Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate and commercial/ Real estate industry/ Life sciences / Real estate law

Marcel Jakob is a Partner in our Mergers & Acquisitions Group in Zurich. He focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions including asset deals and restructuring transactions (incl. complex carve-outs). He regularly advises entrepreneurs and startups as well as venture capital and private equity investors. Marcel has a focus on transactions involving highly regulated businesses (in particular financial institutions and life science companies) and technology-driven business models. Further, he is experienced in advising investors and companies in times of financial distress, including restructurings during administration/moratorium (distressed M&A).

Before joining Schellenberg Wittmer, Marcel gained experience in the tax department of an international audit firm, in a startup company as well as in the legal department of a securities dealer.

Experience

• • Counsel to SIX Swiss Exchange-listed HOCN AG (former HOCHDORF Holding AG) on the sale of its operating subsidiary HOCHDORF Swiss Nutrition AG during an administration process.
  • Swiss counsel to Arsenal Capital Partners in its acquisition of ATP Group.
  • Counsel to TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) in its acquisition of ERNI Group AG.
  • Counsel to Avaloq Group in its sale of Avaloq Outline AG to Swiss Post Solutions AG.
  • Counsel to prop-tech startup PriceHubble on a USD 34 million Serie B round.
  • Counsel to Open Mineral, which operates a global digital trade platform for commodities, in its USD 33 million equity financing round led by Mubadala Investment Company.
  • Counsel to Axpo Holding on the sale of Avectris AG, Baden, a Swiss IT service provider, to GIA Informatik AG.
  • Counsel to group of Swiss private investors on their acquisition of furniture and home appliance retailer Conforama Switzerland from its French parent company Conforama Holding.
  • Counsel to the shareholders of Xovis Holding AG (including investment company EMERAM Capital Partners GmbH) in its sale to a fund advised by the Swiss private equity firm Capvis AG.
  • Counsel to Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company Santhera Pharmaceuticals in licensing transactions.
  • Counsel to EFG International AG in its acquisition of the Swiss bank BSI SA from Banco BTG Pactual S.A. for a purchase price of approx. CHF 1.328 billion.

2022 - Partner at Schellenberg Wittmer

2017 - Senior Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

2013-2016 - Associate at Schellenberg Wittmer

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Member of various professional organizations, such as the Zurich as well as the Swiss Bar Association, the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA).

2017 - LL.M., University of Chicago

2013 - Bar Admission in Switzerland

2010 - Master of Arts HSG in Law, University of St. Gallen