Lorenzo Olgiati

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity Transactions; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance

Career

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer (2003); Associate at Schelleberg Wittmer (1998); Foreign Associate in a law firm in New York (1997)

Professional Memberships

Swiss Bar Association; Officer of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee of the International Bar Association, American Bar Association

Publications

Publications on M&A, public takeovers and corporate governance. Co-editor of www.takeoverpractice.ch, Schellenberg Wittmer's website on Swiss takeover regulation

Languages Spoken

Languages: German, English, French

Experience

- Counsel to Axpo Holding AG, Switzerland’s largest producer of renewable energy, on the sale of Avectris AG, a major Swiss IT service provider to GIA Informatik AG (today Aveniq)

- Counsel to German private equity firm EMERAM and the management shareholders in the sale of leading Swiss 3D people counting sensor and software solutions provider Xovis Holding AG to Swiss private equity firm Capvis

- Swiss counsel to SIX-listed ams AG, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions , in connection with its EUR 4.3 billion all-cash takeover offer for DAX-listed OSRAM Licht AG

- Counsel to SIX-listed Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG and its board of directors in connection with the CHF 4.6 billion public exchange offer by DSV A/S (listed at NASDAQ Copenhagen)

- Counsel to SIX Group on the carve-out and sale of SIX Payment Services into a strategic partnership with Euronext-listed Worldline at a total consideration of CHF 2.75 billion