Markus Vock

Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs; Banking and Capital Markets; Inheritance and Estates; Work and Profession; International; Taxes (natural Persons)

Markus Vock is a partner at Lenz Caemmerer and advises private individuals and companies on complex legal and strategic issues. His focus is on tax, commercial, banking and finance law. He has extensive expertise in corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions), private equity, contract law and succession planning. He completed his studies at the Universities of Basel and Lausanne, followed by a Master of European and International Business Law (M.B.L.) at the University of St. Gallen. In addition to his advisory work, he serves on the board of directors of various companies. Markus Vock advises his clients in German, English and French.

Areas of activity

• Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance
• Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs
• Construction and Real Estate
• Family Law, Inheritance and Estates
• International
• Taxes
• Work and profession

Fields of Law

• Agency, Franchising, and Distribution Agreements
• Banking
• Bankruptcy and Restructuring
• Capital markets
• Collections and Bankruptcy (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Commercial Law
• Compliance (Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance)
• Compliance (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Contracts (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Contracts (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
• Contracts (Work and profession)
• Conversion and Restructuring
• Corporate (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Corporate Financing
• Corporate Succession (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Corporate Succession (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
• D & O Liability
• Entity Formations
• Estates and Inheritances (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Estates and Inheritances (Family Law, Inheritance and Estates)
• International Business
• Labor and employment (Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurs)
• Law Governing Groups of Companies
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Law (International)
• Real Estate (Construction and Real Estate)
• Sales and Distribution Law
• Stock Exchange Law
• Tax Law
• Taxation of Natural Persons

Short biography

• Born 1969 in Basel
• Studied Law at the University of Basel and Lausanne
• Licentiate of Law 1995
• Admitted to the bar 1997
• M.B.L.-HSG, Master of European and International Business Law, University of St. Gallen, 2002
• Worked for several years as legal counsel for a major Swiss bank in Zurich and a private bank in Basel; including as head of the legal department (1998-2006)
• Partner in an internationally focused fiduciary and consulting firm in Basel (2006-2015), from 2016 self-employed in his own company with a focus on tax and legal advice
• Various board of directors mandates
• With Lenz Caemmerer since 2013
• Languages: German, English, French