Beat Kühni
Partner
Attorney at Law, LL.M.
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Partner Attorney at Law, LL.M. +41 58 450 80 00 beat.kuehni@lenzstaehelin.com |
Zurich Brandschenkestrasse 24 CH-8027 Zurich www.lenzstaehelin.com |
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Expertise
Beat Kühni is a partner and an expert in corporate, M&A, private equity and venture capital, real estate, banking and finance, as well as commercial and contracts. He leads the firm's Real Estate group and is team leader of the Commercial and Contracts group based in Zurich. Beat is also a standing member of several chapters of the Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association (SECA) and chairs the standing working groups responsible for SECA's VC/PE Model Documentation.
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Domaines d'activité
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Secteurs d'activité
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Expérience professionnelle et parcours académique
et parcours académique
2003 Partner, Lenz & Staehelin 1996 Joined Lenz & Staehelin 1998 University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.) 1995 Swiss Bar Admission -
Domaines d'activité
Corporate and M&A (with particular focus on Private M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital), Real Estate, Commercial and Contracts, Banking and Finance, Corporate and structured Finance, Regulatory, Corporate and Regulatory Investigations, Restructuring and Insolvency -
Langues
German, English, French -
Affiliations
Zurich Bar Association (ZAV), Swiss Bar Association (SAV), International Bar Association (IBA), Private Equity, Venture Capital and Legal & Tax chapters of Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), Head of Standing Working Groups of Expert Practitioners entrusted with SECA's VC Model Documentations -
Contact
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Assistante / Assistant
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Références
Beat Kühni is exceptional by every definition.
Chambers & Partners, 2025His attention to detail, responsiveness and dedication to meeting client needs make working with Beat a pleasure.
Chambers & Partners, 2024Beat Kühni has very broad expertise, is very responsive and very client- and business-oriented.
Chambers & Partners, 2024Very experienced and responsive; strong negotiator.
IFLR 1000, 2024The collaboration with Beat Kühni and his team is highly efficient, and their advice is always to the point and very helpful. He has an in-depth understanding of our industry and broad knowledge and experience on scale-up companies in general.
The Legal 500, 2024He has a strong focus on transactional matters.
Who's Who Legal, 2024Beat Kühni is a go-to figure in the Swiss market for private M&A, where he is lauded for his "outstanding precision and responsiveness".
Who's Who Legal, 2022Beat Kühni is revered for his top-tier work on real estate investments with sources adding, “He is extremely professional, efficient and result-driven.”
Who's Who Legal, 2022Beat Kühni is described by peers as having "excellent negotiation skills, broad expertise, high responsiveness and very good business acumen.
Who's Who Legal, 2021Very professional, efficient, responsive and creative
IFLR 1000, 2020He is well established in the Swiss market and possesses strong experience in private equity and corporate matters.
Who's Who Legal, 2020An encyclopaedic knowledge
Legal 500, 2019Instrumental in finding creative solutions at the negotiation table
Chambers, 2017