Mr Pascal Honold > Wenger Vieli Ltd > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Wenger Vieli Ltd
DUFOURSTRASSE 56
8008 ZÜRICH
Switzerland
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Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Corporate and Commercial Law; Restructuring and Insolvency; Start-up Desk; Capital Market and Listed Companies.

Position

Thanks to his long-standing experience, Pascal Honold has extensive expertise in the field of corporate law, in general, and M&A practice, in particular. He prefers to advise on national and international business transactions in the areas of M&A, private equity, and venture capital, as well as corporate restructuring and financing rounds.

His clients include nationally and internationally active medium-sized companies, corporations and start-ups, entrepreneurs, and investors, as well as investment funds and family offices.

“Empathy, teamwork, and staying focused on the goal – this life lesson learned from sports has today become the guiding principle of my professional career.”

Career

Since 2017, Partner at Wenger & Vieli Ltd.; 2008-2016, Lawyer at Wenger & Vieli Ltd.; 2001-2007, Lawyer at law firms in Zurich; 2000-2001, Junior Lawyer at a law firm in Zurich.

Languages

German, English and French.

Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA); Swiss Bar Association (SAV); Zurich Bar Association (ZAV); American Bar Association (ABA); Committee of the Center for Corporate Venturing Switzerland (CCVS); Expert in BioEntrepreneurship & Innovation Program Faculty (by IREM, UZH).

Education

2012, Admission to New York State Bar; 2008, New York Bar Examination; 2008, Fordham University School of Law, NYC (LL.M., International Business and Trade Law); 2002, Admission to Swiss and Zurich Bar; 2000, University of Fribourg (lic. iur., Mention in European Law).

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Capital markets

Providing clients with ‘tailored expertise’, Wenger Vieli Ltd fields a broad offering that covers equity and debt capital market matters, as well as advising clients on digitisation and tokenisation. Pascal Honold helms the practice, strengthening the team with his wealth of experience in handling public takeover bids, disclosure requirements and debt instruments, among others. ‘Proactive’ Beat Speck and Wolfgang Zürcher are also recommended.

Switzerland > Insolvency and corporate recovery

Wenger Vieli Ltd represents clients in bankruptcy and debt collection matters, with particular strengths in advising SMEs, entrepreneurs, and investors on out-of-court restructuring matters and supporting with turnarounds. The team is headed by Georg Zondler, who focuses on insolvency-related litigation and restructuring of listed companies, and Pascal Honold, who has expertise in distressed M&A and corporate reorganisations. Notable team members include Daniel P Oehri and Martin Berweger, who both support the team with out-of court restructurings and various other insolvency matters.