2015 Legal Awards

Legal Awards 2015 M&A awards 39 LEGAL awards ~ Best in M&A Law - Switzerland ABR Avocats is a Swiss business law firm which advises clients on sophisticated M&A transactions, with a special focus on those involving financial institutions. Founding partners Nicolas Béguin and Alexandre Richa tell us more about the firm’s activities. ABR Avocats is an independent business law firm based in Geneva. The firm has extensive experience and expertise in dealing with complex domestic and cross-border transactions. In the past year, ABR Avocats acted as lead counsel or co-counsel in numerous sophisticated M&A and financing deals, many of them involving several jurisdictions. ABR Avocats benefits from a team of high profile experts with longstanding experience, offering a broad range of services relating to M&A deals, including corporate, contractual and regulatory advice. A tax partner will join the firm as from January 1, 2016 and further strengthen the team. The firm also received the awards for best Swiss law firm of the year 2015 in the fields of banking & finance and cross-border financial disputes. It is also very strong in arbitration including post M&A disputes. Asked about the state of the legal profession in 2015, Alexandre Richa says “The Swiss legal industry is be- coming increasingly competitive. Besides, the strong Swiss franc is a challenge which puts pressure on costs and is likely to continue to impact the level of M&A activity in 2016. This being said, we are confident that we will maintain a very strong and active M&A practice. Imminent legal and regulatory changes in Switzerland will bring further work to specialized firms”. “Sophisticated clients have increasing expectations as regards the quality and cost-efficiency of legal services. We believe that there is a great opportunity for the best boutique firms to capture market shares and improve profitability” continues Nicolas Béguin. Company: ABR Avocats Names: Alexandre Richa (Banking & Finance) & Nicolas Béguin (Corporate/ M&A) Emails: [email protected] [email protected] Web Address: www.abrlegal.ch Address: 11 rue de Beaumont, 1206 Geneva Telephone: + 41 22 703 51 00 ABR Avocats