Daniel Hasler

Practice Areas

• Corporate law

• M&A

• Capital Markets

• Real Estate

• Private Equity

Career

• Bar admission Switzerland (2003)

• Associate at Homburger (2006)

• Bar admission New York, USA (2010)

• Partner at Homburger (2015)

• Head of the Corporate / M&A practice team (2024)

Professional Memberships

Member of the International, Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations.

Publications

• Public Mergers and Acquisitions in Switzerland (together with Frank Gerhard, Estelle Piccard)

• Investing in 2021 (together with Marc Hanslin)

• Public Mergers and Acquisitions 202: Overview Switzerland (together with Frank Gerhard, Hansjürg Appenzeller)

• Die Bedeutung der Décharge für Verwaltungsräte

• M&A und Governance bei Familiengesellschaften (together with Daniel Daeniker)

• Disclosure and takeover changes explained

• Internationale M&A-Transaktionen – Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse und -akquisitionen (together with Jürg Frick, Daniel Kuhn, Reto Heuberger, Franz Hoffet, Flavio Romerio and Bettina Meyer)

• Kommentar zu Art. 59 - 63 FusG (Umwandlung von Gesellschaften / Umwandlungsplan, Umwandlungsbericht und Prüfung) (together with Claude Lambert)

• Rechtliche Fallstricke bei Carve-out Transaktionen (together with Frank Gerhard)

• Ad hoc-Publizität bei Wechseln in der Unternehmungsführung (together with Luca Dalla Torre)

• Die Umwandlung von Personengesellschaften in Kapitalgesellschaften nach dem Fusionsgesetz

Personal

Born February 7, 1975.

Clients

FIFA, OC Oerlikon, Crown, Medical Properties Trust, Clear Channel, Landis + Gyr, Management Trust Holding, Siegfried, Volaris Group, Apollo, Fastned, Holcim, Johnson & Johnson, The Weir Group, POK Pühringer AG.

Work Highlights

• Advised OC Oerlikon on the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter

• Advised Fastned B.V. on a green loan credit facility of initial EUR 100 m in committed capital with an additional EUR 100 m option

• Advised Aris Mining Corporation on the acquisition of the remaining 49% interest in the joint venture with MDC Industry Holding Company LLC

• Advised Landis+Gyr on the divestment of its EMEA business to AURELIUS

• Advised Altri on strategic acquisition of majority stake in AeoniQ

• Advised Swiss Prime Site AG on the placement of 2.9 m shares via an accelerated bookbuild offering, raising gross proceeds of CHF 300 m

• Advised the shareholders of MIV Asset Management AG on the sale of 100% of their shares to Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG

• Advised MyTheresa on the acquisition of YOOX NET-A-PORTER from Richemont

• Advised Apollo Global Management, Inc. on the acquisition of The Travel Corporation

• Advised International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) on its acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods from Software AG

• Advised KMPG Switzerland on its merger with KPMG UK

• Advised Cadence on its USD 1.24 bn acquisition of BETA CAE Systems

• Counsel to Swiss Prime Site AG in its acquisitions of Akara Group and Fundamenta Group's real estate division.

• Counsel to Crown Packaging European Division GmbH on its acquisition of Helvetia Packaging AG

• Counsel to Perfetti van Melle on its USD 1.35 bn acquisition of Mondelez's gum business

• Counsel to Vencora UK Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Volaris Group Inc. and Constellation Software Inc., with respect to its public tender offer for all publicly held shares of Crealogix Holding AG

• Counsel to OC Oerlikon on the acquisition of Riri group

• Counsel to Clear Channel on the sale of its Swiss business to TX Group

• Counsel to Clariant in the sale of Pigments business to Consortium of SK Capital / Heubach

• Counsel to Liberty Global in the acquisition of Sunrise by public tender offer

• Counsel to Johnson & Johnson in the acquisition of Actelion Ltd by public tender offer

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Switzerland.

Languages Spoken

German, English, French.

Experience

Daniel Hasler heads the Corporate / M&A practice team. He has wide experience in advising listed and non-listed companies in different industries in complex corporate law and securities regulation matters. Daniel Hasler focuses on M&A, private equity, capital markets and real estate transactions.

Education