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Thomas Schmid

Partner

Attorney-at-Law, lic. iur., LL.M. Cornell University Law School, Admitted to the Zurich and New York Bars

Thomas Schmid is a recognized expert and your competent partner regarding national and international corporate mergers & acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures. He has extensive experience with all stages of an investment process and private equity transactions. Additional areas of practice include corporate, commercial and contract law. Apart from his engagement with valfor, Thomas Schmid acts as member of the board of directors with various companies.

Location
Zurich St. Annagasse 9 P.O. Box 1162
8021 Zurich Switzerland +41 58 220 37 00
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"Thomas Schmid is extremely commercially aware and is a good listener. He is good at figuring out what is important to the client."
Chambers Europe, 2026
"Thomas Schmid is a highly effective communicator with remarkable negotiation skills that consistently lead to successful outcomes."
Chambers Europe, 2026
"His ability to accurately assess both risks and opportunities ensures that our interests are always well protected and advanced."
Chambers Europe, 2026
"He has outstandingly good commercial sense and is very responsive. He always makes himself available."
Chambers Europe, 2026
"Thomas Schmid is characterised by extensive experience, an excellent track record, good communication and negotiation skills and a strong, client-oriented approach."
Chambers Europe, 2025
"Thomas Schmid is an excellent business partner."
Chambers Europe, 2025
"Thomas Schmid has excellent negotiating skills. He is a lawyer who always has the big picture in mind. He is solution-oriented and can also be tough when it comes to defending and supporting us."
Chambers Europe, 2025
"He is very solution-focused."
Chambers Europe, 2024
"Thomas Schmid is a strategy-minded lawyer and has a very good understanding of clients."
Chambers Europe, 2024
"He is among the most experienced and commercially sound lawyers I have come across."
Chambers Europe, 2023
"Thomas Schmid gives full client attention, always hands on, a very sound commercial understanding coupled with a cando attidude."
Legal500 EMEA, 2021
"Thomas Schmid is distinguished by his deal-making abilities and exceptional ability to swiftly apprehend the core of the matter in question."
Legal500 EMA, 2021
Clients describe Thomas Schmid as a sharp, very commercially minded, efficient and calm negotiator and add that he is very reliable and customer-oriented.
Chambers Europe, 2020
"Thomas Schmid advises on a number of corporate matters involving the transport sector, including joint ventures, restructuring and auction processes. He also assists clients with acquisitions."
Chambers Europe, 2020
"Thomas Schmid combines legal excellence with a very practical and business-oriented approach."
Legal500 EMEA, 2020
"Very good negotiator Thomas Schmid, who has in-depth understanding of Swiss corporate law and an entrepreneurial mind."
Legal500 EMEA, 2019
"Sources highlight the very good negotiation skills and solution-orientedapproach of Thomas Schmid . He advises clients on leveraged buyouts, restructurings and divestments, with a particular focus on the private equity field."
Chambers Europe, 2019
"Thomas Schmid has notable experience assisting clients with joint ventures, acquisitions, and restructuring and refinancing matters. He also assists with the commercial aspects of agreements."
Chambers Europe, 2018
"He represents clients in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. A client says: He has excellent communication skills and keeps his cool; he never loses control. He also assists with corporate restructuring mandates and joint ventures."
Chambers Europe, 2017

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