Venture Capital & Private Equity
Wenger & Vieli Ltd. advises its clients on legal, tax and regulatory issues related to venture capital and private equity transactions.
Our expertise in venture capital includes:
- Management and negotiation of financing rounds
- Formation of suitable companies
- Preparation and negotiation of term sheets
- Creation of capitalization tables
- Preparation and negotiation of contract documentation, such as shareholders' agreements, equity participation agreements, loan or convertible loan agreements, employment contracts for founders and entrepreneurs, and structuring of employee share ownership plans (incl. evaluation under tax law aspects)
- Advice on borrowing via ICO/TGE (Initial Coin Offering / Token-Generating Event)
Our expertise in private equity includes:
- Legal and tax structuring of private equity transactions (acquisition of majority shareholding in privately held companies)
- Preparation and negotiation of contracts for purchase and sale
- Setting up rules governing shareholder relations (shareholders’ agreements / pooling agreements)
- Preparation of custody agreements (escrow)
- Negotiation with lenders (in particular banks)
- Development of security concepts
- Sale or IPO of companies
- Development of exit solutions such as sale or IPO
Wenger & Vieli Ltd. is a Legal Partner of the Kickstart Accelerator.

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