Markus U. Diethelm

Markus Diethelm
Born (1957-10-22) 22 October 1957
Nationality Switzerland
Alma mater University of Zurich
Stanford University

Markus U. Diethelm (born 22 October 1957) is a Swiss businessman. Currently, he serves as Group General Counsel of UBS Group AG, holding this position since 2014. Prior to that, he held the same position at UBS AG since September 2008, when Diethelm was initially appointed as a member of the Group Executive Board of UBS.[1] Additionally, he served as an Executive Board member of UBS Business Solutions AG from 2015 and 2016.

Education

Diethelm holds a law degree (lic.iur.) from the University of Zurich and a Master's degree as well as a PhD (JSD) from Stanford Law School.[2]

Career

Diethelm is a qualified attorney-at-law and is admitted to the bar in Zurich, Geneva and New York City.[1]

In 1983, Diethelm started his career with the Zurich law firm Bär & Karrer.[2]

He worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City in 1988 as a foreign associate.[1] A year later, he practiced at New York's Shearman & Sterling, specializing in mergers and acquisitions.[2] In 1992, he joined a Los Angeles law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, focusing on corporate matters, securities transactions, litigation and regulatory investigations while operating out of the firm's Brussels and Paris offices. He stayed with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher until 1998.[1]

Swiss Re

On 1 April 1998, Diethelm joined Swiss Re as Group Chief Legal Officer[3] and was appointed to the Executive Board with effect on January 1, 2007.[1]

Under his leadership, Swiss Re introduced a successful global model for the Group's legal and compliance organization.[3] Furthermore, Diethelm played a key role in the company's World Trade Center litigation and in major corporate development transactions.[4]

UBS

Markus Diethelm became a member of the Group Executive Board and was appointed as Group General Counsel of UBS on 1 September 2008.[1] Following the restructuring process, he was appointed to the same position within the UBS Group AG in 2014.[1] He works closely with Colin Bell, the head of operational risk.[5] In 2009, Diethelm negotiated with the U.S Department of Justice Tax Division Attorney Kevin M. Downing in an investigation about tax fraud. The UBS paid $780 million and revealed several client names.[6]

Other mandates

Markus U. Diethelm holds the following mandates:

  • Board member of UBS Business Solutions AG
  • Chairman of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce’s legal committee[7]
  • Chairman of the Swiss Advisory Council of the American Swiss Foundation
  • Member of the Foundation Council of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society[8]
  • Member of the Professional Ethics Commission of the Association of Swiss Corporate Lawyers
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of the Fonds de Dotation LUMA / Arles
  • Member of the Foundation Board of the International Red Cross and Red Crecsent Museum[9]

Publications

  • Markus U. Diethelm, Markus U. 2001. "Globalization and the Future of the International Practice of Law from a General Counsel's Perspective of a Multinational Enterprise – A Navigator of Management and Steward of the 'Future of Law'?" In: Drolshammer, J. I. & Pfeifer, M. (eds.). The Internationalization of the Practice of Law." Netherlands: Kluwer Law International.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Markus U. Diethelm CV". UBS.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "Markus U. Diethelm: Executive Profile & Bibliography". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  3. 1 2 "Bloomberg Profile". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Swiss Re appoints George Quinn as Chief Financial Officer as of 1 March 2007 - The Executive Board is further reinforced with three additional appointments" (PDF). Swiss Re. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
  5. ↑ "UBS Names Ulrich Koerner to Head Asset Management Unit". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  6. ↑ "How the U.S. cracked open secret vaults at UBS". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  7. ↑ "Leadership - American Chamber of Commerce Switzerland". Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  8. ↑ "UBS Center - Economics. For society". UBS Foundation of Economics in Society. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  9. ↑ "The Foundation Board". www.redcrossmuseum.ch.

Further reading

  • "Die Einmann-Armee der Banken". Die Weltwoche (28/2017).
  • "UBS-Chefjurist Markus Diethelm pokert in Frankreich um Milliarden". finews.ch. March 20, 2017.
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