Nicolas Bonassi

• M&A Transactions
• Corporate Law
• Contract Law
• Banking and Financial Markets Law
• Competition und Antitrust Law
• IT Law

• University of Helsinki (Exchange Program, European Law, International Law), 2003
• Radboud University Nijmegen (Exchange Program, European Business Law), 2004
• University of Berne, Master of Law, 2006
• Bar Admission (Supreme Court of the Canton of Bern), 2009
• University of San Diego School of Law, LL.M. (Business and Corporate Law), 2013

Legal internships/clerkships with a civil and criminal court, with an administrative authority and a renowned law firm in Berne (2006-2008); senior associate with a leading business law firm in Zurich (2009-2016); since 2016, Attorney-at-law and Partner at SwissLegal (Zurich) AG

Member of the Swiss Bar Association, of the Zurich Bar Association and of the Banking Law Practice Group of the Zurich Bar Association

• Acquisition of the assets in Switzerland from an international oil and gas company, including merger control clearance, advised the buyer
• Sale of an international industrial company to an investment company, advised the sellers
• Sale of a majority stake in an international industrial company headquartered in Switzerland (incl. a management-buyout), advised the company and the seller
• Acquisition of a European industrial company by a Swiss competitor, advised the buyer
• Sale of a German technology company to a leading Asian group, advised the sellers
• Counsel to electronic marketplaces/exchanges in connection with approval proceedings before the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority  FINMA
• Advising different start-up companies with regard to the search for investors and the conclusion of the relevant agreements