Capital Markets and Public M&A
Legal expertise at CMS Switzerland
Your partner for Capital Market and Public M&A transactions in Switzerland
Are you active on the Swiss capital market? If so, our capital market lawyers are the perfect partner for you. They possess extensive specialist knowledge and provide focused, hands-on advice on a wide range of capital market and public M&A matters. We advise on:
- IPOs and rights offerings
- Private placements of publicly listed shares
- Public takeover offers
- Bond offerings
- Proxy fights (including related litigation)
- Large investments and divestments in listed companies (including off-market transactions and block trades)
- Capital markets compliance topics, such as ad hoc disclosure, disclosure of major shareholdings, disclosure of management transactions, insider trading, or market abuse (including related litigation)
- Executive compensation (including stock option plans), and other corporate governance topics
Our clients include issuers, underwriters, shareholders, and board and executive team members. A large part of our work has a cross-border component, and we regularly draw on capital markets lawyers from across the international CMS network and colleagues in further jurisdictions, in particular the United States.
Our advice is backed by our detailed knowledge of the subject-matter, our lawyers regularly publishing on capital markets law. Several lawyers of CMS Switzerland are authorized issuers representatives at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Recent highlights of our work in the capital markets
- Supported major shareholder and chairman on reverse merger and listing of Talenthouse AG on SIX
- Advised HEB Swiss Investment AG on the divestment of its stake in SIX listed Cicor to One Equity Partners
- Advice and representation of LLB Swiss Investment AG with respect to an investment in MCH Group AG
- Advised Dharampal Satyapal Limited on the acquisition of a substantial minority stake in Lalique Group
- Advising the shareholder 7-Industries B.V. on increasing its stake as a new anchor shareholder of Sensirion Holding AG in connection with the Sensirion IPO
- Advising LifeWatch on competing public takeovers of BioTelemetry and AEVIS Victoria
Interdisciplinary Experience
In the case of equity and debt capital markets our interdisciplinary advice will ensure that you receive solutions that are perfect fits to your needs. Our cross-border teams are not only experts in all legal areas relevant to the transaction, but also specialists in many different industry groups and sectors, including:
- Financial Services
- TMC
- Healthcare & Live Sciences
- FinTech
- Consumer Products
- Infrastructure & Projects
- Insurance
Global Perspective
With CMS offices covering over 40 jurisdictions with 500+ capital markets lawyers, our capital markets practice is one of the largest and most widespread. We offer a one-stop-shop solution to clients for all their capital markets needs across Europe and beyond.
"Team is highly skilled, far above market standard."
"The capital markets practice at CMS is very well-connected with the respective ecosystem partners. As a client, we benefit from a greatly accelerated handling of the overall process.The capital markets practice at CMS is very well-connected with the respective ecosystem partners. As a client, we benefit from a greatly accelerated handling of the overall process."
Legal experts for Capital Markets and Public M&A
Local market knowledge. Global outlook
We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.
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