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Bär & Karrer Ltd. Offices

Bär & Karrer Ltd.
12 QUAI DE LA POSTE
1211 GENÈVE 11
Switzerland
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Mr Martin Anderson

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Work Department

Banking & Insurance | Capital Markets | Corporate Governance | Financing | Funds, Financial Products & Asset Management | Listed Companies | Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Martin Anderson’s practice focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions (acquisitions and divestures in public and private companies, mergers), private equity transactions (assistance to investors, sellers and management teams in MBOs, venture capital and start-ups) and general corporate law (corporate governance, shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures, restructurings, executive incentive arrangements).

Martin Anderson also regularly assists banks and other financial institutions on financing transactions (including structured financings), derivatives and financial products, asset management and regulatory matters.

Chambers (Global and Europe) and Legal 500 rank Martin Anderson as one of the leading lawyers in Switzerland in the areas of Corporate/M&A and Banking, and he has been recognised in the Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” for having received constant praise by clients for continued excellence for at least seven consecutive years.

Martin Anderson graduated in both law and business administration at the University of Geneva and was an assistant lecturer in finance at the University of Geneva. He lectures on the legal aspects of M&A transactions at the University of Fribourg and is also a regular speaker at conferences and seminars dealing with corporate law and banking/finance topics.

Career

  • Partner of Bär & Karrer (since 2018)
  • Partner of a Geneva law firm (1996-2018) (managing partner 2001-2018)
  • Associate of a Geneva law firm (1992-1996)
  • Trainee at a Swiss law firm in Geneva and Zurich (1990-1992)
  • Assistant lecturer in finance at the University of Geneva, Business Administration (1987-1990)

Languages

French, German, English

Memberships

  • Recognised representative for the listing of securities at the SIX Swiss Exchange
  • Geneva Business Law Association (AGDA), Committee member
  • Swiss Bar Association (SAV/FSA)
  • Geneva Bar Association (OdA)
  • Lecturer at the University of Fribourg

Education

  • Admitted to the Geneva Bar (1992)
  • University of Geneva: lic. iur. (1990)
  • University of Geneva: lic. oec. (1987)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Banking and finance: Geneva

(Hall of Fame)

Martin Anderson – Bär & Karrer Ltd.

Bär & Karrer Ltd. advises Swiss banks and Swiss affiliates of foreign banks and other financial institutions on legal issues in contractual matters, regulatory and compliance matters, financing and derivatives projects, and complex civil, criminal and enforcement proceedings. Practice co-head Cédric Chapuis regularly advises Swiss and foreign clients on domestic and international transactions, as well as general corporate matters. Frédéric Bétrisey, who also co-heads the practice, is praised for his ‘deep knowledge and understanding of the Swiss regulatory jungle’. Martin Anderson guides clients through financing transactions while Andrew M. Garbarski handles financial and commercial litigation and Christoph Suter advises on the taxation of financial instruments.

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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