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Raphael Widmer

Associate
Attorney at Law, LL.M.

Raphael Widmer is an associate and member of the Corporate / M&A group in Zurich. His practice focuses on domestic and international M&A, private equity, venture capital and joint ventures as well as corporate and commercial law.

His main areas of practice are corporate and transactional matters. He regularly advises clients on domestic and international commercial transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments. His practice further covers corporate governance matters.

Raphael Widmer is a graduate of the University of Zurich (MLaw, 2017) and King's College London (LL.M., 2017). He joined Pestalozzi as a Junior Associate in 2017 and became an Associate with Pestalozzi's Corporate / M&A Practice Group after his admission to the Zurich bar in 2020.

2020

Bar admission: Switzerland
Associate at Pestalozzi

2017

Junior Associate at Pestalozzi
University of Zurich: Master of Law (Legal Practice)
King's College London: LL.M. (International Dispute Resolution)

2015

University of Zurich: Bachelor of Law

Languages

German, English

Expertise & Industries

Capital Markets
Corporate / M&A
Governance
Private Equity & Venture Capital

Swiss Corporate Law Reform: Share Capital (Part II) - Changes in Share Capital and Capital Band

Raphael Widmer

Career

Languages

Expertise & Industries

Deals and Cases

Pestalozzi advised Segmüller Collection in the acquisition of the landmark Restaurant Sonnenberg

Pestalozzi advised Trina Solar in the sale of the U.S. solar manufacturing assets to FREYR Battery

Pestalozzi advised Adragos Pharma in the Acquisition of Baccinex

Publications