Patrick W. Vogel

Patrick W. Vogel

Partner
lic. iur., lic. oec., LL.M., Attorney at Law

Location

Geneva

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 30 30
patrick.vogel@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Patrick W. Vogel is a partner with Walder Wyss. He specializes in corporate law, as well as in banking and finance. He advises domestic and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. With an education in both business and economics (HEC Lausanne) and law, he began his career by working for several years as an associate in the busy corporate finance departments of two pre-eminent US law firms in New York.

Patrick Vogel has advised numerous clients on cross-border transactions – in particular private acquisitions and sales, mergers, asset transfers and acquisition financings. His practice also covers collective investments, private placements, asset management and regulatory matters for Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions.

Patrick’s dedication to getting the details right has not gone unnoticed: 'He’s extremely hard-working; he works through the night and all weekend to meet a deadline' (Chambers Global 2012). Chambers Europe and Chambers Global have ranked him for many years in a row as a leader in the field of banking and finance. In 2013, The Legal 500 Switzerland recognized Patrick as an expert in the field of corporate finance.

Patrick W. Vogel holds a degree in economics and business from HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne (lic. oec., 1990), as well as a law degree from the University of Geneva, Faculty of Law (lic. iur., 1993), where he graduated first in his class and received two prizes (Prix Huet du Pavillon, and the Geneva Society of Law and Legislation Prize), and a Master of Laws in Corporate Law (LL.M., 1999) from New York University School of Law.

Patrick W. Vogel’s working languages are English and French. He was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 1996 and to the New York Bar in 1999. He is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association and the International Bar Association (IBA). He is a member of the agda (Association genevoise de droit des affaires).

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ZEDRA to acquire fiduciary services business from AlTi Tiedemann Global

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

New Strategic Investment in Komgo by Emirates NBD

Strategic Investment in Komgo by Santander

Komgo SA buys GlobalTrade Corporation

ONET Group transfers its Facility Management activities in Switzerland to Honegger

Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG acquires the remaining 42.5% of the Swiss online bank zweiplus ag

Heppner to acquire Swiss Group Safram with operations in Switzerland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hungary

The banking group J. Safra Sarasin acquired a landmark property located at Place de Hollande in Geneva from BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA

Renaissance SME Investment Foundation to acquire the majority of the share capital of ekspert SA

Stragen Pharma Group sold to ArchiMed

Komgo SA, the Trade Finance Blockchain, raised CHF 26 million (USD 29 million)

J. Safra Sarasin Group acquires the Private Banking Business of Bank of Montreal (BMO) in Hong Kong and in Singapore

CeQur SA raises USD 115 Million Series C5 Financing Round

Walder Wyss advises Swisscom Ventures on Investment in Expense Robot

Walder Wyss advises global aesthetic manufacturer Teoxane Laboratories on Exclusive U.S. Distribution Agreement of FDA-Approved RHA Dermal Fillers with Revance Therapeutics, Inc.

ZEDRA Group to acquire LJ Fiduciary

The J. Safra and P. Peress Groups take over the IWG workspaces (Regus brand) in Switzerland

J. Safra Sarasin Group strengthens Gibraltar operations with the acquisition of Lombard Odier's Private Banking Business in Gibraltar

Launch of komgo SA : Industry players and banks join forces to launch blockchain platform to transform commodities trade finance

Walder Wyss advises Morval Vonwiller Group and Banque Morval SA and their shareholders on the group's acquisition by Intesa Sanpaolo

Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG and Banque J. Safra Sarasin (Luxembourg) S.A. entered into a final asset purchase agreement with Bank Hapoalim B.M., Israel, and Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd

Intesa Sanpaolo – The Morval Vonwiller Group – Banque Morval SA

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG to acquire Credit Suisse (Monaco) S.A.M. and Credit Suisse (Gibraltar) Limited

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