Mark Mauerhofer

Expertise Mark Advises Experience Highlights Career History

Partner, Switzerland

M&A, Commercial & Corporate Law

+41 79 921 82 29

Expertise

Mark Mauerhofer is an experienced corporate lawyer who, over the course of his career, has specialised in M&A, corporate governance, and the leadership and optimisation of legal and compliance functions.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the legal profession, having worked as a lawyer, General Counsel, and Head of Legal & Compliance Business Operations at international listed companies.

Mark holds an LL.M. from the University of Chicago, a Doctorate in Law from the University of Bern, and an Executive MBA from London Business School.

Mark Advises

  • start-ups
  • owner-managed mid-sized companies
  • internationally listed corporations, particularly in the industrial, infrastructure, transport, technology, and regulated sectors.

He advises in particular on:

  • M&A transactions (buy-side and sell-side)
  • Corporate governance and board advisory matters
  • Compliance and trade control systems
  • Corporate restructurings and transformations
  • Commercial contracts and strategic projects
  • Data protection and digitalisation
  • Legal crisis management and organisational resilience

Experience Highlights

  • Leadership of global legal, compliance, and trade control organisations in multinational industrial and technology companies,
  • Legal lead on numerous international M&A transactions with an aggregate value exceeding CHF 2.5 billion,
  • Member of extended executive management teams and Corporate Secretary to boards of directors and board committees of listed companies,
  • Development and implementation of group-wide governance, compliance, and data protection frameworks,
  • Leadership of complex organisational transformation and reorganisation projects, including process optimisation and digitalisation,
  • Responsibility for global compliance and trade control programmes,
  • Introduction of data-driven management and reporting structures within global legal and compliance organisations

Career History

  • 2022 – 2026: Swiss Re Management Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland – Head Legal & Compliance Business Management, Director
  • 2021 – 2022: Lexxton AG, Zurich, Switzerland – Partner & Consultant
  • 2020 – 2021: Landis+Gyr Group AG, Zug, Switzerland – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Senior Vice-President
  • 2011 – 2019: OC Oerlikon Management AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland – General Counsel, Executive Vice-President
  • 2011 – 2013: OC Oerlikon Management AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland -Senior Legal Counsel
  • 2010 – 2011: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Bern, Switzerland – Legal Counsel
  • 2008 – 2010: Homburger AG, Zurich, Switzerland – Associate
  • 2004 – 2005: Ascom Holding AG, Bern, Switzerland – Legal Counsel

Education

  • 2019 – 2021: EMBA, London Business School, UK
  • 2015 – 2016: Accelerated Development Program, London Business School, UK
  • 2004 – 2008: Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), Universität Bern, Schweiz
  • 2005 – 2006: LL.M., Law School of University of Chicago, USA
  • 2004: Zulassung zum Anwaltspatent des Kantons Zürich, Schweiz
  • 1997 – 2002: Lic. iur. (magna cum laude), Universität Bern, Schweiz

 

 

 

Mark is part of gunnercooke GmbH, headquartered at Bahnhofstrasse 10, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland, and registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich under number CHE-425.865.484. He is authorised to practise as a lawyer in Switzerland and is a member of the competent bar association, which also serves as the supervisory authority.

Expertise

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Mark Mauerhofer is an experienced corporate lawyer who, over the course of his career, has specialised in M&A, corporate governance, and the leadership and optimisation of legal and compliance functions.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the legal profession, having worked as a lawyer, General Counsel, and Head of Legal & Compliance Business Operations at international listed companies.

Mark holds an LL.M. from the University of Chicago, a Doctorate in Law from the University of Bern, and an Executive MBA from London Business School.

Mark Advises

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  • start-ups
  • owner-managed mid-sized companies
  • internationally listed corporations, particularly in the industrial, infrastructure, transport, technology, and regulated sectors.

He advises in particular on:

  • M&A transactions (buy-side and sell-side)
  • Corporate governance and board advisory matters
  • Compliance and trade control systems
  • Corporate restructurings and transformations
  • Commercial contracts and strategic projects
  • Data protection and digitalisation
  • Legal crisis management and organisational resilience

Experience Highlights

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  • Leadership of global legal, compliance, and trade control organisations in multinational industrial and technology companies,
  • Legal lead on numerous international M&A transactions with an aggregate value exceeding CHF 2.5 billion,
  • Member of extended executive management teams and Corporate Secretary to boards of directors and board committees of listed companies,
  • Development and implementation of group-wide governance, compliance, and data protection frameworks,
  • Leadership of complex organisational transformation and reorganisation projects, including process optimisation and digitalisation,
  • Responsibility for global compliance and trade control programmes,
  • Introduction of data-driven management and reporting structures within global legal and compliance organisations

Career History

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  • 2022 – 2026: Swiss Re Management Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland – Head Legal & Compliance Business Management, Director
  • 2021 – 2022: Lexxton AG, Zurich, Switzerland – Partner & Consultant
  • 2020 – 2021: Landis+Gyr Group AG, Zug, Switzerland – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Senior Vice-President
  • 2011 – 2019: OC Oerlikon Management AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland – General Counsel, Executive Vice-President
  • 2011 – 2013: OC Oerlikon Management AG, Pfäffikon, Switzerland -Senior Legal Counsel
  • 2010 – 2011: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Bern, Switzerland – Legal Counsel
  • 2008 – 2010: Homburger AG, Zurich, Switzerland – Associate
  • 2004 – 2005: Ascom Holding AG, Bern, Switzerland – Legal Counsel

Education

  • 2019 – 2021: EMBA, London Business School, UK
  • 2015 – 2016: Accelerated Development Program, London Business School, UK
  • 2004 – 2008: Dr. iur. (summa cum laude), Universität Bern, Schweiz
  • 2005 – 2006: LL.M., Law School of University of Chicago, USA
  • 2004: Zulassung zum Anwaltspatent des Kantons Zürich, Schweiz
  • 1997 – 2002: Lic. iur. (magna cum laude), Universität Bern, Schweiz

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Mark is part of gunnercooke GmbH, headquartered at Bahnhofstrasse 10, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland, and registered with the Commercial Register of the Canton of Zurich under number CHE-425.865.484. He is authorised to practise as a lawyer in Switzerland and is a member of the competent bar association, which also serves as the supervisory authority.