Beda Kaufmann
Partner | Attorney at law
T. +41 58 510 92 87 | +41 76 471 79 41
beda.kaufmann@advestra.ch
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Beda Kaufmann’s practice focuses on M&A transactions. He also advises clients on corporate law (including corporate governance) and general commercial law matters.
Private equity and venture capital firms as well as family offices and other investors retain Beda for his advice on international and domestic private M&A transactions, investments and joint ventures in various industries. Beda also frequently advises foreign and domestic private and public companies on acquisitions and disposals (including asset deals) and other M&A transactions.
He has extensive experience in shareholder agreements as well as management participation and incentive plans. In addition, Beda advises on a broad spectrum of corporate law topics, including corporate governance, restructurings and all questions related to raising capital. Clients also appreciate Beda’s expertise in general commercial law matters, which he has gained inter alia in his previous role as inhouse counsel in the financial sector.
Legal500 recommends Beda Kaufmann for commercial, corporate and M&A. Expert Guides list him among the Rising Stars for
Corporate/M&A/Private Equity.
- Advising Breitling on the acquisition of Universal Genève
- Advising Ardian on on the acquisition of a stake in the Mimacom Flowable Group
- Advising GBL on the acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis
- Advising the sellers on the sale of 1plusX to TripleLift
- Advising SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen's fresh carton business in Asia
- Advising PANOLIN on the sale of its ECL business to Shell
- Partner at Advestra (since 2021)
- Legal Counsel at Viseca (2020-2021)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (2015-2020)
- Secondee Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London (2017-2018)
- Admission to the Bar of the Canton of Zurich (2015)
- Junior Associate at Bär & Karrer (2013-2014)
- University of St. Gallen: M.A. HSG in Law & Economics (2013)
- Peking University Guanghua School of Management: Exchange Semester (2011)
- University of St. Gallen: B.A. HSG in Law & Economics (2010)
- Copenhagen Business School: Exchange Semester (2009)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
- HSG Alumni
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2024 Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen)
- Investing In... 2024, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen, Daniel Raun and Laurent Riedweg)
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2023 Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen)
- Investing In... 2023, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen, Daniel Raun and Laurent Riedweg)
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2022 Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen)
- M&A in Switzerland; IFLR, M&A Report 2022 (with Daniel Raun)
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2021 Global Practice Guide (with Alexander von Jeinsen)
- Cross-border mergers after Brexit with Switzerland, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide 2018 – Brexit Cross-Border Mergers (with Christoph Neeracher and Raphael Annasohn)
- Private Sector Bribery, IFLR Magazine July / August 2016 (with Andreas Laenzlinger and Roman Huber)
- German
- English
- All Swiss Courts
- Advestra advises the shareholders on the sale of hkp///group to Mercer
- Advestra advises Bregal on the acquisition of Communardo Group
- Advestra advises Verium on its investment in Lynus
- Advestra advises Liberta Partners on the acquisition of DeinDeal
- Advestra advises Sequotech on its strategic partnership with EVOK
- Advestra advises Wille Finance on its anchor investment in SwissComply
- Advestra advises Cactus Life Sciences on the acquisition of nspm and eluSCIdate
- Advestra advises medermis on the acquisition of Ästhetik- und Laserzentrum Zürichsee
- Advestra advises Breitling on the acquisition of Universal Genève
- Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of a stake in Hauser Group