Daniel Dedeyan is counsel in the Banking and Finance Group of Walder Wyss. He advises national and international clients in matters of banking, financial markets, insurance, corporate, contract as well as trade law. He is representing clients before supervisory authorities and the stock exchange and provides expert opinions. Daniel Dedeyan is specialized, among others, in capital market transactions (public M&A, IPO, etc.) and financial market regulation. In addition, he is particularly experienced in sustainability related regulation, sustainable finance and questions at the interface between corporate communication and law. In particular he has regularly assisted issuers, investors, financial intermediaries, insurance companies, and fintech companies with the realization of domestic and cross border projects, in proceedings of international mutual assistance in administrative and criminal matters as well as with internal regulatory, criminal, and anti-trust investigations. He publishes and teaches as a professor at Kalaidos Law School (Zurich) and as a private lecturer at the University of Zurich specialising in private and commercial law and, in particular, financial market law.

After his legal studies in Zurich and Rome (lic. iur., 2000) and PhD studies in Zurich and Frankfurt a.M. (Dr. iur., 2003), Daniel Dedeyan graduated in the USA from Yale Law School (LL.M., 2007). Following research fellowships in Germany and the USA, he concluded his post-doc degree at the University of Zurich (PD, Privatdozent, associated with the faculty of law, 2015) and published a book on corporate communication in corporate and financial markets law. Before entering Walder Wyss, he was working in the Zurich office of a leading international law firm.

Daniel Dedeyan works in German and English and has good knowledge of Italian and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Significant Accomplishments

IFLR 1000 Rankings 2024 - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Walder Wyss berät die SIX Swiss Exchange bei der Lancierung einer Kennzeichnung für Aktien, die dem Pariser Klimaabkommen entsprechen

Constantia Flexibles erwirbt Mehrheit der Aktien der Aluflexpack und kündigt öffentliches Übernahmeangebot für restliche Aktien an

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

DSM and Firmenich have completed their EUR 35 bn merger, becoming the leading creation and innovation partner in nutrition, beauty and well-being

Montana Aerospace AG closes acquisition of the Asco Group and issues new shares

Montana Aerospace AG führt Accelerated Bookbuilding und Kapitalerhöhung durch

IPO medmix AG

Montana Aerospace (SIX: AERO) acquires Asco Industries

Polyphor and EnBiotix sign merger agreement and agreement on sale of Murapavadin

Montana Aerospace AG geht an die Börse

SHL Telemedicine Ltd.: Ausgabe und Kotierung neuer Aktien für rund CHF 35 Millionen

Groupe Mutuel erwirbt Mehrheitsbeteiligung am Versicherungsberater Neosana

IPO of Aluflexpack AG

Walder Wyss advised 40 North in the acquisition and subsequent sale of shares in Clariant AG

Beförderungen bei Walder Wyss

Tamedia will die Medienvermarkterin Goldbach Gruppe (SIX: GBMN) übernehmen

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Equity Finance 2024 - Chapter Switzerland
Legal 500 Country Comparatives Guides 2024: Capital Markets - Switzerland
Kollektivanlagegesetz
CSRD ante portas – Key Points for Swiss Companies
Capital Markets - Switzerland
The Initial Public Offerings Law Review - Chapter Switzerland
Securities Finance 2023 - Chapter Switzerland
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides Switzerland - Capital Markets
Swiss corporate and D&O liability in a changing regulatory environment
Haftung für fehlerhafte Unternehmenskommunikation: Neue Risiken im Zuge der Nachhaltigkeitsregulierung
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: Switzerland – Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Klimareporting in der Schweiz
Chapter 17 - Switzerland
FINMA gives the go-ahead for SPACs on SIX Swiss Exchange
Chapter 15 - Switzerland
Listing of SMEs in Switzerland – SIX Swiss Exchange launches new trading segment
Überarbeitetes SIX-Reglement zur Ad-hoc-Publizität ab 1. Juli 2021 in Kraft
Macht durch Zeichen, Rechtsprobleme der Kennzeichnung und Zertifikation
Transparenz gegen Geld?
Regulierung der Unternehmenskommunikation
Haftung als Regulierungsinstrument im Finanzmarktrecht? Am Beispiel der Ad-hoc-Publizität
The Initial Public Offerings Law Review - Chapter Switzerland
Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide
FINMA erteilt SIX und BX die Zulassung als Prospektprüfstellen – Das neue Schweizer Prospektregime einschliesslich Prospektprüfung ist ab 1. Dezember 2020 zwingend anzuwenden
New Rules on Offering and Listing Prospectuses in Switzerland
After the Big Bang: New FINMA Guidance and Guidelines on Financial Market Infrastructures