Commercial, corporate and M&A

Walder Wyss Ltd.

Alex Nikitine leads the Walder Wyss Ltd. team with his considerable strengths in managing venture capital transactions and IPOs. The team is actively engaged to handle private and public M&A, public tender offers and a host of other transactions. Other names to note in the practice include Hans-Jakob Diem, who is especially knowledgeable with regard to M&A and securities law, and Urs Gnos, whose varied set of skills encompasses venture capital and capital market transactions alongside buy-outs and general corporate advice. Florian Gunz Niedermann’s arsenal of abilities consists of a range of domestic and international M&A, the ‘brilliant’ Luc Defferrard is well-positioned to advise on private equity and venture capital issues, and Ramona Wyss is fully immersed in an array of regulated industries.

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Key clients

UBS AG
Credit Suisse
KLAR Partners
Boehringer Ingelheim
DSM
Sunrise
Liberty Media Corporation
Hesai Technology
Novo Nordisk
Straumann Holding AG
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
U-Blox Holding AG
SABIC Europe B.V.
Montagu Private Equity
Helvetia Holding AG
Accelleron Industries AG

Work highlights

Advised Credit Suisse as lead counsel on the merger between UBS and Credit Suisse, with a combined market capitalisation of approximately $65bn.
Acted as lead counsel to SIX-listed Aluflexpack AG in its sale to Constantia Flexibles, a global packaging manufacturer, under which Constantia is acquiring approximately 57% of the shares of AFP and, in parallel, launched an all-cash public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of AFP.
Acted as lead counsel to Boehringer Ingelheim in its acquisition of privately held T3 Pharmaceuticals AG, a clinical stage Swiss biotech company, for an amount of up to $515m.