Schmid Tanja

Tanja Schmid

Associate
Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG

Biography

Tanja Schmid is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Banking & Finance and Capital Markets Groups in Zurich. She graduated from the University of Bern in 2016 and was admitted to the bar in 2019. Prior to joining the Firm in 2019, she worked as a law clerk at a Bern based law firm and a tax court of first instance. She gained additional experience by working at the legal service of a Swiss bank for five years.

Practice Focus

Tanja focuses her practice on Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, general corporate law matters as well as financial services matters.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Structured the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) under Swiss law and advised VT5 Acquisition Company, the first Swiss-listed SPAC, on its initial public offering.

Admissions

  • Switzerland (2019)

Education

  • University of Bern (MA Law) (2016)
  • University of Bern (BA Law) (2014)

Languages

  • English
  • German