Deals & Cases

First Cross-Border Merger Portugal – Switzerland

18 July 2013 – DOCKLAND – COMÉRCIO INTERNACIONAL E SERVIÇOS S.A., Funchal, Madeira, Portugal was merged into Swiss based Finstone AG. This merger is the first cross-border merger involving Portugal and Switzerland.


Walder Wyss acted as coordinator and Swiss legal advisor to Finstone AG. The team was led by M&A-partner Urs P. Gnos and Tax-partner Martin Busenhart and included the associates Barbara A. Keiser and Gian A. Brändli (both M&A) as well as Annina L. Taddei and Fabienne Limacher (both Tax).