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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
5bis, rue des Alpes
P.O. Box 2088
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland
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Dr Lorenzo Olgiati, LL.M.

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Work Department

Zurich / Mergers & Acquisitions / Public Takeovers / Private Equity and Venture Capital / Corporate Governance / Corporate and Commercial / Energy

Position

Lorenzo Olgiati heads Schellenberg Wittmer’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Zurich. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, public takeovers, securities and stock exchange regulation, private equity transactions and other significant corporate and commercial matters, including advice on corporate governance matters and shareholder activism.

Experience:

  • Counsel to German private equity firm EMERAM and the management shareholders in the sale of leading Swiss 3D people counting sensor and software solutions provider Xovis Holding AG to Swiss private equity firm Capvis
  • Counsel to SIX Group on the carve-out and sale of SIX Payment Services into a strategic partnership with Euronext-listed Worldline at a total consideration of CHF 2.75 billion, partially paid in newly issued Worldline shares
  • Swiss counsel to SIX-listed ams AG in its acquisition of Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for up to USD 855 m in cash and newly issued shares
  • Counsel to Canton of Graubünden and Axpo Holding AG, main shareholders in SIX-listed electric power company Repower AG in connection with Repower’s strategic repositioning, delisting and CHF 170 m capital increase subscribed by EKZ and UBS-CEIS

Career

2003 – Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer
1998 – Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer
1997 – Foreign Associate in a law firm in New York

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • French

Memberships

  • Co-editor of takeoverpractice.ch, Schellenberg Wittmer’s innovative website on Swiss Takeover Law
  • Lecturer in the University of Zurich’s LL.M. program on International Banking and Finance Law
  • Serves as an officer of the International Bar Association’s Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Education

1997 – LL.M., Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
1996 – Bar Admission in Switzerland
1995 – Dr. iur., University of Zurich
1989 – lic. iur., University of Zurich

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Capital markets

Philippe Borens and Tarek Houdrouge head up the comprehensive capital markets offering at Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, which routinely operates for clients that are active across financial services, energy, and IT sectors with regards to exchange-traded derivatives, public takeovers, and the issuance of structured products. Borens enjoys a wide-ranging set of skills, encompassing bonds and notes issues, hedge funds, and regulatory issues, while Houdrouge possesses considerable transactional expertise across banking and finance and capital markets. Olivier Favre is highly experienced in relation to an array of financing transactions, and Lorenzo Olgiati is a solid choice for publicly listed companies who require assistance with corporate governance and ESG issues.

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Drawing upon its wider expertise across corporate, tax, data protection, and real estate law, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is able to advise its varied client roster on debt-funded transactions, M&A, and regulatory issues. The practice is steered by Lorenzo Olgiati and Christoph Vonlanthen; the former maintains a broad practice that includes private equity and technology mandates, and the latter is well-versed in a host of mandates, such as M&A, growth equity, and corporate governance. Jean Jacques Ah Choon is highly experienced in advising clients on M&A, joint ventures, and commercial law issues, while Oliver Triebold utilises his experience that spans more than 25 years to assist multinational clients with a diverse range of corporate and commercial issues. Josef Caleff is an expert on the real estate side.

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