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Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Dr Mariel Hoch

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+41 58 261 55 99 mariel.hoch@baerkarrer.ch View profile View profile

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions | Listed Companies | Corporate Governance | Corporate & Commercial | Competition Law | Real Estate | Transport & Logistics | Life Sciences

Position

Mariel Hoch is one of Bär & Karrer’s leading M&A partners and co-head of the Public M&A department. She has broad experience across a wide range of industries and focuses on listed companies and public takeover offers. In addition, she specializes in M&A related litigation and advises listed companies on corporate and regulatory matters. She leads complex transactions for industrial clients as well as private equity investors. Mariel is highly regarded by her sophisticated clients, peers and international law firms.

With Mariel Hoch, Bär & Karrer has successfully maintained its leading market position in Public M&A, as she exhibited strong leadership skills and ability to develop talent within listed companies and Public M&A practice.

Career

  • Member of the Foundation Board of Irene M. Staehelin Stiftung (since 2021)
  • Member of the Foundation Board of the Law & Economics Foundation (since 2020)
  • Member of the Board and member of the Audit Committee of Komax Holding AG (since 2019)
  • Member of the Board, member of the Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of SIG Combibloc Group (since 2018)
  • Member of the Board and member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee of Comet Holding AG (since 2016)
  • Member of the Board of Adunic AG (2015-2018)
  • Member of the Board of MEXAB AG (since 2014)
  • Member of the Foundation Board of The Schörling Foundation (since 2013)
  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2012)
  • Secondment to Slaughter and May, London (2008)
  • Secondment to Human Rights Watch, London (2007)
  • Associate at Bär & Karrer (since 2005)
  • Trainee at Bär & Karrer (2002-2004)
  • Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. Hans Caspar von der Crone (1999-2001)

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
  • Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
  • Zurich Lawyers Association (ZJURV)

Education

  • Admitted to the Zurich Bar (2005)
  • University of Zurich: Dr. iur. (2003)
  • University of Zurich: lic. iur. (1999)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

The team of ‘seasoned experts’ at Bär & Karrer Ltd. maintains an impressively varied practice, with capabilities that include advising on listed company and private M&A, public tender offers, other corporate transactions and ESG. The team is praised for its ‘strong subject matter expertise in combination with excellent commercial acumen’.  Rolf Watter leads the practice, with wide-ranging experience in corporate governance issues. Christoph Neeracher heads the private M&A and private equity department, while Mariel Hoch bolsters the practice with her knowledge of cross-border M&A, public takeover offers and corporate relocations. Ralph Malacrida demonstrates considerable expertise in handling M&A, while Dieter Dubs principally focuses on public tender offers. Martin Anderson leads the Geneva M&A practice and Paolo Bottini helms the Lugano practice. Other key names to note are Philippe Seiler and Raphael Annasohn.

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