Urs Brügger’s main areas of practice are financial market regulations including governance and disclosure obligations of listed companies, banking and corporate finance, and transactional services, including public and private M&A.

Urs Brügger has extensive experience in advising Swiss public companies in governance, disclosure and related reporting obligations, and financial intermediaries in all kinds of regulatory matters. He represents listed companies, financial intermediaries and investors in regulatory enforcement proceedings. He has also advised the board of directors of several listed companies in their takeover defences.

• Senior Counsel at Bär & Karrer (since 2020)
• Partner at Bär & Karrer (2000-2019)
• SIX Swiss Exchange: Member of the Management Committee and Head of Listing (1989-1997)
• Stanford Business School: Executive Programme (1996)
• Admitted to the Zurich Bar (1987)
• University of Zurich: lic. iur. (1983)

• Recognized representative for the listing of securities at the SIX Swiss Exchange
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• Member of NIRI National Investor Relations Institute