Zurich

Dr. Martin Weber, LL.M.

Partner

Irisi Arifi

Assistant

Martin Weber is a Partner in Schellenberg Wittmer's Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets and stock exchange law, corporate restructurings, corporate governance and shareholder activism.

Expertise

Mergers & Acquisitions Capital Markets

Corporate and Commercial Financial Services

Experience

Regular advice to boards of directors and anchor shareholders in corporate governance and shareholder activism matters
Counsel to former SIX-listed Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG and its board of directors in connection with the CHF 5.1 billion public exchange offer by DSV A/S (listed at NASDAQ Copenhagen)
Counsel to SIX Group on the carve-out and sale of its European cards payment services business into a strategic partnership with Euronext-listed Worldline at a total consideration of CHF 2.75 billion
Counsel to Corvex in joining forces with the investment company 40 North and their joint substantial stake-building in SIX listed Clariant Ltd, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and the subsequent disposal of such stake to SABI
Lead transaction counsel in the merger of TWINT (Postfinance) and Paymit (SIX), creating the leading Swiss mobile payment solution in a joint venture together with Credit Suisse, UBS, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank and Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Career

Professional Experience

1993

Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

1988

Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

Education and Admission

1993

Dr. iur., University of Zurich

1988

LL.M., University of Chicago

1986

Bar Admission in Switzerland

1982

lic. iur., University of Zurich

Recognitions

Chambers & Partners Global/Europe: Corporate/M&A
Expert Guides: M&A, Private Equity, Corporate Governance, Transactional Law
IFLR 1000: Highly Regarded (Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity)
Legal 500: Commercial, Corporate/M&A
PLC Which Lawyer: Private Equity/Venture Capital, Corporate/M&A
Who's Who Legal: Debt and Equity, M&A, Corporate Governance, Capital Markets
Leaders League Corporate/M&A & Capital Markets

Languages

German
English
French

Selected Publications

Corporate Governance Switzerland Chapter European Takeovers: The Art of Acquisition. 2nd Edition Kommentar zum Fusionsgesetz, 3. Auflage [Commentary on the Swiss Merger Act, 3rd revised ed.] Warum Corporate Compliance? Rechtsprobleme bei Private-Equity Transaktionen

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