2010 / Das Management im Unternehmensverkauf
Detail Das Management im Unternehmensverkauf, in: Europa Institut Zürich, Band 106, Zürich 2010, S. 81 - 97

20.12.2010 / Tax Free Quarterly Dividends Revisited – Same Story, New Theme: Staggered Dividend out of Additional Paid-In Capital (APIC)
Detail Tax Free Quarterly Dividends Revisited – Same Story, New Theme: Staggered Dividend out of Additional Paid-In Capital (APIC) (gestaffelte Agio Dividende aus Reserven aus Kapitaleinlagen), in: GesKR 4/2010

05.09.2010 / Corporate Advantages of Switzerland and Principles of Swiss Share Corporations
Detail Corporate Advantages of Switzerland and Principles of Swiss Share Corporations, in: "Kokusai Shoji Homu" (International Business Law magazine), 15. August 2010

05.09.2010 / Sozialpläne bei Umstrukturierungen
Detail Sozialpläne bei Umstrukturierungen, AJP 2009, p. 939 – 953

20.04.2010 / Staggered Capital Reduction
Detail Staggered Capital Reduction – New Approach to Tax-Free Quarterly Dividends of NYSE-listed Swiss Companies, GesKR 03.2009

31.12.1996 / Die Zuständigkeit des Schiedsgerichts
Detail Die Zuständigkeit des Schiedsgerichts, Zürich/Bern 1997

contact

Martin L. Müller
Partner
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone (direct) +41 44 217 92 60
martin.mueller(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD

Expertise

Commercial, Contracts, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Banking & Finance, Financial Services

Languages

German, English, French

Admission

Switzerland 1999

Memberships

Zurich and Swiss Bar Association, SECA – Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association