Dr Dieter Dubs > Bär & Karrer Ltd. > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
BRANDSCHENKESTRASSE 90
8027 ZÜRICH
Switzerland

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions | Listed Companies | Corporate Governance

Position

Dieter Dubs has broad experience in M&A transactions with a focus on public tender offers, having represented several target companies in unfriendly takeover situations. In addition, Dieter Dubs advises listed companies on corporate and regulatory matters.

Career

  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2005)
  • Trainee at Bär & Karrer (1998)
  • Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Dr. Ivo Schwander (International Private Law) (1993-1997)

Languages

English, German.

Memberships

  • Recognized Representative for the Listing of Securities at the SWX Swiss Exchange
  • Editor of GesKR
  • Swiss Lawyers Association (Schweizerischer Juristenverein)

Education

  • Harvard Law School: LL.M. (2002)
  • University of St. Gallen: Dr. iur. (2000)
  • University of St. Gallen: lic. iur. (1993)

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.