Corporate Finance & M&A

Dr Tonio Fenech obtained his Masters Degree in Maritime and Aviation law from the Universtiy of London (UCL) and his Doctorate in Maltese law from the University of Malta in 1986. Representing the 3rd generation of lawyers in his family, he created the international and corporate practice of Fenech & Fenech Advocates in 1988 and was the founding CEO of the Fenlex Group of companies, now a developed trust and corporate services group in Malta. In 2008 he resigned from both positions and left the family firm to become a joint Managing Partner of the newly formed Fenech Farrugia Fiott…

Trygve Norum is specialized in transactions and corporate law. He works primarily with acquisition and sale of companies and businesses for Norwegian and foreign investors, private equity, merger and demerger, start-up, structuring and restructuring of enterprises as well as complex corporate structures and owner constellations. Trygve also possess experience working with securities and stock exchange legal issues, prospects, capital collecting etc. in the corporate and capital markets. Trygve has experience and background from other corporate law areas, i.a. competition law, license agreements, distribution agreements and other larger contracts issues. A substantial part of Trygve’s work is directed against multinational enterprises…

Piotr Spaczyński is the managing partner of SSW. He advises enterprises from various industries. Apart from facilitating a number of complex transactions he has advised numerous entities in the regulated sectors and took part in international arbitration proceedings with a value exceeding USD 1 billion. He is a member of the board of the Warsaw Arbitration Court Lewiatan, a member of the supervisory board of the Mining Industry Employers Association, former member of the Polish Wind Energy Association steering committee, Senior Vice President of the Therme Group – leading global technology company and an integrator of wellness and entertainment concepts…

Emanuel Dettwiler has a broad and long-standing experience in national and international mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions (public takeovers, IPOs), corporate governance as well as in corporate law and securities regulations. He represents clients in proceedings before the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Swiss Takeover Board (TOB) and also advises clients in real estate matters and contract law. Thanks to his experience as a former management consultant, he has an in-depth understanding of commercial matters and appreciates the real needs of demanding corporate clients. ________________________________________ Practice areas • National and international mergers & acquisitions • Capital markets transactions (public…

James has been advising numbers of US, European, Australian and Asian companies investing in China by way of setting up RO (Representative Office), JV (Joint Venture), WOFE (Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise) or merger and acquisition with Chinese companies. With 20 years of legal experience, James is expertise in advising clients on commercial and corporate matters, James currently is the legal counsel to numbers of foreign-invested companies, including Nestle Guangzhou, Swire Guangdong Coca-Cola,Tyco International, Tupperware China, Coface China, Candy China, Taly China, etc. James has been involved in a number of large-scale assignments involving cross-border liquidation and restructuring, include GITIC and…