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M&A / Transactions
Whatever your role in a merger or acquisition, our M&A team has the expertise and resources needed to help you close your transaction.
- Structuring transactions
- Legal due diligence
- Drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation
- Securing regulatory permits, clearances and tax rulings
- Organisation of signing and closing
- Integration issues
Our M&A specialists offer a breadth and depth of resources to buyers and sellers in the fields of tax, competition, employment and property law as well as in IP/IT.
We advise a wide range of clients, including quoted, private and foreign-owned companies, financial institutions, equity investors, management teams and entrepreneurs on all aspects of buying and selling companies and businesses. These often involve a cross-border element, in which case we work closely with the client’s own team or our own network of law firms abroad.
Corporate
Our corporate practice is one of the core areas, which engages Kellerhals Carrard. Our corporate team works closely with all of the other practice groups of Kellerhals Carrard, such as IP/IT, Employment/Pensions, Tax and Compliance, as well as with our Notaries.
Our corporate activities include drafting commercial agreements and performing corporate housekeeping (including share register, commercial register and corporate secretarial work) as well as regulatory support. In appropriate cases, we can take on board memberships, board secretary or external counsel roles.
Chambers Review
Kellerhals Carrard is a strong choice for mid-market M&A at a domestic and cross-border level. The team acts for clients on restructuring and governance issues, as well as assisting with shareholder agreements. It is particularly popular with clients from the financial services industry and also active on matters involving public sector groups and life sciences companies.
Work Highlights
- A Kellerhals Carrard team advised Autonet on its cross-border acquisition of Augsburg International in Romania.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They had very good cooperation and were very responsive."
"Kellerhals Carrard's lawyers have been extremely helpful, dedicated and efficient in assisting me throughout the entire process."
"They had very good cooperation and were very responsive."
"Kellerhals Carrard's lawyers have been extremely helpful, dedicated and efficient in assisting me throughout the entire process."
Notable Practitioners
Beat Brechbühl handles a variety of transactional mandates, including acquisitions in the energy and automotive sectors. He also assists with reorganisations and strategic partnerships.
"Beat Brechbühl is efficient, pragmatic and has excellent analytical and business sense."
Ines Pöschel is recognised for her experience advising on sales and investments.
Karim Maizar is a new addition to the rankings this year following market good recognition. He is well placed to advise strategic investors on transactions.
"Karim Maizar is a go-to person for startup and growth investments in Switzerland."
Ranked Lawyers at
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Switzerland
Members
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Adrian Dan
Andrea Fioravanti
Annemarie Streuli
Armin Kühne
Bernd Hauck
Charles de Bavier
Christian Witschi
Christoph Zimmerli
Clarence Peter
Claude Thomann
Daniel Alder
Daniel Emch
Daniel Lengauer
Dominik Oberholzer
Edgar Philippin
Emanuel Dettwiler
Emmanuèle Argand
Fabrizio Gabrielli
François Carrard
François Kaiser
Frédéric Rochat
Frédérique Flournoy
Giovanni Stucchi
Henric Immink
Henry Peter
Ines Pöschel
Ingrid Iselin
Jean-Luc Chenaux
Julien Rouvinez
Jérôme Baumann
Karim Maizar
Laurent Moser
Luc Argand
Lukas Bopp
Marco Balmelli
Marco Züblin
Massimiliano Maestretti
Michael Daphinoff
Nicolas Mosimann
Peter Henry
Rémi Sacerdote
Stefano Perucchi
Thomas Bähler
Vincent Jäggi
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