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Roland

Lüthy

Partner
lic. iur., MBA (INSEAD)
Attorney at Law

+41 44 274 16 16

Advoro Zurich Ltd
Zollikerstrasse 226
8008 Zurich
Switzerland

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About

Roland Lüthy has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital deals, restructurings, financing transactions and joint ventures. His practice also covers capital market and stock exchange regulation, corporate governance, sanctions law and foreign direct investment control.

He advises SMEs, larger companies, individual investors, board members, founders and executives on these matters and on general contract, commercial and corporate law. He also supports clients in translating legal and regulatory requirements into effective internal processes.

His professional experience combines roles as external counsel, in-house counsel and leadership positions in corporate legal departments, as well as experience as a board member of and investor in start-up companies.

Roland Lüthy’s career spans positions in Bank Julius Bär & Co. Ltd., at a cantonal commercial court as well as in the M&A/Corporate team of the law firm Homburger. Before joining Advoro, he served as Head Legal, Company Secretary and Deputy General Counsel (2022-2026) at the Sulzer Group, an industrial group listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Subsequently, he served as Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary (2026-2027) of the medmix Group, a medical and industrial products company also listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Roland Lüthy holds a law degree from the University of Zurich (lic. iur., 2006) and an MBA from INSEAD (2014).

Roland is fluent in German and English and also speaks French.

He is registered with the Bar of the Canton of Zurich and is authorized to represent clients before courts throughout Switzerland.

Publications

(in language of publication)



Der Vorentwurf eines Investitionsprüfgesetzes, Übersicht und Relevanz für Schweizer Life Science-Unternehmen
by Roland Lüthy and Philippe Fuchs
in Life Science Recht 3/2022, pp. 165 et seq.


Stricter Limitations on Intra-Group Financing Arrangements Following Swiss Federal Supreme Court Ruling
by Roland Lüthy and Marc Hanslin
in Swiss Capital Markets Law (CapLaw) 3/2015, pp. 2 et seq.


Mängel in der Organisation der Gesellschaft, drei neue Bundesgerichtsurteile
by Roland Lüthy
in Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht sowie Umstrukturierungen (GesKR) 4/2012, pp. 596 et seq.


Neuerungen im Kapitalmarktstrafrecht
by Roland Lüthy and Simon Schären
in Allgemeine Juristische Praxis (AJP) 4/2012, pp. 499 et seq.

Expertise

• M&A
• Private Equity, Start-ups and Venture Capital
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Stock Exchange and Capital Markets Law
• General Contract and Commercial Law
• Sanctions Law
• Foreign Direct Investment Control

Other Activities and Functions

Membership in various professional associations and expert bodies.

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