Dr Pascal G. Favre

Corporate/M&A, Finance

• CPI Property Group, on the high-profile sale of its Crans-Montana mountain business to Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MNT).
• ProductLife Group, a leading multinational life sciences corporation with a global presence, on a series of acquisitions, including the subsequent acquisitions of IntiQuan AG (in 2024), and of Cilatus BioPharma Consulting (in 2023).
• WSP Global Inc. (TSX: WSP), one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms on its cross-border acquisition of BG Bonnard & Gardel Holding SA, one of Switzerland's leading engineering companies, along with its subsidiaries in France, Italy and Portugal.
• DuPont (NYSE: DD), the global innovation leader with technology-based materials and solutions, in the Swiss component of DuPont's Mobility & Materials divestiture to Celanese.
• GEODIS INTERNATIONAL, a world leader in transport and logistics, on the acquisition of a 100 percent interest in the Swiss freight forwarder, ITS - International Transport & Shipping Ltd.
• A global leader in the production and supply of oil and natural gas, in a series of M&A transactions involving, respectively, a fuel energy provider in the downstream oil and gas sector and an LPG trading company.
• Vivalto Santé Investissement SA - the investment arm of Vivalto Santé, the third largest group of private hospitals and clinics in France - in its cross-border acquisition of 75 percent interest in Groupe CIC Santé SA and of 50 percent interest in RXPM SA - Swiss groups active in the life sciences and healthcare.
• Hyperion Insurance Group Limited, a leading UK insurance group, in its cross-border acquisition of a Swiss insurance brokerage firm and its UK and Ireland subsidiaries.
• A world's leading oil and gas supplier, in the context of its two subsequent asset spin-off transactions in Switzerland involving, respectively, a fuel energy provider in the downstream oil and gas sector and an LPG trading company.
• ERMEWA Group, a European leader for industrial railcars and tank containers leasing services and a member of SNCF Mobilités EPIC, in its cross-border EUR 1.5 billion debt restructuring and refinancing through a combination of multicurrency-secured bank debt and US private placement.
• ERMEWA Group in its acquisition finance of the Raffles Lease M&A deal.
• KfW IPEX Bank, a leading German financial institution specializing in infrastructure projects, in its cross-border several-hundred-million EUR financing of the purchase of a rental freight cars fleet and subsequent leasing operations.
• A global leader in traceability and authentication solutions for securities instruments, in the refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facilities.
• CHA Technologies Group, a global leader in the field of woven and nonwoven textile and fibers, as a borrower in a cross-border multi-million US dollar syndicated credit facility transaction.
• PRIO SA, a Swiss joint venture between SIG-i Capital AG, a private markets investment manager, and VTG AG, Europe's leading leasing and rail logistics companies, for the acquisition of a significant railcar fleet and its subsequent lease operations.
• MICHELIN, the world’s second largest tire manufacturer, in its acquisition of a minority stake in the German automotive service provider, A.T.U Auto-Teile-Unger Handels GmbH & Co. KG, from Mobivia, a European leader in the automotive servicing and repair market.
• SNCF Mobilités EPIC, the French largest national railway operator and a subsidiary of SNCF Group, in its acquisition of a 45% stake in BLS Cargo AG, one of the main players in the Swiss rail freight transport market.
• INEOS, one of the world’s leading multinational corporations in the chemical industry, in its acquisition of FC Lausanne-Sport, a Swiss historic football club.
• Meditest SA, a family-owned group based in Vevey and specialised in medical laboratories, in its sale to Unilabs, Laboratoires d’analyses médicales SA.
• The founders of My-Store SA, Western Switzerland’s leading online outlet shop, in their sale of a 60% stake to the Swiss media company, Ringier AG.
• Crowdpark SA on all legal, corporate and regulatory aspects of setting up and launching its real estate crowdfunding platform.
• A global leader in rental and management of industrial wagons and containers based in Geneva in the context of a demerger and capex financing transactions.
• A world leading brewer with respect to distribution partnership agreements and export contracts.
• A global leader in security inks for banknotes and value documents, on several corporate, refinancing and M&A issues.
• The world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products based in the US, in the context of the restructuring of its European entities as well as M&A transactions in Switzerland.

Competition and Antitrust

• 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.
• SNCF Mobilités on the competition law aspects of the M&A transaction with BLS Cargo AG.
• A leading brand in luxury skincare in Europe in the structuring of its distribution network.
• An authorized car dealer of the Volkswagen brands, in large-scale cartel proceedings by the Competition Commission against a group of automotive car dealers in the canton of Ticino.
• Azienda elettrica ticinese in the notification to the Swiss Competition Commission of its acquisition, from Alpiq AG and PRH Holding SA, of a majority interest in Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA.
• A global leader in content publishing, production and distribution based in France on a concentration involving the sale of its distribution entities in Switzerland.
• A global leader in finance protection and private-equity on a concentration in the travel agency services sector.