Manuel Werder

Manuel Werder’s practice focuses on corporate law and M&A, including private equity and venture capital transactions, in particular with an Asian aspect. He has expertise in large, complex, cross-border acquisitions, mergers, divestitures and corporate restructurings. His M&A expertise crosses all industries, including financial, industrials and services.

• Advised Paragon Partners and the management of Kadi AG on the sale of their shares in Kadi AG to lnvision AG (2018/2019)
• Advised Schweiter Technologies in the acquisition of the European acrylic sheet business of Lucite International (Lucite Acrylic Sheet) and the UK distribution company Perspex Distribution Ltd. (2018)
• Advised lnvestcorp on the acquisition of a strategic minority investment in Banque Pâris Bertrand Sturdza, an independent, Swiss-regulated private bank based in Geneva and Luxembourg (2018)
• Advised Invision Private Equity on the amplification of the shareholding circle of the Schneider Group
• Advised Paris listed Atos / Worldline in its agreement to enter into a strategic partnership where Worldline acquired SIX Payment Services, the payment services division of SIX, for a consideration of CHF 2.75 billion 

• M&A
• Private equity
• Private equity funds

• Consumer goods and services
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Tourism

• Switzerland
• New York

• Zurich Bar Association 
• Swiss Bar Association
• International Bar Association (IBA)

• LL.M. in Comparative Jurisprudence, New York University School of Law (2002)
• Licentiatus iuris, magna cum laude, University of Fribourg (1998)