Frank Gerhard

Frank Gerhard focuses on public and private M&A transactions, private equity and capital markets (including IPOs and innovative structures). He also advises on corporate law, corporate governance matters and securities regulations. Frank Gerhard is an authorised issuers' representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He is also a member of the executive board of Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts und Kapitalmarktrecht (GesKR), a legal periodical on corporate and capital markets law. Publications include articles on (i) Superstar-CEOs, (ii) venture capital financing in down rounds, (iii) business judgment rule, (iv) reverse stock split, (v) SPACs and De-SPAC transactions, (vi) equity kickers, (vii) merger of equals, (viii) shareholder activism and settlement, (x) banking M&A, (xi) takeover offers vs. mergers, (xii) spin-offs and demergers, (xiii) company valuations and appraisal rights, (xiv) PIPEs and cornerstone investors, (xv) private equity financing and exits, (xvi) cross-border triangular mergers.

• Advised Alcon in M&A, corporate, stock exchange and financing matters;
• Advised Avolta (formerly Dufry) in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters, recently in its strategic combination with Autogrill;
• Advised Clariant in the sale of various of its worldwide division, most recently the Pigments and Masterbatches businesses, and in the aborted merger of equals with Huntsman;
• Advised DKSH Holding AG in M&A, corporate and capital markets matters;
• Advised EQT in its transaction with L'Oréal regarding Galderma;
• Advised Temasek in various investments in Switzerland;
• Advised Softbank in its investment in GetYourGuide.;
• Advised Galderma in its IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange

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

• Banking
• Consumer goods and services
• Healthcare
• Pharma and life sciences
• Tech and telecoms

• lic. iur., University of Neuchâtel, (1992)
• LL.M., Columbia Law School, (1997)
• Dr. iur., University of Neuchâtel, (2000)