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Stefan Brunnschweiler, LL.M.

Partner
Global Head of the CMS Corporate/M&A Group

Stefan Brunnschweiler, LL.M.

Partner
Global Head of the CMS Corporate/M&A Group

Contact
T +41 44 285 11 11
F +41 44 285 11 22
CMS von Erlach Poncet Ltd.
Dreikönigstrasse 7
P.O. Box
8022 Zurich
Switzerland
Languages German, English, French, Italian

Stefan Brunnschweiler is the global head of the CMS Corporate/M&A Practice Area Group. In this position, he sets the strategy for the group and leads an international team of more than 350 partners and 1000 lawyers.

He was named one of the top 10 lawyers and among the 100 most influential businesspeople in Switzerland in the edition of “Who is Who” by Bilanz.

Stefan Brunnschweiler specialises in international and domestic M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, corporate law and general contract matters (e.g. joint ventures, partnerships and shareholders' agreements).

He is experienced in a broad range of national and international transactions, both sell- and buy-side (including corporate auction processes) as well as the assistance of clients in their ongoing corporate and commercial activities. Stefan Brunnschweiler has engaged in competition law, including merger control filings for more than 10 years.

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Stefan Brunnschweiler is pragmatic and solution-oriented.

The Legal 500, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Switzerland, 2020

'Deeply knowledgeable' Stefan Brunnschweiler advised CCC Group on the €10m acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in fashion company Karl Vögele.

The Legal 500, Commercial, corporate and M&A, Switzerland, 2019

Stefan Brunnschweiler is "flexible to the clients' needs."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2019

"Gives a sense of calm and having things under control."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2019

"Understands the clients' needs and his approach to problems is very pragmatic and practical."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2018

"Very good management of transactions and good communication."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2018

"He is willing to take a pragmatic stance."

Chambers Europe Guide, Switzerland, Corporate 2017

"He was a pleasure to work with: very pragmatic, co-operative and results-oriented."

Chambers Europe Guide, Switzerland, Corporate 2016

"Stefan Brunnschweiler provides legal services of the highest quality. He is very responsive and hands-on, he is very quick in understanding the client's needs and very focused on achieving the maximum for his client without losing sight of the overall situation. He has in-depth knowledge of the different sectors of laws as well as the economic backgrounds of the matters he is advising on. He is very structured and efficient in his work and a very good partner to negotiate and communicate with."

Client feedback – IFLR1000, Financial and corporate 2016

"Stefan Brunnschweiler was helpful, was very committed, very flexible in adjusting his schedule to our needs. His service was fully satisfactory for me."

Client Feedback 2014

"Stefan Brunnschweiler […] is a proactive person and therefore also well respected for transactions here in Switzerland, and I think that has added to the decision to use CMS in that particular case again."

Client Feedback 2014

Stefan Brunnschweiler is pragmatic and solution-oriented.

The Legal 500, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Switzerland, 2020

'Deeply knowledgeable' Stefan Brunnschweiler advised CCC Group on the €10m acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in fashion company Karl Vögele.

The Legal 500, Commercial, corporate and M&A, Switzerland, 2019

Stefan Brunnschweiler is "flexible to the clients' needs."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2019

"Gives a sense of calm and having things under control."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2019

"Understands the clients' needs and his approach to problems is very pragmatic and practical."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2018

"Very good management of transactions and good communication."

Chambers Global Guide, Switzerland, Corporate/M&A 2018

"He is willing to take a pragmatic stance."

Chambers Europe Guide, Switzerland, Corporate 2017

"He was a pleasure to work with: very pragmatic, co-operative and results-oriented."

Chambers Europe Guide, Switzerland, Corporate 2016

"Stefan Brunnschweiler provides legal services of the highest quality. He is very responsive and hands-on, he is very quick in understanding the client's needs and very focused on achieving the maximum for his client without losing sight of the overall situation. He has in-depth knowledge of the different sectors of laws as well as the economic backgrounds of the matters he is advising on. He is very structured and efficient in his work and a very good partner to negotiate and communicate with."

Client feedback – IFLR1000, Financial and corporate 2016

"Stefan Brunnschweiler was helpful, was very committed, very flexible in adjusting his schedule to our needs. His service was fully satisfactory for me."

Client Feedback 2014

"Stefan Brunnschweiler […] is a proactive person and therefore also well respected for transactions here in Switzerland, and I think that has added to the decision to use CMS in that particular case again."

Client Feedback 2014

Relevant experience

  • RUAG: On the sale of RUAG Environment to Thommen Group AG
  • ABB: on the acquisition of all shares in Cassantec Ltd, a software company operating out of Zurich and Berlin.
  • ABB: on the sale of its hydro generator service business to Andritz and on the acquisition of KEYMILE's communication networks business.
  • agta record: on the sale of the majority stake in agta record to the Swedish group Assa Abloy (valuing agta record's share capital at EUR 933m).
  • Alstom: on the sale of parts of its gas turbine business to Ansaldo Energia.
  • Argos: on the acquisition of Arthur Flury AG.
  • Aurelius: on the acquisition of the trade operations of the listed Swiss Valora Group and of Publicitas, an international advertising marketing agency from the listed Switzerland-based PubliGroupe, and on the sale of the Swiss ICT service providers connectis AG and Softix AG to the French SPIE Groupe.
  • Bucher-Motorex-Group: on the acquisition of Circle K in Poland (previously Statoil Fuel & Retail).
  • Bruker: on the acquisition of PMOD Technologies LLC, a provider of research-use-only software for preclinical and molecular imaging.
  • CCC Group: on the acquisition of the majority stake in Karl Vögele AG, Uznach.
  • Colibrys SA: on the sale of Colibrys SA in a multi-seller transaction.
  • Comdat Xeroprint AG: on the acquisition of the Smartec Group.
  • CTS EVENTIM: on all legal aspects of the acquisition of the majority stakes in Gadget Entertainment and wepromote.
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG: on the acquisition of the Romaco businesses owned by Robbins & Myers, Inc.
  • Dover: on its USD 285m acquisition of the Swiss Maag Group and on its sale of Bowl Chopper Product Line by Tipper Tie Alpina GmbH.
  • DP World: on the acquisition of a 44% stake in swissterminal Holding AG.
  • EMS-Group: on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary EMS-PATVAG (s.r.o.), a specialist in the development and production of pyrotechnic igniters for passive safety devices headquartered in the Czech Republic, to Hirtenberger Holding GmbH which is based in Austria.
  • FLACHGLAS Wernberg GmbH: on its acquisition of companies of the Pilkington Group.
  • FlexLink: on the acquisition of SSS-Fördertechnik.
  • Gemalto: on its acquisition of the secure document business from Trueb AG.
  • Grapha-Holding AG: on the acquisition of all shares in POLYDATA/PIDAS Group in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  • Heraeus: on the acquisition of the Swiss precious metals processor Argor-Heraeus.
  • LCP Europe Limited: on the sale of LCP Libera AG to Paros Capital AG.
  • Merbag: on the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz Milano from Mercedes-Benz Italia (Daimler Group), on the acquisition of Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg S.A. from Daimler AG, on the acquisition of the Austrian Wiesenthal Handel und Service GmbH as well as on the sale of locations in central Switzerland.
  • Nikkiso America, Inc.: on the acquisition of Cryogenics Industries for USD 483m.
  • Schaeffler Switzerland: on the sale of its fine-blanking business.
  • Schibsted: on the sale of its 50% stake in Swiss Classified Media AG (internet platforms tutti.ch and car4you.ch) to Tamedia AG.
  • Syncona: on CHF 35 million investment in Anaveon AG, a new immuno-oncology company.
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Education

  • 2003 – Master of Law (LL.M.), University of San Diego (USA)
  • 2000 – Bar Admission, Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 1997 – University of Zurich and Geneva (Switzerland)
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Memberships

  • Zurich Bar Association
  • Swiss Bar Association
  • Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association
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Expertise

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18 November 2020
CMS ad­vises RU­AG on the sale of RU­AG En­vir­on­ment to Thom­men Group AG
The RU­AG MRO Hold­ing AG has sold RU­AG En­vir­on­ment AG to Thom­men Group AG. RU­AG En­vir­on­ment AG, headquartered in Alt­dorf UR is the Swiss mar­ket lead­er for a com­pre­hens­ive solu­tion in the en­vir­on­ment­ally...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
12 May 2020
CMS Ex­pert Guide for dir­ect­ors of com­pan­ies
Even be­fore the COV­ID-19 glob­al pan­dem­ic, dir­ect­ors of com­pan­ies were un­der great­er scru­tiny than ever, with in­creas­ing con­cerns be­ing ex­pressed over gov­ernance and even the fun­da­ment­al pur­pose of com­mer­cial...
Expert Guide Corporate / M&A
07 September 2020
CMS ad­vises Ec­cle­sia on the sale of City Ver­sicher­ungs-Kun­dendi­enst AG...
Zurich - An In­ter­na­tion­al In­sur­ance Broker VMD-Hold­ing AG, a sub­si­di­ary of the Ger­man Ec­cle­sia Group, and Kessler & Co AG have agreed on the ac­quis­i­tion of City Ver­sicher­ungs-Kun­dendi­enst AG and City...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
26 March 2020
CMS Ex­pert Guide to sta­bil­isa­tion and re­struc­tur­ing ini­ti­at­ive
Many com­pan­ies have already suc­cess­fully dealt with im­me­di­ate ques­tions such as sup­ply chain man­age­ment, scal­ing down busi­nesses, man­aging em­ploy­ees, cash flow man­age­ment and li­quid­ity re­serves. We are...
Expert Guide Banking & Finance
20 August 2020
CMS ad­vised the ma­jor­ity share­hold­ers on the com­ple­tion of the sale of...
Zurich – A team from CMS Switzer­land, CMS France and the CMS EU Law Of­fice in Brus­sels led by Stefan Brunnsch­weiler, Alain Raemy (both CMS Switzer­land), Jean-Robert Bousquet (CMS France) and Björn...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
9 June 2020
Im­pact of COV­ID-19 on European M&A activ­ity
The CMS Cor­por­ate/M&A Group teamed up with in­vest­ment bank Cred­it Suisse to ana­lyse the fin­an­cial and leg­al im­plic­a­tions of the COV­ID-19 pan­dem­ic on M&A trans­ac­tions in West­ern Europe.
Publication COVID-19: The new normal?
15 April 2020
New rank­ings from "The Leg­al 500" for CMS Switzer­land
New rank­ings from "The Leg­al 500" for CMS Switzer­land CMS Switzer­land is be­ing re­com­men­ded in 16 cat­egor­ies in this year's edi­tion of The Leg­al 500, pub­lished in April 2020. We are par­tic­u­larly pleased...
News Insurance
12 March 2020
Top-Rank­ings for CMS Switzer­land by Cham­bers and Part­ners
Top rank­ings for CMS Switzer­land by Cham­bers and Part­ners CMS Switzer­land is de­lighted to an­nounce that 14 law­yers across 10 prac­tice areas have been re­com­men­ded in the 2020 edi­tion of Cham­bers and...
News Competition & EU
21 February 2020
CMS ad­vises Com­d­at Xero­print AG on the ac­quis­i­tion of Smartec Group
CMS ad­vises Com­d­at Xero­print AG on the ac­quis­i­tion of Smartec Group Com­d­at Xero­print AG in Schlier­en ac­quires all shares of the Smartec Group in Rotkreuz. Both en­ter­prises are part­ners of Xer­ox in the...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
05 February 2020
CMS ad­vises CTS EVEN­TIM on the ac­quisiton of ma­jor­ity stakes in Gad­get...
CMS ad­vises CTS EVEN­TIM on the ac­quisiton of ma­jor­ity stakes in Gad­get En­ter­tain­ment AG and we­pro­mote En­ter­tain­ment Group Switzer­land AG Zurich – CTS EVEN­TIM, a lead­ing in­ter­na­tion­al tick­et­ing and...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
28 January 2020
CMS ad­vised GRAPHA-Hold­ing AG on the ac­quis­i­tion of POLY­DATA AG
CMS ad­vised GRAPHA-Hold­ing AG on the ac­quis­i­tion of POLY­DATA AG An in­ter­na­tion­al team of CMS Switzer­land, Aus­tria and Ger­many un­der the lead of Stefan Brunnsch­weiler (CMS Switzer­land) has ad­vised GRAPHA-Hold­ing...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
23 January 2020
CMS ad­vised DP World on the ac­quis­i­tion of a 44% stake in swis­ster­min­al...
CMS ad­vised DP World on the ac­quis­i­tion of a 44% stake in swis­ster­min­al Hold­ing AG A team un­der the lead of Stefan Brunnsch­weiler has ad­vised DP World, a Dubai-based glob­al port op­er­at­or, on the ac­quis­i­tion...
Deal (News) Corporate / M&A
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