Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+41 43 222 15 30Share profile
Band 1
Band 2
About
Provided by Frank Gerhard
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) SPACs and De-SPAC transactions, (ii) equity kickers, (i) merger of equals, (iv) shareholder activism and settlement, (v) banking M&A, (vi) takeover offers vs. mergers, (vi) spin-offs and demergers, (vii) company valuations and appraisal rights, (ix) PIPEs and cornerstone investors, (x) private equity financing and exits, (xi) cross-border triangular mergers, (xii) venture capital financing in down rounds and (xiii) business judgment rule.
Personal
Columbia Law School (LLM, 1997) University of Neuchâtel (Dr iur, 2000); Member of the editori-al board of the law journal "Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht (GesKR)".
Work Highlights
• Addex Therapeutics in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters;
• Alcon Inc. in M&A, corporate and capital markets 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;
• 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)
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by Frank Gerhard
![Frank Gerhard](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://chambersandpartners.azureedge.net/practiceguides/Pictures/422/61116.jpg)
![Stefan Blunschi](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://chambersandpartners.azureedge.net/practiceguides/Pictures/422/61118.jpg)
![Andreas Müller](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://chambersandpartners.azureedge.net/practiceguides/Pictures/422/61117.jpg)
Discover other Lawyers at
Homburger
Europe-wide
Switzerland
![Balz Gross](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3248826/4f554b56-5001-4600-b845-eda4e28bf0e0/profile.png)
![Mariella Orelli](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3261167/54ba9cf8-1c3b-4507-b32c-6b89cae8865a/profile.png)
![Gabrielle Nater-Bass](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3261166/0069c903-a040-463a-bcb0-77e8d84f7d3c/profile.png)
![Felix Dasser](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3248879/5cff917c-57b0-4495-8f5d-8b9f5018661a/profile.png)
![Stefanie Pfisterer](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3263916/f6121708-f3b6-4ae2-8145-dd5708c96e01/profile.png)
![René Bösch](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3263947/75630f58-bdfb-4490-a4ec-96abf228f390/profile.png)
![Benedikt Maurenbrecher](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3263990/2de9d252-b081-4a07-8f5e-4c9bbb2a33f3/profile.png)
![Jürg Frick](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3264065/12f75286-a63e-4769-a66d-1e69592b3e49/profile.png)
![Benjamin K. Leisinger](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3264097/f815a5c9-f783-4542-941e-4c6204bb49f8/profile.png)
![Stefan Kramer](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3264075/b7c95bcd-1c41-4a94-a83c-388b2f64f2f9/profile.png)
![René Bösch](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3263947/75630f58-bdfb-4490-a4ec-96abf228f390/profile.png)
![Benedikt Maurenbrecher](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3263990/2de9d252-b081-4a07-8f5e-4c9bbb2a33f3/profile.png)
![Benjamin K. Leisinger](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3264097/f815a5c9-f783-4542-941e-4c6204bb49f8/profile.png)
![Frank Gerhard](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3242480/b50ba538-3dcc-4acc-a696-ccb3e507b122/profile.png)
![Daniel Daeniker](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3242403/b57b24ba-1687-4f5b-86af-196ff38fdc12/profile.png)
![Lee Saladino](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3264040/2bb012f0-887e-451a-b018-e9f1b3fb5aee/profile.png)
Key Sectors
Provided by Homburger
Financial Investors
Financial Services
Health and Life Sciences
Industrials, Engineering and Manufacturing
Retail and Consumer