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Luc Defferrard

Luc Defferrard

Partner
lic. iur., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 47
luc.defferrard@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Banking, Finance & Insurance Corporate / M&A Energy & Infrastructure Healthcare & Life Sciences Real Estate & Construction Private Equity & Funds Restructuring & Insolvency Start-ups & Venture Capital

Luc Defferrard, partner with Walder Wyss since 2001, has been active in the finance and legal industry for many years. He mainly advises clients in domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, financing, restructuring as well as in real estate and capital market. Luc Defferrard particularly focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions. He is regularly recommended by Chambers, Legal500 and IFLR1000. Chambers Europe describes him as "always available" and "very strong negotiator"

Prior to joining Walder Wyss, Luc Defferrard was working for seven years with UBS in Geneva, Zurich and New York as client manager and project manager in corporate and structured finance. In this position he developed the bank's structured finance offerings to clients in the French part of Switzerland.

Luc Defferrard speaks French, German and English. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

Vandria’s 2nd Series A Closing

H55 - Series C Financing Closed

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Walder Wyss advises Acronis on sale of majority stake to EQT

Investment of Crédit Mutuel Equity in Pacovis

Provost’s acquisition of Mino&Lorenzini

Credit Mutuel Equity invests in somnOO to expand their hotel portfolio

Rayner acquires This AG

Vandria announces $20.6M Series A Financing led by ND Capital to drive CNS Clinical Program and Mitochondrial Therapeutics Platform

Cendres+Métaux Group acquires Lauener & Cie SA

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

H55 Series C financing round

UBS Switzerland AG - syndicated credit facilities for Groupe Baume SA

CABB group – EUR 670 million senior secured floating rate notes and 8.75% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2028 and new EUR 110 million revolving credit facility

UBS Switzerland AG – CHF 1.4 billion multicurrency syndicated revolving credit facility for Maus Frères SA

Sale of Compotech AG

Hakan Koç and Pyrros Koussios complete acquisition of eSIM and compliance technology leader Truphone

RTX Ventures invests in H55

Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. - Financing of Unlimitrust Campus

Galapagos Acquires CellPoint
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Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Maurus Winzap [co-author] and Florian Gunz Niedermann [co-author] | in: Sweet & Maxwell International Series Legal, UK & Ireland (Editor[s]) | "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| by Luc Defferrard, Maurus Winzap and Florian Gunz Niedermann | in: Sweet & Maxwell International Series Legal, UK & Ireland (Editor[s]) | "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London | London

Switzerland – Corporate aspects and tax consequences relating to the incorporation of a holding company in Switzerland

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Samuel Dürr [co-author] and Alexandre Both [co-author] | in: "International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2013" | London

Switzerland – Scope of application of Swiss takeover rules

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Lucas Hänni [co-author] | in: Euromoney (Editor[s]) | "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | pp. 66–69

Switzerland – Redomiciliations into Switzerland from a Swiss corporate and tax perspective

| by Urs P. Gnos [co-author], Thomas Meister [co-author] and Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | pp. 184–188

Switzerland: Recent Developments in the Regulatory Environment for Alternative Investment Service Providers

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Christian Staub [co-author] | in: Financier Worldwide

Switzerland – Squeeze-out of minority shareholders in listed companies

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Thomas Meister [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester

Consolidation in the asset management

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Hubertus Hillerström [co-author] | in: Le Temps 12/2009 | pp. 18

Switzerland's Takeover Law Significantly Revised

| by Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: World Securities Law Report 5/2009 Vol. 15

Switzerland – Recent Developments in Swiss Takeover Law

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author], Urs P. Gnos [co-author] and Andrin Schnydrig [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester

Switzerland – Swiss takeover law: Development in the year 2007

| by Luc Defferrard [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Essex

Switzerland – Experience with the Merger Act

 | by Luc Defferrard [co-author] and Urs P. Gnos [co-author] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2007/2008"

Employee stock plans

| by Luc Defferrard | in: Le Temps
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Recognitions


Chambers Europe 2023
Chambers Global 2023
Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2023
IFLR 1000 Highly Regarded 2023
Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2023
Best Lawyers 2024 - Luc Defferrard

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