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About
Provided by Dieter Gericke
Practice Areas
Dieter Gericke heads the Corporate / M&A practice team. He focuses on public and private M&A, shareholder activism, equity capital markets (incl. IPOs), private equity and corporate governance.
Career
Head of Corporate / M&A team since 2014, Co-Head of Healthcare/Life Sciences, Head of China Group since 2010, Partner since 2004, joined Homburger in 2000. Foreign associate Wilmer Hale, Boston, 1999. Associate at Zurich law firm 1996-98. Legal assistant University of Zurich 1994-95. Law clerk Court of Meilen 1991-93.
Professional Memberships
Zurich Bar Association, IBA (Corporate / M&A Law Committee, Securities Law Committee).
Publications
Various publications and speaking assignments in M&A, equity capital markets, private equity and corporate law.
Personal
Harvard 1999 (LLM); University of Zurich) (Dr iur, summa cum laude, 1996); 1991 (lic iur, S.C.L., 1991).
Université de Paris II (Assas)
Work Highlights
Recent assignments include advising SoftwareOne in the unsolicited approach by Bain Capital, Tencent on its investments in Global Blue, Bobst Group in the take private by JBF Finance, CSL in the public takeover of Vifor Pharma, ChemChina in the public takeover of Syngenta, EF in the sale of its China kids business, Therachon in the sale to Pfizer, Meyer Burger in a proxy fight and capital increase, KKR in the acquisition of Biosynth, Bühler in the acquisition of Haas Group, Givaudan in the acquisition of Induchem, Infront Sports & Media in the sale to Dalian Wanda or Nestlé in the sale of Alcon to Novartis.
Chambers Review
Europe
Dieter Gericke plays a leading role in high-value M&A mandates, regularly advising on cross-border sales, investments and mergers.
Dieter Gericke is recognised for his experience advising on transactions in the life sciences sector. He is adept at handling cross-border M&A mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dieter went over and beyond to support a complex deal to come through."
"Dieter went over and beyond to support a complex deal to come through."