Mercedes Chiabotti
Senior Associate
M.A. HSG in Law
Feldeggstrasse 4
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
T +41 44 217 92 97
mercedes.chiabotti@pestalozzilaw.com
Mercedes Chiabotti is a senior associate and member of Pestalozzi’s Corporate / M&A and Capital Markets practice group in Zurich. Her main areas of practice include equity capital markets transactions, public take-over law as well as M&A. She advises Swiss and international companies on stock market and capital markets regulation and general corporate law.
Mercedes Chiabotti graduated from Queen Mary, University of London in 2014 (LL.B.) and the University of St. Gallen in 2018 (B.A. HSG in Law, M.A. HSG in International Law and M.A. HSG in Law). After law school she gained valuable work experience while employed by Pestalozzi as a junior associate, the Environment Department of the Canton St. Gallen as a legal intern and the Administrative Appeal Commission (Verwaltungsrekurskommission) of Canton St. Gallen as law clerk.
In 2020, Mercedes Chiabotti was admitted to the bar in Switzerland and joined Pestalozzi’s Corporate / M&A and Capital Markets practice group as an associate.
Career
- Senior Associate at Pestalozzi
- Bar admission: Switzerland
- Associate at Pestalozzi
- Environment Department, Canton of St. Gallen: Legal Intern
- Administrative Appeal Commission (Verwaltungsrekurskommission), Canton St. Gallen: Law clerk
- University of St. Gallen: Master of Law (MLaw)
- Junior Associate at Pestalozzi
- University of St. Gallen: Bachelor of Law (BLaw)
- University of St. Gallen: Master in International Law (MIL)
- Internship at a leading Law Firm in Luxembourg
- Queen Mary University of London: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
- Internship at a leading Law Firm in Luxembourg
- Internship at the Legal Department of a Swiss Bank
Languages
German, English
Publications
Federal Council proposal for amendments to the Financial Market Infrastructure Act
Federal Council proposes stricter rules for sustainability reporting in Switzerland following EU law
