About

Provided by Wenger Vieli Ltd.

We provide goal-oriented and interdisciplinary advice in all areas of M&A transactions as well as in restructuring processes.

 

In addition, our experienced and specialized teams provide specific services, such as project management, structuring and execution of complex national and international transactions, and, based on their profound know-how, support clients in the negotiation and drafting of all related legal documents.

 

Our expertise covers specifically: 

·      Corporate acquisitions and sale of companies, auctions

·      Joint ventures

·      Public takeovers

·      (Leveraged) management buy-outs

·      Mergers, spin-offs and other types of restructuring

·      Restructuring and reorganization

·      Monitoring of legislative and regulatory developments following transactions and advice on regulations and interpretations regarding business structure and operations

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Switzerland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Wenger Vieli frequently advises on acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as assisting individual shareholders with divestments. The law firm is also active on cross-border matters, representing international clients in the acquisition of Swiss targets and acting for Swiss companies on cross-border transactions. The team works closely with the law firm's well-regarded energy team to advise on transactional matters.

Work Highlights

  • Wenger Vieli advised Inner Mongolia Mengtai Group on its acquisition of Alu Menziken Extrusion from Montana Aerospace.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Beat Speck
3
Beat Speck
3
Band 3

Zug-based Beat Speck handles a variety of transactional work, including acquisitions, sales, mergers and investments. He is frequently sought out to assist with the cross-border elements of international M&A transactions.

Beat Speck is very experienced in M&A and very pragmatic in his approach. He is a good communicator with very positive views who is also approachable and committed.

Beat Speck combines legal expertise with deep experience and a pragmatic approach in terms of how to translate these legal matters into real-life business situations.

Beat is a very experienced lawyer with a strong performance in contract negotiations. He understands complex situations quickly and is highly capable of finding pragmatic and actionable solutions.

He demonstrates finesse in reading situations, does not go for extremes and finds the best possible course of action, which is very appreciated.

We can recommend Beat Speck at any time. He is an absolute professional.

Marc Walter
U
Marc Walter
U
Up and Coming

Marc Walter has established a strong M&A practice in Switzerland and beyond, representing large companies in corporate restructurings, joint ventures, sales and acquisitions. He also draws upon his expertise to handle venture capital mandates. He is particularly active for clients in the life sciences and energy sectors.

Marc Walter is a brilliant person and a very good expert.

We found the support from Marc Walter to be very useful. He was very efficient and quick to understand our needs.

Ranked Lawyers at
Wenger Vieli Ltd.

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Switzerland

Corporate/M&A

Beat Speck
3
Beat Speck
3
Band 3
Marc Walter
U
Marc Walter
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Andrea Christen

Andrea Frey

Beat Walti

Bruno Mahler

Cedric Fischer

Christian Wenger

Christoph Schmid

Claudia Keller

Daniel Oehri

Dominik Rietiker

Dominik Burgy

Dominique Mattmann

Elisha Odenheimer

Fabienne Nufer

Janica Wyss

Jonas Bühlmann

Kevin Vangehr

Marc Walter

Head of Department

Martin Berweger

Head of Department

Michael Baier

Michael Tschudin

Michelle Wiki

Michèle Joho-Menotti

Pascal Honold

Patrick Kern

Roman Heiz

Sabine Taxer

Urs Landolf

Wolfgang Zürcher