Patrick W. Vogel is a partner with Walder Wyss. He specializes in corporate law, as well as in banking and finance. He advises domestic and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. With an education in both business and economics (HEC Lausanne) and law, he began his career by working for several years as an associate in the busy corporate finance departments of two pre-eminent US law firms in New York.

Patrick Vogel has advised numerous clients on cross-border transactions – in particular private acquisitions and sales, mergers, asset transfers and acquisition financings. His practice also covers collective investments, private placements, asset management and regulatory matters for Swiss and foreign banks and financial institutions.

Patrick’s dedication to getting the details right has not gone unnoticed: "He’s extremely hard-working; he works through the night and all weekend to meet a deadline" (Chambers Global 2012). Chambers Europe and Chambers Global have ranked him for many years in a row as a leader in the field of banking and finance. In 2013, The Legal 500 Switzerland recognized Patrick as an expert in the field of corporate finance.

Patrick W. Vogel holds a degree in economics and business from HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne (lic. oec., 1990), as well as a law degree from the University of Geneva, Faculty of Law (lic. iur., 1993), where he graduated first in his class and received two prizes (Prix Huet du Pavillon, and the Geneva Society of Law and Legislation Prize), and a Master of Laws in Corporate Law (LL.M., 1999) from New York University School of Law.

Patrick W. Vogel’s working languages are English and French. He was admitted to the Swiss Bar in 1996 and to the New York Bar in 1999. He is a member of the Geneva Bar Association, the Swiss Bar Association and the International Bar Association (IBA). He is a member of the agda (Association genevoise de droit des affaires).

Significant Accomplishments

IFLR 1000 Rankings 2024 - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

DUOMED group acquires a majority stake in Rey Medical SA

ZEDRA to acquire fiduciary services business from AlTi Tiedemann Global

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

New Strategic Investment in Komgo by Emirates NBD

Strategic Investment in Komgo by Santander

Komgo SA buys GlobalTrade Corporation

ONET Group transfers its Facility Management activities in Switzerland to Honegger

Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG acquires the remaining 42.5% of the Swiss online bank zweiplus ag

Heppner to acquire Swiss Group Safram with operations in Switzerland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Hungary

The banking group J. Safra Sarasin acquired a landmark property located at Place de Hollande in Geneva from BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA

Renaissance SME Investment Foundation to acquire the majority of the share capital of ekspert SA

Stragen Pharma Group an ArchiMed verkauft

Komgo SA, die Blockchain-Plattform für Handelsfinanzierungen, erhielt CHF 26 Mio. (USD 29 Mio.)

J. Safra Sarasin Group übernimmt das Privatbankgeschäft von Bank of Montreal (BMO) in Hongkong und Singapur

CeQur SA beschafft bei ihrer Serie C5-Finanzierungsrunde USD 115 Millionen

Walder Wyss berät Swisscom Ventures im Zusammenhang mit einer Investition in Expense Robot

Walder Wyss advises global aesthetic manufacturer Teoxane Laboratories on Exclusive U.S. Distribution Agreement of FDA-Approved RHA Dermal Fillers with Revance Therapeutics, Inc.

ZEDRA Group plant Übernahme von LJ Fiduciary

J. Safra und P. Peress übernehmen das Geschäft der IWG (Regus) in der Schweiz

Die J. Safra Sarasin Gruppe verstärkt ihre Präsenz in Gibraltar durch die Übernahme des Private Banking-Geschäfts von Lombard Odier in Gibraltar

Komgo SA: Industrieunternehmen und Banken lancieren gemeinsam eine Blockchain-Plattform, die die Finanzierung des Rohstoffhandels revolutionieren soll

Walder Wyss berät die Morval Vonwiller Holding AG, die Morval Bank AG sowie deren Aktionäre bei der Übernahme der Gruppe durch Intesa Sanpaolo

Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG and Banque J. Safra Sarasin (Luxembourg) S.A. entered into a final asset purchase agreement with Bank Hapoalim B.M., Israel, and Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd

Intesa Sanpaolo – The Morval Vonwiller Group – Banque Morval SA

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG erwirbt Credit Suisse (Monaco) S.A.M. und Credit Suisse (Gibraltar) Limited

Walder Wyss eröffnet neue Standorte in Genf und Lausanne

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