Portrait

Urs Klöti is Managing Partner of Pestalozzi and a member of Pestalozzi's Financial Services group in Zurich. His practice is focused on banking and capital markets, corporate finance, securities, insurance and corporate law.

Urs Klöti, born in 1965, graduated in economics from the University of St. Gall in 1990. In 1991/1992, he worked for a Swiss firm in Indonesia. In 1994, he graduated in law from the University of St. Gall and joined Pestalozzi in 1995. In 1998, he was admitted to the bar in Switzerland. From 2000 to 2003, Urs Klöti was Head of Law and Compliance of the Swiss institutional client bank in Zurich of one of the world's leading US investment banks. Urs Klöti’s professional languages are German and English and he also speaks some Spanish.

Publications (download PDF list )

13.06.2013 / Country questions and answers for Switzerland
Detail Country questions and answers for Switzerland, in: The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Lending & Secured Finance 2013 Edition; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London (www.iclg.co.uk)

31.12.2010 / Capital Markets: Switzeralnd
Detail Capital Markets: Switzeralnd, in: PLC Cross –border Capital Markets Handbook 2009/2010

31.12.2010 / Art. 55 – 61
Detail Art. 55 – 61, in: Watter Vogt (Hrsg.) und Nedim Peter Vogt, Basler Kommentar, Börsengesetz Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz, Zürich 2010

31.12.2009 / Art. 1156 - 1186
Detail Art. 1156 - 1186, in: Jolanta Kren Kostkiewicz, Peter Nobel, Ivo Schwander, Stephan Wolf, OR Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht, Zürich 2009

31.12.2008 / Kommentierung der Artikel 1156 – 1186 OR
Detail Kommentierung der Artikel 1156 – 1186 OR, in: Kren Kostkiewicz / Nobel / Schwander / Wolf (Hrsg.), Schweizerisches Obligationenrecht, Handkommentar, 2. Aufl., Zürich 2009

contact

Urs Klöti
Managing Partner
Loewenstrasse 1, CH-8001 Zürich
Phone (direct) +41 44 217 92 92
urs.kloeti(at)pestalozzilaw.com
VCARD

Expertise

Financial Services, Capital Markets, Commercial, Contracts, Financial Products, Investment Funds, Private Banking, Private Equity, Securities, Trust & Foundations, Venture Capital, White Collar Crime, Asset Finance, Insurance, Banking & Finance

Languages

German, English

Admission

Switzerland 1998

Memberships

Zurich and Swiss Bar Association, International Bar Association (IBA)

pro bono

Stiftung Kinderheim Grünau (president of the foundation board), Ecovida Stiftung, St. Gallen (member of the foundation board)