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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Löwenstrasse 19
P.O. Box 2201
8021 Zurich
Switzerland
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Mr Marcel Jakob

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Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate and commercial/ Real estate industry/ Life sciences / Real estate law

Position

Marcel Jakob is a Partner in our Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Zurich. He focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions including asset deals and restructuring transactions. He regularly advises entrepreneurs and startups as well as venture capital and private equity investors. Marcel has a focus on transactions involving highly regulated businesses (in particular financial institutions and life science companies) and technology driven business models.

Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer, Marcel gained experience in the tax department of an international audit firm, in a startup company as well as in the legal department of a securities dealer.

Experience

    • Swiss counsel to Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of ATP Group.
    • Counsel to TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) in its acquisition of ERNI Group AG.
    • Counsel to prop-tech startup PriceHubble on a USD 34 million Serie B round.
    • Counsel to Open Mineral, which operates a global digital trade platform for commodities, in its USD 33 million equity financing round led by Mubadala Investment Company.
    • Counsel to Axpo Holding on the sale of Avectris AG, Baden, a Swiss IT service provider, to GIA Informatik AG.
    • Counsel to group of Swiss private investors on their acquisition of furniture and home appliance retailer Conforama Switzerland from its French parent company Conforama Holding.
    • Counsel to the shareholders of Xovis Holding AG (including investment company EMERAM Capital Partners GmbH) in its sale to a fund advised by the Swiss private equity firm Capvis AG.
    • Counsel to Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company Santhera Pharmaceuticals in licensing transactions.
    • Counsel to EFG International AG in its acquisition of the Swiss bank BSI SA from Banco BTG Pactual S.A. for a purchase price of approx. CHF 1.328 billion.

Career

2022
Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
2017
Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
2013-2016
Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

Languages

  • german
  • english

Memberships

Additional Professional Activities
  • Member of various professional organizations, such as the Zurich Bar Association, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA).

Education

2017 – LL.M., University of Chicago
2013 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
2010 – Master of Arts HSG in Law, University of St. Gallen

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

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Marcel Jakob – Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Capable of advising clients across the full spectrum of industries, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd’s ‘exceptionally strong’ team is led by Lorenzo Olgiati and Jean Jacques Ah Choon, and demonstrates notable strengths in the venture capital arena and in handling debt and debt-funded transactions. Olgiati leads the Zurich team, with Ah Choon helming the Geneva practice. Oliver Triebold is routinely engaged by a variety of multinational clients, while Marcel Jakob is another key name to note.

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