ALTENBURGER’s Corporate / M&A Team advises and assists on the full range of corporate matters as well as domestic and international transactions, working closely with the ALTENBURGER Tax Team.

We have long-standing and broad experience in providing advice to national and international clients of different sizes and sectors, ranging from private clients and a variety of small and mid-sized closely held businesses to highly regulated businesses as well as companies listed on the stock exchange.

Our team advises on all types of corporate matters and assists clients from the very first step when structuring and setting up a business, on to all stages of corporate life, including restructurings and liquidations. 

Our services include:

• establishing companies, partnerships, associations and foundations
• establishing branches of domestic and foreign companies
• domestic and international relocations, including transfer of employees
• issuing of shares, including IPO’s, and other changes in equities
• corporate housekeeping
• corporate governance
• restructurings and liquidations of companies
• tax advice (national and international), tax rulings
• dispute resolution in corporate matters

Depending on the complexity and size of a transaction, various lawyers and tax experts of ALTENBURGER join their know-how and skills in different practice areas so as to form a dedicated team that cooperates with the client, its financial advisors, auditors and lawyers in other jurisdictions.

Our services include:

• structuring, customizing and implementing domestic and cross-border transactions
• due diligence; drafting and negotiating transaction documents; obtaining regulatory permits/authorizations
• acquisitions and sales of companies and business units
• mergers, demergers, spin-offs, corporate restructurings
• joint ventures
• tax advice, tax rulings
• dispute resolution in M&A matters

Recent cases include:

• 2012: Assisting a Luxembourg insurance and asset management group with respect to the management buy-out of their Swiss subsidiary
  
• 2011/12: Assisting a group of managers in respect of the buy-out of a leading Swiss architectural and general planning firm with subsidiaries outside Switzerland
  
• 2011/2012: Assisting a Swiss company and its Luxembourg subsidiary in the acquisition of the French, Belgium, Dutch and Luxembourg credit card portfolios from a US bank
  
• 2011: Assisting a Swiss biotechnical company in the demerge and sale of its contract manufacturing business to a German buyer
  
• 2011: Assisting two Swiss individuals with regard to the sale of their Swiss, Serbian and Indian companies to a U.S. buyer in the field of recycling of printer cartridges
  
• 2011: Assisting a Swiss company of the internet marketing industry in the sale of its stake in an Italian joint venture company
  
• 2011: Providing legal and tax advice to an Italian company acquiring a Swiss company manufacturing sports equipment
  
• 2010/2011: Assisting a Swiss private equity investor with regard to the sale of its holdings in two Hungarian companies in the field of agricultural business to an Irish investor
  
• 2010/2011: Assisting a US space industry company in relocating its headquarters to Switzerland after its sale to a Russian company
  
• 2010: Assisting a French company in the acquisition of a number of African catering companies from a Swiss company
  
• 2010: Assisting a family in the sale of its Swiss health care business to a Swiss retailer
  
• 2010: Assisting a Swiss corporation with regards to the cross-border merger into its Austrian parent company
  
• 2009/2010: Assisting a Dutch and a French food retailer in liquidating their Swiss joint venture
  
• 2009/2010: Assisting a Swiss company in the acquisition of the Swiss and German credit card portfolios from a US bank
  
• 2009/2010: Assisting a Swiss mechanical industry sub-group of an Italian company with respect to the restructuring, merger and sale of certain Swiss subsidiaries
  
• 2009: Providing legal and tax advice to a Swiss international IT group with respect to the relocation of its headquarters and spin-off of the sales unit
  
• 2009: Assisting the owners of a Swiss business specialized in the development and implementation of strategies in the field of internet marketing and other digital solutions in the sale of their company to an international publicity and marketing group
  
• 2008/2009: Assisting an international airline in restructuring its Swiss branch (legal and tax advice, obtaining regulatory approval, and representation in bankruptcy proceedings)