Mergers and Acquisitions

We provide goal-oriented and interdisciplinary advice in all areas of M&A transactions as well as in restructuring processes.

In addition, our experienced and specialized teams provide specific services, such as project management, structuring and execution of complex national and international transactions, and, based on their profound know-how, support clients in the negotiation and drafting of all related legal documents.

Our expertise covers specifically:

Baier Michael

Michael
Baier

Partner

Berweger Martin

Martin
Berweger

Partner

Bürgy Dominik

Dominik
Bürgy

Partner

Heiz Roman

Roman
Heiz

Partner

Honold Pascal

Pascal
Honold

Partner

Keller Claudia

Claudia
Keller

Partner

Oehri Daniel

Daniel
Oehri

Partner

Speck Beat

Beat
Speck

Partner

Tschudin Michael

Michael
Tschudin

Partner

Walter Marc

Marc
Walter

Partner

Walti Beat

Beat
Walti

Partner

Wenger Christian

Christian
Wenger

Partner

Zürcher Wolfgang

Wolfgang
Zürcher

Partner

Landolf Urs

Urs
Landolf

Of Counsel

Schmid Christoph

Christoph
Schmid

Of Counsel

Bühlmann Jonas

Jonas
Bühlmann

Counsel

Joho-Menotti Michèle

Michèle
Joho-Menotti

Senior Associate

Mattmann Dominique

Dominique
Mattmann

Senior Associate

Taxer Sabine

Sabine
Taxer

Senior Associate

Christen Andrea

Andrea
Christen

Associate

Fischer Cedric

Cedric
Fischer

Associate

Frey Andrea Riccardo

Andrea Riccardo
Frey

Associate

Kern Patrick

Patrick
Kern

Associate

Mahler Bruno

Bruno
Mahler

Associate

Nufer Fabienne

Fabienne
Nufer

Associate

Odenheimer Elisha

Elisha
Odenheimer

Associate

Rietiker Dominik

Dominik
Rietiker

Associate

Schmidt Joel

Joel
Schmidt

Associate

Vangehr Kevin

Kevin
Vangehr

Associate

Wiki Michelle

Michelle
Wiki

Associate

Wyss Janica

Janica
Wyss

Associate

18.11.2024

Wenger Vieli advised Almer Technologies on its acquisition by RealWear

15.11.2024

Wenger Vieli advised Truffle Capital on Wyden’s USD 16.9m Series B funding round

24.07.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised NetFabric.ai on its USD $2.2m Pre-Seed Funding Round

07.03.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised redalpine on its Investment in dropz

22.02.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised Quickmail and Quickpac on its Business Sale to Planzer

16.01.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised fintech Rivero on its USD 7m Series A funding round

20.12.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the sellers of Swiss Dental Solutions Group on the sale of its majority stake shareholding

14.09.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised List Technology on its acquisition of BBA Innova

07.09.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Axa Venture Partners on its investment in Deskbird's Series A financing round

07.09.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Trans Adriatic Pipeline on Axpo's 5% stake sale

27.06.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised DePoly on its CHF 12.3m seed financing round

12.04.2023

Deal: TriNetX acquires Clinerion through a strategic partnership with Norstella

31.03.2023

Deal: Shop Apotheke Europe and Galenica enter into stra­te­gic partnership

27.01.2023

Deal: Numarics acquires a&o kreston

27.01.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli's Start-up Desk advised Acodis on their CHF 6 mio. Series A Round

13.01.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Swiss Wood Solutions on closing of its latest financing round

10.01.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Calvin Risk on the closing of its pre-seed
finan­cing round of USD 1.5m

16.12.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Cotta Collection AG on a partnership with L-GAM

13.12.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli acted as Swiss legal advisor to NLS Pharmaceutics

15.11.2022

Wenger Vieli advised the lead investor Redalpine Opportunity Fund on the closing of Carvolution's Series D Financing Round

14.11.2022

Wenger Vieli advised the share­holders of RIMED on the sale of a share­holding to Unilabs

07.11.2022

Wenger Vieli advises LatticeFlow on closing of its Series A financing round of USD 12m

25.10.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CONET Tech­no­logies on the acquisition of emineo Group

07.10.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised NLS Pharmaceutics on a Private Placement Transaction

05.10.2022

Deal: Verium AG, Zurich, closes Verium I SCSp continuation vehicle for Toradex and MiT at CHF 120 million

28.09.2022

DEAL: Wenger Vieli advised the share­holders of MENU Technologies in a cross-border transaction

26.09.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CTsystems on its sale to Datwyler

02.09.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised French impact fund STOA as lead investor on Series B financing round of candi solar

23.08.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Kontron AG on the sale of significant parts of Kontron's IT Services business

11.08.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Xeltis on securing EUR 15m in its ongoing Series D2 financing round

05.08.2022

Deal: grape closes seed financing round of CHF 1.7 Mio.

24.06.2022

Deal: Pipra closes seed financing round of CHF 2.1 Mio.

07.06.2022

Deal: numarics closed its seed financing round of CHF 2.1 Mio

01.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises MAIT Swiss on the acquisition of Cytrus

01.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises TOFWERK on its strategic partnership with Bruker

04.05.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises leading impact investing platform Inyova on its crowdinvesting campaign

02.05.2022

Deal: F10 secures funding round and management buy-in

27.04.2022

Deal: NLS Pharmaceutics closes of a USD 4.4m registered direct offering

26.04.2022

Deal: Fu-Gen secures EUR 320m funding deal

30.03.2022

Deal: Vokus Personal is sold to Storskogen

10.03.2022

Deal: Acquisition of Artmyn by Invaluable

09.02.2022

Deal: Scandit closes USD 150m Series D

01.02.2022

Deal: Jakob Müller Holding AG sold TexTrace

12.01.2022

Deal: Creoptix joins Malvern Panalytical family

10.01.2022

Deal: Sequotech Group acquires UDITIS SA

06.01.2022

Deal: Sygnum Bank AG raises USD 90M in Series B

22.12.2021

Deal: Kandou closed its USD 75m in Series D Financing Round

10.12.2021

Deal: Sale of
Bre Holding AG

08.12.2021

Deal: Xeltis Raises €15M from the EIB

16.11.2021

Deal: Investment in Home Instead Group by Unigestion SA

05.10.2021

Deal: Sale of TestingTime Group to Norstat AS

28.09.2021

Deal: Frontify Raises USD 50M in Series C Funding Led by Revaia

21.09.2021

Deal: Merger of Bring! Labs AG with Profital

13.08.2021

Deal: Advisor to Atlas Antibodies

Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: Lexology Panoramic: Distressed M&A, 2025

Mergers and Acquisitions Berweger Martin, Frey Andrea Riccardo
16.12.2024
EN
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: Merger Control by Global Legal Insights 2024

Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Tschudin Michael, Wyss Janica
30.07.2024
EN
Blogpost

Navigating dis­t­res­sed M&A in the current economy:
A comprehensive overview

Mergers and Acquisitions
Berweger Martin, Frey Andrea Riccardo
25.01.2024
Publication / Checklist

12 tips for building a successful start-up

Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property Law, Taxation Baier Michael, Eggler Patric, Mattmann Dominique, Wiki Michelle
15.03.2021
EN
Publication / Checklist

Kartellrechtliche Themen bei Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions, Competition Tschudin Michael, Roos Dominique
15.03.2021
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Employee Incentive Schemes

Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Oehri Daniel, Wenger Christian
10.07.2020
Publication / Spotlights

Distressed M&A Solutions

Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Insolvency Honold Pascal, Oehri Daniel, Wenger Christian
19.05.2020
Publication

Aktienübertragungen - was es zu beachten gilt; Recht Relevant. für Verwaltungsräte 2/2020

Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Berweger Martin
05.05.2020
DE
Publication

Übernahmen von Unternehmen in der Krise

Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Insolvency Oehri Daniel, Wenger Christian
14.11.2019
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Abolition of bearer shares and enhanced transparency regulations

Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Walter Marc, Honold Pascal
01.11.2019
Publication

Aktienübertragungen als Herausforderung für den Käufer und die Revisionsstelle

Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Berweger Martin
11.06.2019
DE
Publication

Eigentumsnachweis bei Aktienverkäufen

Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Oehri Daniel, Wenger Christian
01.04.2019
DE
Publication

Earn-out in an Exit – Can an Earn-out Solution Save the Deal?

Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Walter Marc
02.05.2018
EN
Publication / Referate

Financing for Startups in Times of ICOs and Bitcoins – Legal and Tax Considerations

Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Honold Pascal
19.03.2018
EN
Publication / Referate

Presentation: Exit - Legal and Tax Insights

Presentation of 24th October 2016 for the Swiss Startup Day in Berne Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Speck Beat, Honold Pascal
17.11.2016
EN
Publication

Legal Due Diligence in Venture Capital-Transaktionen

Sonderdruck aus: Europa Institut Zürich, Private Equity V, Herausgeber: Dieter Gericke Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions Wenger Christian, Honold Pascal
14.11.2016
DE
Publication

Der gläserne Schweizer Aktionär

Erschienen in: Erfolg 9/2015 (Schweizerischer KMU Verband) Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Honold Pascal, Walter Marc
23.09.2015
DE
Publication

Der gläserne Schweizer Aktionär

Erschienen in: CH-D Wirtschaft 2/2015 Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Honold Pascal, Walter Marc
17.08.2015
DE
Publication / Spotlights

New transparency requirements for Swiss shareholders

2 April 2015 saw the expiry of the deadline for initiating a referendum on the federal law implementing the recommendations of the Financial Action Task... Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Honold Pascal, Walter Marc
19.05.2015
Publication

Rechtliche und steuerliche Fallstricke bei M&A-Transaktionen

Erschienen in CH-D Wirtschaft September 2014 Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation Honold Pascal
11.09.2014
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Das neue Sanierungsrecht: mehr Möglichkeiten ab 2014

Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Insolvency Zürcher Wolfgang, Honold Pascal
12.02.2014
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Markenportfolios in M&A Transaktionen: So vermeiden Sie böse Überraschungen

Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property Law Keller Claudia
07.11.2013
DE
Publication / Referate

Term Sheets - Advanced and Financing Rounds

CEO Day, Berne Corporate and Commercial Law, Venture Capital, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing Honold Pascal
24.10.2012
EN
Publication

Einführung des Kapitaleinlageprinzips auf den 1. Januar 2011

Übersicht über die neue Regulierung Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation
27.01.2011
DE
Publication

Swiss Capital Contribution Principle

As per 1 January 2011 a new regulation in the Swiss tax law concerning the tax treatment of the repayment of capital contributions enters into force.CapLaw 6... Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation
26.01.2011
EN
Publication

Kapitaleinlageprinzip - Es besteht Handlungsbedarf (1. Teil)

Kapitaleinlageprinzip - Es besteht Handlungsbedarf Ausgewählte Fragestellungen zum Entwurf des Kreisschreibens (1. Teil) Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation
21.12.2010
DE
Publication

Kapitaleinlageprinzip - Es besteht Handlungsbedarf (2. Teil)

Kapitaleinlageprinzip - Es besteht Handlungsbedarf Ausgewählte Fragestellungen zum Entwurf des Kreisschreibens (2. Teil) Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation
19.10.2010
DE
Chambers and PartnersIFLR 1000The Legal 500Leaders League

They are always on top of things when it comes to handling complex problems, and offer deep expertise across many topics.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2023

Very on point, fast and solving our problems / issues / questions fast and perfectly.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023

Very professional and high level of legal expertise in the area of M&A.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023

Solid and deep experience in M&A. Direct and ‘hands-on’ support. 24/7 availability. Very good quality control. Experienced risk management.

Client Testimonial, IFLR1000, 2022

Exceptional team which is able to support with all corporate needs. From capital structure, debt financing as well as tax and IP services. The individual lawyers are always flexible and work in tandem with the lead lawyer. This ensures cost-efficiency as well as alignment within the team.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2022

The team is extremely responsive and fast, which is very important in an M&A transaction. It has all relevant experts covering all aspects of an M&A transaction like SPA/SHA contracts, tax, IP etc. in-house which leads to faster explanations and also more cost effective execution than if different law firms/lawyers would be involved.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2022

Wenger Vieli is a trusted partner for us. The team around Beat Speck is top notch, always delivers and is fun to work with.’

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2022

Strong technical skills, focused on finding solutions i.e. deal-driven, high availability and flexibility, fair pricing.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2022