Homburger

Crisis Management, Insurance, Capital Markets, Corporate / M&A, China Focus Group, Corporate Governance, Healthcare / Life Sciences.

Managing Partner. Dieter Gericke represents public and private companies and investors of all industries in international takeovers, mergers, acquisitions,  divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures, private equity and capital market transactions. Dieter has also extensive experience in shareholder activism, takeover defense and contested acquisitions, and is a go-to lawyer for IPOs.

Managing Partner since 2025, Head of Corporate / M&A team 2014-2024, Co-Head of Healthcare/Life Sciences, Head of China Group since 2010, Partner since 2004, joined Homburger in 2000. Foreign associate Wilmer Hale, Boston, 1999. Associate at Zurich law firm 1996-1998. Legal assistant University of Zurich 1994-1995. Law clerk Court of Meilen 1991-1993.

German, English, French.

Zurich Bar Association, IBA (Corporate / M&A Law Committee, Securities Law Committee).

Harvard 1999 (LL.M.); University of Zurich (Dr. iur., summa cum laude, 1996; lic. iur., summa cum laude, 1991). Université de Paris II (Assas).