Switzerland: M&A/Private Equity

Distressed transactions have become common in the Swiss M&A landscape. An important piece in the Swiss restructuring toolbox is the sale of some or all of the business with the approval of the restructuring court during a composition moratorium (Nachlassstundung), a so-called pre-pack transaction.

Ralph Imoberdorf and Riccardo Geiser are partners at Altenburger specializing in Corporate and M&A as well as Commercial Contracts law. Their practice areas encompass complex corporate transactions...

Should your company pursue a stock market listing or remain private? This analysis examines how public and private capital markets have fundamentally shifted over the past two decades, exploring the strategic implications for entrepreneurs, board members, and CFOs navigating M&A transactions, financing decisions, and exit strategies.

For medium-sized companies and private equity portfolio companies (PortCos), today’s operating environment demands more than growth.

ISIS Seminar 26/303, Renaissance Zürich Tower Hotel, Turbinenstrasse 20, 8005 Zürich...

The Parties to a Swiss law governed shareholders' agreement agreed therein that the minority shareholders may exercise a put option towards the “Majority Shareholder”. The term “Majority Shareholder”...

M&A activity in Switzerland was relatively muted during the first half of 2024 but rebounded strongly in the latter half of the year.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining middle‑market mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are playing an ever-greater role in Poland's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sector in 2025.