About
Provided by Walder Wyss Ltd
Walder Wyss’ Corporate & M&A team consists of roughly 70 professionals (21 partners, 3 counsels, 46 associates) and is the largest Corporate & M&A team in Switzerland. While the teams has been advising numerous listed multinationals, privately held companies, private equity firms and other financing institutions, it is also used to servicing visionaries and young entrepreneurs. The team has a longstanding expertise in assisting in the incorporation, organisation and restructuring of various types of business activities in Switzerland and can help its clients create suitable corporate governance structure. Its M&A practice focuses on the structuring and implementation of mergers, acquisitions and disposals of private or public companies, joint ventures, reverse takeovers, proxy contests / takeover defense, direct investment transactions, and any sort of carve-out transactions, in each case often involving multiple jurisdictions. In these transactions, the team develops ideal deal structures, conducts legal due diligence, drafts all relevant documents, leads or assists in the negotiation phase, secures or coordinates the approvals from the necessary authorities (including antitrust / merger control) and handles closing and post-closing matters. The team we can draw from a firm-wide network of around 240 practitioners specialized across a broad range of disciplines for any ancillary services relating to Corporate and M&A projects.
Chambers Review
Walder Wyss regularly advises domestic and international clients on the acquisition of Swiss companies. The law firm is particularly popular with clients for transactional and investment matters, including restructurings, investments and joint ventures. The practice represents shareholders in divestments and contentious takeovers. The team's client base includes companies from the banking, technology and pharmaceutical industries.
Work Highlights
- Acted for Boehringer Ingelheim on its EUR1.18 billion acquisition of NBE-Therapeutics.
Strengths
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One client describes Walder Wyss' corporate team as "very knowledgeable, reliable and always making sure that the client's best interests are represented," before going on to praise the lawyers' "tenacity and endurance on a deal."
Sources also note that "the team's service is always of the highest quality and comes with the necessary pragmatism, responsiveness and results that always exceeded expectations."
One client describes Walder Wyss' corporate team as "very knowledgeable, reliable and always making sure that the client's best interests are represented," before going on to praise the lawyers' "tenacity and endurance on a deal."
Sources also note that "the team's service is always of the highest quality and comes with the necessary pragmatism, responsiveness and results that always exceeded expectations."
Notable Practitioners
Urs Schenker offers extensive expertise in acquisitions, divestments and restructurings.
Urs Gnos handles cross-border private and public M&A, including acquisitions, sales, carve-outs and reorganisations. He receives praise for being "very service-minded" and having a "broad and good legal overview into many topics."
Alex Nikitine regularly acts for Swiss clients, including listed companies, on cross-border M&A mandates.
Markus Vischer frequently handles complex transactional mandates, including cross-border acquisitions and carve-outs.
Luc Defferrard assists private equity firms and corporates with M&As and private equity investments. One client appreciates his "very hands-on approach and strong sense, not just for legal but also commercial issues."
Ranked Lawyers at
Walder Wyss Ltd
Switzerland
Members
Provided by Walder Wyss Ltd
Alexander Gutmans
Alexandre Both
Dominik Hohler
Florian Gunz Niedermann
Reto Vonzun
Robert von Rosen
Stefan Knobloch
Thiemo Sturny