Mergers & Acquisitions

Bär & Karrer is widely recognized as a leading mergers & acquisitions firm. We have extensive experience and expertise in dealing with complex domestic and cross-border transactions. We act on major deals as well as on smaller transactions. We advise our clients on the full range of corporate transactions, including acquisitions and divestments of privately owned companies, auctions, friendly and hostile takeovers, spin-offs, mergers, transaction finance, and restructurings.

Our mergers & acquisitions team works closely with specialists from other practice groups to resolve issues in areas such as tax, competition/antitrust, intellectual property, employment and banking law. Depending on the needs of our clients, we can rely on the assistance of any of our offices and, in cross-border transactions, cooperate seamlessly with lawyers from our extensive international network of leading law firms.

Our mergers & acquisitions practice covers a range of industries including industrial concerns, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, technology firms, and energy providers. We act for corporate buyers and sellers, private investors as well as private equity funds and their financial advisers.

 

The scope of our work includes:

  • Structuring transactions
  • Due diligence
  • Drafting and negotiation of the transaction documentation
  • Securing regulatory permits, clearances and tax rulings
  • Organizing of signing and closing
  • Implementing transactions
Key Contact
 
 
 
Key Contact Private M&A/Private Equity
 
 
Key Contact Public M&A
 
 
 
Team Members
 
Urs Kägi
Associate
 
 
 
 
Luca Jagmetti
Associate
 
 
 
 
Othmar Aeschi
Associate
 
 
Daniel Raun
Associate
 
Claudio Bazzi
Associate
 
Daniele Lardi
Associate
 
 
Edoardo Buzzi
Associate
 
Anina Wissner
Associate
 
 
 
David Barst
Associate
 
 
 
Anna Mosimann
Associate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sora Meyer
Trainee
 
 
 
 
 
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