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

Venture capital investment in Switzerland: market and regulatory overview

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Maurus Winzap [Co-autore] e Florian Gunz Niedermann [Co-autore] | in: Sweet & Maxwell International Series Legal, UK & Ireland (Editore) | "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London

Investimenti di venture capital in Svizzera: rassegna del mercato e del contesto normativo

| di Luc Defferrard, Maurus Winzap e Florian Gunz Niedermann | in: Sweet & Maxwell International Series Legal, UK & Ireland (Editore) | "Practical Law Global Guides 2016/17" | London | London

Schweiz – Gesellschaftliche Aspekte und steuerrechtliche Konsequenzen in Bezug auf die Gründung einer Holding Gesellschaft in der Schweiz

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore], Samuel Dürr [Co-autore] e Alexandre Both [Co-autore] | in: "International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2013" | London

Schweiz – Anwendungsbereich des Übernahmerechts

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] e Lucas Hänni [Co-autore] | in: Euromoney (Editore) | "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | pag. 66–69

Schweiz – Sitzverlegungen in die Schweiz aus gesellschaftsrechtlicher und steuerlicher Sicht

| di Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore], Thomas Meister [Co-autore] e Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester | pag. 184–188

Entwicklungen im regulatorischen Umfeld für Vermögensverwalter von alternativen Anlagen

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] e Christian Staub [Co-autore] | in: Financier Worldwide

Schweiz – Ausschluss von Minderheitsaktionären aus kotierten Gesellschaften

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] e Thomas Meister [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester

Consolidation dans la gestion de fortune

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] e Hubertus Hillerström [Co-autore] | in: Le Temps 12/2009 | pag. 18

Erhebliche Revision des Schweizer Übernahmerechts

| di Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] e Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] | in: World Securities Law Report 5/2009 Vol. 15

Schweiz – Entwicklungen im schweizerischen Übernahmerecht

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore], Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] e Andrin Schnydrig [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Colchester

Schweizerisches Übernahmerecht – Entwicklungen im Jahr 2007

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review" | Essex

Schweiz – Erfahrungen mit dem Fusionsgesetz

| di Luc Defferrard [Co-autore] e Urs P. Gnos [Co-autore] | in: "Euromoney Yearbooks: International Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2007/2008"

Mitarbeiterbeteiligungspläne

| di Luc Defferrard | in: Le Temps

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