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Heinz Schärer

Senior Counsel. M&A, public tender offers, venture capital and private equity transactions, IPOs, joint ventures, corporate governance, shareholder activism and corporate finance. · Homburger

SwitzerlandCorporate / M&A, Public Tender Offers

About

Senior Counsel at Homburger with long-standing experience in M&A, public tender offers, venture capital and private equity transactions, IPOs, joint ventures, corporate governance, shareholder activism and corporate finance. Qualified in 1982, he joined Homburger in 1982, became Partner in 1988 and served as Managing Partner (2004–2013) and Chairman and Senior Partner (2013–2019), and is a board member of various Swiss companies.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&APublic Tender OffersVenture Capital & Private EquityCapital Markets / IPOsJoint VenturesCorporate GovernanceShareholder ActivismCorporate Finance

Office

Expertise

ChinaInsurance

Education

  • lic. iur., University of Fribourg, 1977
  • Dr. iur., University of Fribourg, 1981
  • Master of Comparative Law (MCL), Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, 1981

Admissions

  • Admitted to the bar in Switzerland, 1982