M&A situations call for experienced practitioners with a solid background and in-depth knowledge of the market as well as a strong focus on the client’s needs.
Prager Dreifuss is one of the leading Swiss law firms for transaction-related work. Our longstanding expertise in related fields such as banking and finance, competition law, capital market law and regulation, tax law, restructuring and insolvency, contract, employment and intellectual property law as well as corporate law allows us to find effective, innovative and holistic solutions for all types of M&A deals.
The acquisition and the sale of companies or groups of companies as well as the implementation of mergers and other forms of restructuring are at the centre of the professional lives of Prager Dreifuss’ business transaction lawyers. Prager Dreifuss will take the client through the entire transaction process, from structuring the deal to its execution. Our lawyers conduct the legal due diligence at the target company on behalf of the clients, negotiate the necessary agreements, set up acquisition vehicles and optimise the capital and tax structures. Throughout this process, the firm can call upon excellent interdisciplinary knowledge.
The Prager Dreifuss M&A team is led by Andreas Moll and Daniel Hayek. The team consists of eight partners or counsels (Andreas Moll, Daniel Hayek, Matthias Bürge, Roland Böhi, Hans-Ulrich Brunner, Urs Bertschinger, Michael Mosimann and Jvo Grundler) and seven associates (Christian Schönfeld, Mark Meili, Remo Wagner, Nicole Fröhlich, Lukas Scherer, Raphael Keller and Manuel Vogler).
We offer a key account system guaranteeing efficiency, short response times and an attractive cost structure.
For each project, we form a team led by a partner and consisting of lawyers of varying seniority tailored to the client’s needs. With our wide network of M&A experts in other jurisdictions, we ensure that all aspects, whether local, national or international, are taken into consideration and cross-border transactions can be dealt with efficiently and successfully.
Recent work undertaken by the Prager Dreifuss M&A team includes advising the shareholders of an asset manager for Swiss and foreign private and institutional clients in connection with the sale of a participation to a Swiss private bank. Advice was given in particular with regard to the share purchase agreement and the entry into a shareholder agreement. Furthermore, Prager Dreifuss supported foreign clients with respect to the acquisition of Swiss target companies of various other industries. In addition, we assisted in the Swiss restructuring of several international company groups.
Prager Dreifuss is consistently ranked as an outstanding firm worldwide by leading publications, including The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, IFLR 1000 and Who’s Who Legal.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
To find out more about Prager Dreifuss’ M&A team, contact
andreas.moll@prager-dreifuss.com or visit www.prager-dreifuss.com
T: +41 44 254 55 55