Jérôme Levrat

M&A & investment capital

• SERCAB GROUP, the leader in the Swiss in the gemstone cutting and setting industry for the manufacturing of luxury consumer goods (watches and jewelry), in a tri-partite strategic merger, including the shareholders agreement and all other satellite agreements.
• A global leader in the manufacturing of home and professional appliances, on the Swiss-law aspects of the spin-off of its professional appliances business to its shareholders and the subsequent listing of the newly created parent company.
• SNCF Mobilités, the main French rail operator, on the acquisition of a 45% stake in BLS Cargo AG, a major player in the Swiss rail freight market.
• A major French bank, on several stake acquisitions in Swiss or foreign groups, particularly in the sector of watchmaking technology.
• MICHELIN, a world leader in the tire industry, on the acquisition of a minority stake in the German group A.T.U., a service provider in the automotive sector owned by the Mobivia Group.
• A French hotel group, on the acquisition of a historic hotel in the city of Geneva.
• A global leader in security inks for banknotes and sensitive documents on various M&A and refinancing transactions.
• INEOS, a world leader in the pharmaceutical industry, on the acquisition of FC Lausanne-Sport, a historic club of the Swiss Football Championship.
• The founders of My-Store SA, online store leader in Western Switzerland, on the sale of a majority stake to the Ringier Group.
• Several start-ups, particularly in the perfume, jewelry, food-processing and new technologies industries, on the establishment of the structure and profit-sharing plans, the financing and the participation to capital, shareholders agreements and related agreements (distribution, supply, sale, etc.).

Restructuring and relocation & Corporate law

• An American multinational, world leader in the aerospace industry, on several domestic restructuring operations and corporate law issues.
• A French commodities dealer, relocating its Swiss trading activities to France.
• A global blockchain player on the relocation of shareholding structure in Switzerland and the intellectual property rights.
• A French industrial group, leader in the motorisation and automation of housing and building openings, on relocation operations (headquarters transfer), restructuring and corporate law issues.
• A French group, leader in the production, processing and distribution of materials, on a cross-border merger (to France) of a holding company.
• A Swiss leader in outpatient surgery, on domestic restructuring and corporate law issues.

Distribution and other contracts

• A European franchiser active in the distribution of world leading brand sports products, in connection with various questions relating to Swiss-law governed franchise contracts.
• The wealth management - global property fund of a world leading investment bank, on complex Swiss law-governed questions regarding the legal and contractual relationships between fund's investors (including certain investors identified as designated persons for the purpose of US, UK and other sanctions regimes) and an entity of the bank as the investors' nominee.
• A world leader in the production and distribution of beverages, on different contracts for distribution, franchise and license matters, particularly on customer compensation issues.
• An American multinational, on setting up a joint venture in Asia for the manufacture and distribution of baby care products.
• A global leader in the luxury goods and perfume industry on international distribution contracts.
• A major car manufacturer on the implementation of framework agreements related to maintenance.
• An American multinational based in Switzerland, world leader in the manufacture and distribution of consumer goods, on various aspects of international distribution contracts (contract law, competition and private international law).
• A joint venture between a global leader in leasing and management of industrial wagons and containers and an asset management company. 

Competition

• Diffulivre, a Swiss company and member of the Hachette Group, in its successful appeal before the Swiss Supreme Court brought against the 2019 judgment by the Swiss Administrative Court regarding the distribution of French language books in Switzerland.
• A large publishing and content distribution group, for the merger clearance in connection with the sale of its press distribution and new products activities to a Swiss player.
• A global group of delivery services, on antitrust matters as part of a sponsorship agreement with an international sports federation.
• Public producers and suppliers of electricity, on mergers in the energy sector and as part of a request for provisional measures based on alleged abuse of dominance.
• A European private equity fund, for the merger clearance in connection with the acquisition of a major international sports marketing company based in Switzerland.