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)

2001 University of Bern (lic iur, magna cum laude), 2006 University of Bern (Dr iur, summa cum laude), 2009 University of California Berkeley (LLM).

Professional Memberships

Member of the International, Swiss and Zurich Bar Associations.

Publications

• 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.

Work Highlights

• 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

English, German, French

Experience

Daniel Hasler heads Homburger's Corporate and M&A team. He is a corporate law specialist with wide experience (18+ years) 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.

Clients

FIFA, OC Oerlikon, Crown, Medical Properties Trust, Clariant, Clear Channel, Landis + Gyr, Management Trust Holding, Siegfried, Volaris Group, KPMG, Swiss Prime Site

Education