Petra Hanselmann is a partner and member of the Corporate / M&A group in Zurich. She advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate reorganisations, including pre-transaction restructurings and post-acquisition integrations. Petra Hanselmann has broad experience in cross-border M&A, carve-outs and joint venture transactions in particular. She also routinely advises on general corporate and corporate governance matters.
Petra Hanselmann has broad experience in a range of product and service sectors, including consumer goods, industrial, healthcare and technology.
Petra Hanselmann is recommended in her fields of expertise by various leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500. Recent reports include the following:
• "The team, including Petra Hanselmann, is very hands-on and easy to deal with, while at the same time persistent and always acting in the best interest of the client." (The Legal 500, 2022)
• "Petra Hanselmann continues to develop a strong practice in Zurich, offering expertise in cross-border acquisitions, carve-outs and restructuring mandates." (Chambers, 2022)
• "Petra Hanselmann is very pragmatic, well-organized and always on top of things as well as business-minded and a strong negotiator. Her advice exceeds expectations as she understands and considers the client’s strategy, business model and industry." (The Legal 500, 2020)
Petra graduated from the University of Zurich Law School in 2002. After her bar admission in Switzerland in 2005, she obtained an LL.M. in corporate law from New York University in 2007. Before joining Pestalozzi Petra was a partner with a major international law firm in Zurich.
- Pestalozzi advises the shareholders of abaQon AG in connection with the sale of shares to Eraneos
- Pestalozzi advises owner families of uvex on investment by Warburg Pincus
- Pestalozzi advises Rothschild & Co on share purchase
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Derivatives
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: High yield
- M&A
- Private equity funds
- LL.M. New York University, 2007
- lic. iur. University of Zuric, 2002
- Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- Swiss American Society (SAS)
- Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce (Swiss Amcham)
- Switzerland, 2005