Global
Practice Areas
M&A, PTOs, private equity (incl. venture capital), IPOs, equity offerings (incl. innovative structures), shareholder activism, corporate law and governance, securities regulation.
Career
Homburger since 1998. Foreign Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, 2003-04. Secondment with Nestlé in 2004. Partner at Homburger since 2005. Authorised representative at SIX Swiss Exchange since 2005.
Professional Memberships
Admissions: all Swiss courts (1994); New York Bar (1998).
Publications
Publications include articles on (i) Superstar-CEOs, (ii) venture capital financing in down rounds, (iii) business judgment rule, (iv) reverse stock split, (v) SPACs and De-SPAC transac-tions, (vi) equity kickers, (vii) merger of equals, (viii) shareholder activism and settlement, (x) banking M&A, (xi) takeover offers vs. mergers, (xii) spin-offs and demergers, (xiii) company valuations and appraisal rights, (xiv) PIPEs and cornerstone investors, (xv) private equity fi-nancing and exits, (xvi) cross-border triangular mergers.
Personal
Columbia Law School (LLM, 1997) University of Neuchâtel (Dr iur, 2000); Member of the editorial board of the law journal "Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht (GesKR)".
Languages Spoken
English, German and French
Work Highlights
• Addex Therapeutics in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters; • Alcon in M&A, corporate, capital markets, stock exchange and financing matters; •Avolta AG (formerly Dufry AG) in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters, recently its strategic combination with Autogrill; •Clariant Ltd in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters, recently in the sale of its worldwide Pigments and Masterbatches businesses, and in the aborted merger of equals with Huntsman; •DKSH Holding AG in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters, recently in the acquisition of Terra Firma and Refarmed; •Temasek in various investments in Switzerland; •Softbank in its investment in GetYourGuide; • Galderma in its IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange; •Various IPOs and rights issues (Dufry, Leonteq, Medacta, PolyPeptide, etc).
Industry Sector Expertise
Financial Investors •Financial Services •Healthcare and Life Sciences •Industrial, Engineering and Manufacturing •Retail and Consumer •Technology, Medias and Telecoms (TMT)
