Dieter Gericke

Dieter Gericke represents public and private companies and investors of all industries in international mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, divestitures, spin offs, joint- ventures, private equity and capital market transactions.

Dieter has extensive experience in shareholder activism, takeover defense and contested acquisitions, and is a go-to lawyer for IPOs.

• Advising Temenos in the sale of its Multifunds business;
• Advising CSL in the public take-over of Vifor Pharma;
• Advising BioVersys in its IPO on SIX Swiss exchange;
• Advising the Underwriters in the IPO of On Shoes;
• Advising ChemChina in the public takeover of Syngenta.

• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Private equity

• Banking
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Technology and telecommunications
• Tourism

• LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1999
• Dr. iur., University of Zurich, 1991
• lic. iur., University of Zurich, 1996

• Zurich Bar Association
• International Bar Association (Corporate and M&A Law Committee, Securities Law Committee)

• Zurich Bar Association
• International Bar Association