Robert Bernet

Robert Bernet acts for domestic and international clients on the acquisition of Swiss companies. Bernet was named "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate/M&A in Basel in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 by Best Lawyers Switzerland. He is praised by his clients for his "proactive and commercially-minded approach to tackling problems" (Chambers Global/Europe 2019) and being "very responsive" and "pragmatic while maintaining reasonable hourly rates" (Legal 500 (EMEA) 2019).

Robert Bernet specialises in advising Swiss and foreign clients in corporate transactions - public takeovers of listed companies, mergers, de-mergers, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions - and has considerable experience in transaction management. He also advises national and international companies and their owners and executive bodies on matters relating to company law and corporate governance & compliance. He is recognised by the Regulatory Board of the SIX Swiss Exchange as representative of issuers.

• Red Ventures in the USD 500 million acquisition of CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS
• Continental in the acquisition of Merlett Group
• Cantonal Bank of Basel in the public takeover of SIX listed Bank Cler
• Hangzhou Grad Star in the acquisition of Lista Holding from Capvis

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Private equity

• Automotive
• Construction and materials
• Energy
• Industrials
• Tech and telecoms

• Zurich Bar Association
• Basel Bar Association
• Swiss Bar Association
• German-Swiss Lawyers Association
• International Bar Association

• University of London, London School of Economics (LL.M., 1998)
• University of Basel (lic. iur., 1992; Dr. iur., 1997)