Adrian Plüss’ practice focuses on national and international corporate law with its multiple links between corporate law and contract law, property law, intellectual property law and insolvency law as well as the increasingly extensive administrative and regulatory law in industries such as finance, healthcare and energy. Frequent topics include corporate governance and compliance, restructurings and corporate actions.

Adrian Plüss advises and supports companies (SMEs as well as larger companies) and entrepreneurs (also in M&A transactions and succession planning), majority and minority shareholders, in these areas, serves as an active member of the board of directors (for example in Swiss companies of international corporate groups) and can contribute valuable experience and know-how of business contexts. He also acts as an expert on corporate and group law issues and acts as counsel in litigation (in particular on corporate and merger law claims).

As a foundation board member and advisor, he also supports and advises non-profit institutions.

Adrian Plüss draws attention to the concerns of SMEs and family-owned companies in consultations on proposed legislation. As co-author of the handbook “Der Verwaltungsrat” (The Board of Directors), of various commentaries on Swiss private law, as well as in numerous articles on a wide variety of topics, Adrian Plüss has dealt with a large number of current legal issues (such as ESG) and has developed pragmatic proposals therefor.

Career
2025 Attorney-at-law and partner with LANTER PARTNER
2005 Attorney-at-law and partner with LANTER, Attorneys and Tax Advisors
2005 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1997 Attorney-at-law with own law practice
1991 Associate with Niederer Kraft & Frey, Zurich
1991 Admission to the Zurich bar (admitted to all Swiss courts)
1990 Dr. iur. (University of Zurich)
1988 Junior Associate with Niederer Kraft & Frey, Zurich
1985 Teaching assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter Forstmoser, Zurich
1985 lic. iur. (University of Zurich)
Lanuages

English
German
French

Areas of Practice

Civil law
Contract law
Corporate and commercial law
International private law

Publications

Der Verwaltungsrat – ein Handbuch für die Praxis (5. Auflage Zürich 2021) (zusammen mit Roland Müller und Lorenz Lipp)
Berner Kommentar (Kommentar der ersten Stunde) (Art. 707 – 726 OR)
OF-Kommentar Aktienrecht (Art. 620 – 647 OR, Art. 12 VegüV)
OF-Kommentar OR (Art. 916 – 920 OR)
Schulthess Kommentar Privatrecht (Art. 707 – 726 OR; zusammen mit Nicolas Facincani)
Können Richter Verwaltungsräte absetzen?
Datenlieferungen im Rahmen des sogenannten US-Programms

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