Department profile
Kellerhals Carrard

Corporate/M&A

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Kellerhals Carrard

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M&A / Transactions

Whatever your role in a merger or acquisition, our M&A team has the expertise and resources needed to help you close your transaction.

  • Structuring transactions​
  • Legal due diligence
  • Drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation
  • Securing regulatory permits, clearances and tax rulings
  • Organisation of signing and closing
  • Integration issues


Our M&A specialists offer a breadth and depth of resources to buyers and sellers in the fields of tax, competition, employment and property law as well as in IP/IT.

We advise a wide range of clients, including quoted, private and foreign-owned companies, financial institutions, equity investors, management teams and entrepreneurs on all aspects of buying and selling companies and businesses. These often involve a cross-border element, in which case we work closely with the client’s own team or our own network of law firms abroad.


Corporate

Our corporate practice is one of the core areas, which engages Kellerhals Carrard. Our corporate team works closely with all of the other practice groups of Kellerhals Carrard, such as IP/IT, Employment/Pensions, Tax and Compliance, as well as with our Notaries.

Our corporate activities include drafting commercial agreements and performing corporate housekeeping (including share register, commercial register and corporate secretarial work) as well as regulatory support. In appropriate cases, we can take on board memberships, board secretary or external counsel roles.

Industries (23)

  • Banks
  • Commercial & Professional Services
  • Construction & Materials
  • Consumer Product Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Food & Drink Producers
  • Government
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Media
  • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
  • Private Clients / Individuals
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Software & Computer Services
  • Technology, Hardware & Electronics
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • Automobiles & Parts
  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Charities / Not for Profit

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Switzerland

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Kellerhals Carrard is a strong choice for mid-market M&A at a domestic and cross-border level. The team acts for clients on restructuring and governance issues, as well as assisting with shareholder agreements. It is particularly popular with clients from the technology and energy industries and also active on matters involving public sector groups and life sciences companies.

Work Highlights

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  • Kellerhals Carrard advised BKW on its acquisition of a majority stake in HelveticWind.

Strengths

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  • Kellerhals Carrard demonstrate a strong ability to focus on urgent matters, understand political issues and provide us with the necessary support.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
  • The team is well equipped and well connected to an international network of experts in order to provide in-depth expertise.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
  • Kellerhals Carrard's strengths are their technical expertise and excellent customer management.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
  • The Kellerhals Carrard team are fast, know the industry very well and act in a pragmatic and solution-oriented way.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
  • Kellerhals Carrard were able to handle a number of complexities in the transaction and worked out a stable and legally sound solution.

    Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Beat Brechbühl
    Band 3Beat Brechbühl

    Beat Brechbühl

    Beat Brechbühl handles a variety of transactional mandates, including acquisitions in the technology, energy and medical sectors. He also assists with reorganisations and strategic partnerships.

    • Beat Brechbühl is always available, highly efficient and looks for good business solutions. He has common sense and is an excellent negotiator.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
    • Beat Brechbühl is a very pragmatic and responsive lawyer.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
    • Beat Brechbühl is highly efficient and provides to-the-point advice. He is an analytical thinker who is business-minded.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
    • Beat Brechbühl is highly efficient, smart and to the point. He guides you smoothly and is humorous.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope
  • Band 5Karim Maizar
    Band 5Karim Maizar

    Karim Maizar

    Karim Maizar is well placed to advise strategic investors on transactions and is routinely recommended for his experience in venture capital mandates.

    • Karim Maizar has done an excellent job building up the startup space.

      Corporate/M&A respondentEurope

Ranked Individuals at Kellerhals Carrard (2)

Switzerland

Members

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  • Julien Rouvinez

  • Michael Daphinoff

  • Christian Witschi

  • Daniel Alder

  • Massimiliano Maestretti

  • Giovanni Stucchi

  • Rémi Sacerdote

  • François Carrard

  • Charles de Bavier

  • Emmanuèle Argand

  • Bernd Hauck

  • Henry Peter

  • Emanuel Dettwiler

  • Andrea Fioravanti

  • Stefano Perucchi

  • Marco Züblin

  • Ingrid Iselin

  • Daniel Emch

  • Christoph Zimmerli

  • Lukas Bopp

  • Vincent Jäggi

  • Luc Argand

  • Adrian Dan

  • Frédérique Flournoy

  • Claude Thomann

  • Fabrizio Gabrielli

  • Dominik Oberholzer

  • Armin Kühne

  • Henric Immink

  • Nicolas Mosimann

  • Jérôme Baumann

  • Daniel Lengauer

  • Clarence Peter

  • Ines Pöschel

  • Karim Maizar

  • Laurent Moser

  • Annemarie Streuli

  • Thomas Bähler

  • François Kaiser

  • Edgar Philippin

  • Jean-Luc Chenaux

  • Peter Henry

  • Frédéric Rochat

  • Marco Balmelli

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