Beat
Speck

Partner
Dr. iur. | LL.M. | Attorney at law | Civil Law Notary of the Canton of Zug

Beat Speck

Expertise

Capital Market and Listed Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Pharma and Health Care, Energy, Start-up Desk

About

Beat Speck is a deal enabler for private, cross-border M&A transactions, often in the private equity or venture capital context, but also regularly in industry (especially within the energy, IT, telecommunications, and entertainment industries). This also includes exits through IPOs, joint ventures, and reorganizations.

“Dealing on a daily basis with not only legal, but also economic, tax-related, physical, and psychological challenges fascinates me – the more so the longer I’m in this profession. The focus is on working together with the customer to find solutions in order to make a transaction possible, and not looking for reasons why it won’t work. It's not always easy, but with a little persistence, creativity, and perseverance, you can usually achieve persuasive results.”

Beat Speck is ranked in Legal500 - Commercial, corporate and M&A, Switzerland - as 'Leading Individual'.
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Beat Speck speaks German, English and French.

Beat Speck is the best lawyer I know in the field of M&A. His skills and negotiation prowess helped us in closing our deal. Beat was always on point and shone with his wide knowledge and many years of experience. 

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023/2024

Rankings

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Beat Speck
19.02.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised RoomPriceGenie on its USD 75m investment from Five Elms Capital

12.02.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised 360 Capital on its investment in Oxyle

07.02.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Jakob Müller Holding on the acquisition of Buss Group

18.12.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises Inyova on its asset management licence and financing round

10.12.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Precious Woods on its financial restructuring

08.07.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of 42matters on the acquisition by Similarweb

02.07.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Ascent Group on the acquisition of PARKSIDE Group

27.05.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Alturos on the sale to Juniper Group

22.05.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Mobil in Time in the acquisition of Bilfit

12.04.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the Swiss shareholders in Norstat on Triton's sale of Norstat to Nalka Invest

20.03.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised Project A Ventures on the Seed Financing Round of Mindfuel

08.03.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised the Shareholders of Locatee on its Sale to Tango

22.02.2024

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

08.02.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CarbonPool on its USD 12m Seed Financing Round

30.01.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised investors represented by Verium on the acquisition of a stake in Impact Acoustic

29.01.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Anavia on the sale of a stake to the EDGE Group PJSC

15.01.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised SWISS KRONO Group in the acquisition of Argolite

22.12.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Isovalent Inc. on its sale to Cisco

05.10.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of 3db Access on its sale to Infineon Technologies

26.09.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Zünd Group on its sale to Henke Sass Wolf

14.09.2023

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

07.09.2023

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

15.06.2023

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Cibus Enterprise Fund on its investment in Ecorobotix

12.04.2023

Deal: TriNetX acquires Clinerion through a strategic partnership with Norstella

24.01.2023

Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Nanosurf on the sale of a majority stake shareholding

16.12.2022

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

15.11.2022

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

04.11.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises Swiss fintech neon on crowd investing campaign and financing round

05.10.2022

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

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

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

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

08.12.2021

Deal: Xeltis Raises €15M from the EIB

24.11.2021

Deal: Aktiia
Raises USD 17.5M in
Series A

18.11.2021

Deal: Yokoy Raises USD 26M Series A

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

Publication / Guidelines

Electronic Signatures - A Quick Guideline on the Use and Validity of Electronic Signatures under Swiss Law

Corporate and Commercial Law Speck Beat, Joho-Menotti Michèle, Baumgartner Loris
28.03.2022
EN
Publication

The 2019–2020 annual European venture capital deal terms survey

Venture Capital Speck Beat
17.01.2020
EN
Publication / Checklist

Data Required for the Incorporation of Limited Liability Company

Data Required for the Incorporation of Limited Liability Company Corporate and Commercial Law Speck Beat, Müller Stefan, Baier Michael
23.11.2018
EN
Publication / Checklist

Data Required for the Incorporation of Swiss Stock Corporation

Data Required for the Incorporation of Swiss Stock Corporation Corporate and Commercial Law Speck Beat, Müller Stefan, Baier Michael
23.11.2018
EN
Publication

Switzerland Chapter, in: The Oil and Gas Law Review (Fourth Edition)

Published in Law Business Research Energy Hünerwadel Andreas, Speck Beat, Tschudin Michael
21.12.2016
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

Exit and Broker!?

Published in: Swiss Startup Guide 2016 Venture Capital Speck Beat
03.11.2016
EN
Publication

Debt financing for start-ups

Debt financing for start-ups, published in "startupticker.ch, Venture Capital Report No 4" Venture Capital Speck Beat
21.03.2016
EN
Publication

Musterverträge SECA light – eine Diskussionsgrundlage

Sonderdruck aus: Europa Institut Zürich Band 155, Private Equity IV, Herausgeber: Dieter Gericke Venture Capital Wenger Christian, Speck Beat
07.04.2015
DE
Publication

Venture Capital-finanzierte Unternehmen - juristische Erkenntnisse aus den jüngsten Exits

Erschienen in: VentureCapital Magazin - Special Private Equity-Markt Schweiz, März 2015 Venture Capital Wenger Christian, Speck Beat
07.04.2015
DE
Publication

Recent exits: key learnings from a legal perspective

Published in startupticker.ch Magazine, Januar 2015 Venture Capital Speck Beat
29.01.2015
EN
Publication / Spotlights

Minder Initiative approved - what happens next ?

After years of parliamentary debate and numerous indirect and direct counterproposals, the Swiss have voted in favour of the so-called “minder initiative” on 3 march 2013, aiming to limit excessive... Corporate and Commercial Law Speck Beat, Schmid Christoph, Walter Marc
05.03.2013
DEEN
Publication

Alles was Recht ist

Praktisch jede geschäftliche Beziehung – ob zu Kunden, Aktionären oder Mitarbeitern – ist auch von rechtlichen Regeln bestimmt. Die wichtigsten Beschlüsse und Verträge auf einen Blick. Speck Beat
15.11.2012
DE
Publication

PLC Private Equity Volume 2: Venture Capital

Published in Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2012 Venture Capital Speck Beat
07.02.2012
EN
Publication

Country Q&A Switzerland, in: PLC Cross-border Venture Capital Handbook 2011

description of the venture capital market in Switzerland Venture Capital Speck Beat
25.01.2011
EN
Publication

Private Equity Placements, Part I (2006)

Private Equity Placements: Comparing the Laws in Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States: Part I Venture Capital Speck Beat
03.08.2010
EN
Publication

Private Equity Placements, Part II (2006)

Private Equity Placements: Comparing the Laws in Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, Part II Venture Capital Speck Beat
03.08.2010
EN
Publication

Country Q&A Switzerland, in Cross-border Private Equity Handbook 2010

Description of the venture capital market in Switzerland, fund formation and regulation, investments, founder and employee incentivisation, exits Venture Capital Speck Beat
03.02.2010
EN
Since 2011 Partner at Wenger Vieli Ltd.
2006 University of Lucerne (Dr. iur.)
2005 Westminster University, London (LL.M., Corporate Finance)
2003 - 2010 Lawyer at Wenger Vieli Ltd.
2002 Admission to the Bar
2002 Admission as Civil Law Notary of the Canton of Zug
2001-2002 Lawyer at Nick & Ineichen, Zug
2000-2001 Junior Lawyer at Nick & Ineichen, Zug
2000 University of Bern and University of Lausanne (lic. iur.)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
  • Zuger Advokatenverein
    Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA)
    Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss Amcham, Legal Committee)
Chambers and PartnersIFLR 1000The Legal 500

Beat Speck provides great legal advice throughout the whole process. He is communicative, always provides useful feedback and addresses the right concerns.

Client Testimonial, Chambers Global/Europe, 2025/2026

Beat Speck is a great and experienced lawyer who is to the point and focused on the key topics.

Client Testimonial, Chambers Global/Europe, 2025/2026

The lawyer has been working alongside very important players in the energy industry, contributing to the success of wide scale projects. Thanks to his personal approach to the issues and talent, the professional is able to distinguish himself from the competitors and make the difference.
(Lawyer of the Year Energy & Infrastructure)

LegalcommunityCH Awards 2024

Beat Speck is very talented in negotiations. He knows where to fight and where not to fight.

Client Testimonial, Chambers, 2024/2025

Beat is highly knowledgeable and experienced, always striving to provide high quality advice in a way which is user friendly and business oriented. He always meets deadlines and is very accessible.

Client Testimonial, IFLR 1000, 2024/2025

Beat is excellent in what he does – I’ve known and worked with him for the past 17 years. He is attentive, honest, open, and finds great solutions. His passion is very visible, and he has made a lasting effect on our company.

Client Testimonial, IFLR1000, 2024/2025

Beat Speck listens carefully and proposes tailored – if necessary out of the box solution. Highly committed to find the best solution. Great negotiation skills. Says the right thing at the right moment. No confrontation style needed: the opposite party is part of the solution, and not the enemy.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023/2024

The team behind WV and especially Beat Speck is extraordinary and superior in any respect. The speed, reaction power, and knowledge in the fields of M&A and startups are exceptionally good.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023/2024