Mergers & Acquisitions

Spot-on transaction advice in a
fast-changing environment.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Spot-on transaction advice in a
fast-changing environment.

Successful M&A transactions require pragmatic legal advice, delivered on time and paired with a clear understanding of commercial drivers. Deal experience is key.

Bär & Karrer has extensive experience and expertise in dealing with complex domestic and cross-border transactions as well as with smaller transactions across all sectors. We can keep up with fast-paced deals and short-term changes and always persevere in tough negotiations. 

Full range of corporate transactions

We support our clients across the full range of corporate transactions in both public and private M&A.

Our multidisciplinary teams of experts from various practice areas collaborate closely to come up with solutions to address the different legal issues related to a specific transaction.

We act for corporate buyers and sellers, financial sponsors and their financial advisers as well as private investors.

The general areas of our M&A practice include:

  • Strategic and financial acquisitions
  • Divestments and spin-offs
  • Friendly and hostile takeovers
  • Mergers
  • Carve-out transactions
  • Successions for family-owned companies
  • Real estate transactions
  • Regulatory approvals
  • Restructurings
  • Post-transaction litigation
Engagement of a whole team is beneficial for efficient service and a very professional outcome.
Legal 500 2025
High level quality - outstanding service level.
Legal 500 2025
Excellent service quality, delivered fast and a reliable business partner.
Legal 500 2025
Exceptionally dedicated and strong team.
Legal 500 2025
Very knowledgeable and super efficient team. They were always available and very creative finding innovative solutions.
Legal 500 2025
Bär & Karrer's attention to detail provides a superior level of comfort. The team also has a very strong commercial focus which increases transaction certainty.
Chambers Global 2025
Responses from Bär & Karrer are immediate, well-founded and solution-oriented.
Chambers Global 2025
Bär & Karrer is ahead of the curve. The team is super solution-oriented and the most complex issues are resolved quickly and in a customer-friendly manner.
Chambers Global 2025
Bär & Karrer provides a highly experienced, very focused and efficient team. The lawyers have exceptional expertise.
Chambers Global 2025
Bär & Karrer has brilliant experience. It is outstanding and really is a top law firm. Its lawyers are top-notch individuals with great reputations and experience.
Chambers Global 2025
Bär & Karrer is highly skilled and connected, and manages cross-border aspects perfectly well.
Client in Chambers Europe 2022
Fast, commercial and solution-oriented - in short the type of M&A lawyers I love working with to secure the last mile of a transaction.
Client in Chambers Europe 2022
The team was always incredibly responsive and did outstanding work, with my best interest in mind.
Client in Chambers 2021
High number of very talented and hard-working lawyers with a lot of experience given the overall deal flow the firm handles.
Legal 500 2021
They are an excellent team. They’re very proactive and business-oriented.
Chambers 2021
Still keeps big picture in mind and tries to find pragmatic approach.
IFLR 1000 2021
B&K has at this point by far the most active M&A practice in Switzerland and is the clear market leader.
Legal 500 2021
Pragmatic and solution oriented – but still attention to detail and fast.
Legal 500 2021
The speed, accuracy and availability of the team is exceptional.
Legal 500 2020
Responsiveness, efficiency and broad experience.
Source in Chambers Europe 2020
The team has an excellent understanding of the business of the client and outstanding skills to develop a good strategy together with the client.
Legal 500 2020
Very quick turnover and great availability.
IFLR 1000 2021
Sharp as a razor, cuts right to the heart of any major problem.
Client in IFLR1000 2021
Strong negotiators, enthusiastic and experienced.
Client in IFLR1000 2021
Outstanding collaboration between different practice groups and individuals.
Legal 500 2025
Bär & Karrer excels at breaking down sophisticated legal topics and aligning them with business priorities and financial logic.
Chambers Global 2026
Bär & Karrer excels at providing content-driven, sound advice to clients. They have their clients' interests at the core of what they are doing.
Chambers Global 2026
Bär & Karrer has outstanding teams with very driven and highly capable lawyers, always providing top-quality advice in a highly efficient manner.
Chambers Global 2026
Bär & Karrer are highly experienced in complex, cross-border transactions. The team understand the key aspects and learn very quickly.
Chambers Global 2026
The lawyers at Bär & Karrer find creative solutions to unusual problems. They are also very well positioned to solve complex problems in a timely manner.
Chambers Global 2026
The team is highly competent in their field. They always seek creative solutions, even for unusual problems. Collaboration is on equal terms and always very pleasant.
Legal 500 2026
Highly professional, high quality from partner down to associate.
Legal 500 2026
Perfect collaboration, the team is perfectly aligned so that core team members were always up to date on various topics and responsive for anyone from the client side. The team is well informed about current market activities, which is extremely valuable for finding the best solutions and terms with banking counterparties.
Legal 500 2026
Extremely commercial and to the point.
Legal 500 2026

Main Contacts

Key Contact M&A / Private M&A / Private Equity
Partner
Dr. Christoph Neeracher
Key Contact Public M&A
Partner
Dr. Mariel Hoch
Key Contact Public M&A
Partner
Dr. Dieter Dubs
Key Contact Corporate Transactions
Partner
Dr. Ralph Malacrida
Key Contact Corporate Transactions
Partner
Dr. Urs Kägi
Key Contact M&A Geneva
Associate
Ronny Schmid
Key Contact M&A Lugano
Partner
Paolo Bottini

Team Leaders

Team Members

Ranked in Tier 1
by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR 1000, Leaders League and Legal 500 2024

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