Markus Diethelm
Markus Ulrich Diethelm (born October 22, 1957 ; resident in Zurich and Schübelbach ) is a Swiss manager . He currently works as Group General Counsel (chief counsel ) and member of the Executive Committee of UBS Group AG.
Career
education
Diethelm has a Degree in Law ( lic. ) Of the University of Zurich and a Master Accounts and a PhD of Stanford Law School . He is admitted to the bar and is admitted to the bar in Zurich, Geneva and New York City ( New York State Bar Association ).
In 1983 he began his career at the Zurich law firm Bär & Karrer and was an auditor at the District Court of Uster from 1984 to 1985 . He worked for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York City) as an overseas employee in 1988 and a year later at Shearman & Sterling (New York), where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions. From 1992 to 1998 he worked for the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Los Angeles) in their offices in Brussels and Paris, where he focused on corporate matters, securities transactions , litigation and regulatory investigations.
Swiss Re
In 1998, Diethelm as Group Chief Legal Officer in the Swiss Re and was from 2007 to the Executive Committee. Under his leadership, Swiss Re implemented a successful global model for the Group's legal and compliance organization. In addition, Diethelm played a key role in the company's World Trade Center litigation and in major corporate development transactions.
UBS
Diethelm was appointed to the Executive Committee in 2008 and was appointed Group General Counsel of UBS. From 2015 to 2016 he was a member of the executive board of UBS Business Solutions AG . In 2009, Diethelm negotiated a tax fraud investigation with attorney for the US Department of Justice's tax department , Kevin M. Downing. UBS paid in a non-prosecution agreement 780 million US dollars , revealing several customer names. Diethelm subsequently also resolved tax disputes with the United Kingdom , Germany and Belgium.
Further mandates
Markus Diethelm has the following mandates:
- Board member of UBS Business Solutions AG
- President of the Legal Committee of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
- President of the Swiss Advisory Board of the American Swiss Foundation
- Member of the Board ( Member of the Foundation Council ) of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society at the University of Zurich
- Member of the professional ethics committee of the Association of Swiss Business Lawyers
- Member of the supervisory board of the Fonds de Dotation LUMA / Arles
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Markus Ulrich Diethelm, Cham - Moneyhouse. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ CV Markus U. Diethelm. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b UBS chief lawyer Markus Diethelm is playing poker for billions in France. March 20, 2017, accessed on February 22, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Group management. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c CV Markus U. Diethelm. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Bloomberg. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Swiss Re appoints George Quinn as Chief Financial Officer as of March 1, 2007 The Executive Board is further reinforced with three additional appointments. Swiss Re, accessed on February 22, 2019 .
- ^ Special Report: How the US cracked open secret vaults at UBS . In: Reuters . April 9, 2010 ( reuters.com [accessed February 22, 2019]).
- ↑ Leadership | AmCham Switzerland. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ↑ UBS Center | Economics. For Society - Board of Trustees. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ The Foundation Board. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diethelm, Markus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diethelm, Markus Ulrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1957 |