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Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd Offices

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
Löwenstrasse 19
P.O. Box 2201
8021 Zurich
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

Noted for its ‘tailor-made advice and deep knowledge of the market’, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd is well versed in mandates arising from financial services, industrial and energy sectors, among others. The team, which is led by Philippe Borens and Tarek Houdrouge, is capable of advising an array of clients on public takeovers and exchange traded products. Borens excels in the area of equity and debt capital markets and Houdroudge strengthens the team with his knowledge in cross-border trade receivables securitisation and derivative transactions. Olivier Favre’s client base encompasses financial institutions, buy-side firms and issuers. Pascal Hubli and Lorenzo Olgiati are also recommended. In December 2022, Martin Lanz retired from the practice.

Switzerland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Capable of advising clients across the full spectrum of industries, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd’s ‘exceptionally strong’ team is led by Lorenzo Olgiati and Jean Jacques Ah Choon, and demonstrates notable strengths in the venture capital arena and in handling debt and debt-funded transactions. Olgiati leads the Zurich team, with Ah Choon helming the Geneva practice. Oliver Triebold is routinely engaged by a variety of multinational clients, while Marcel Jakob is another key name to note.

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