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LAWorld EMEA Meeting Oslo

12. October 2022

It was great to attend the latest LAWorld EMEA Meeting in Oslo (Norway). The BGPartner delegation experienced and participated in interesting panel discussions, sharing of best practices and had many interesting conversations on various legal topics with LAWorld members from all over the world. The event proved once again that LAWorld is a unique and vibrant international legal network with strong ties amongst its highly professional members that go beyond any ordinary network.

Enjoy the video with some impressions and highlights from this event. Klick here for the Video.


Successful financing round

10. October 2022

BGPartner advised Araris Biotech Ltd in a CHF 24 million financing round, involving the two co-lead investors 4BIO Capital and Pureos Bioventures.

Araris Biotech Ltd, a company pioneering antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology, intends to use the proceeds to support advancement of lead ADCs in preclinical and into clinical development.

The round was co-led by 4BIO Capital and Pureos Bioventures, with participation from new investors, including Wille AG and the Institute for Follicular Lymphoma Innovation. The round also included participation from existing investors VI Partners, Schroders Capital, btov Partners and Redalpine.

“We’re thrilled to have support from this group of investors who recognize the potential of our linker technology in this exciting and growing ADC field and look forward to using these proceeds to support our efforts in advancing our ADC candidates toward the clinic” said Philipp Spycher, Ph.D., chief executive officer at Araris Biotech Ltd.

 The Araris Biotech Ltd press release can be found here.

BGPartner assisted Araris Biotech Ltd in the negotiations and advised on all Swiss legal matters regarding this financing round. The team was led by Oliver Gnehm (Partner) and further consisted of Thomas Gysin (Senior Associate).

More information about our negotiation expertise can be found here.

According to BILANZ Wirtschaftsmagazin and Le Temps BGPartner has been awarded four times in a row as top law firm in the area of "Private Equity and Venture Capital". Click here for the complete ranking.


New Team member

04. October 2022

BGPartner is pleased to welcome Tabea Hofer (Trainee) to the Berne team as of October 1, 2022. Further information on Tabea Hofer and our entire team can be found here.


Successful negotiation

28. September 2022

Today we are launching our publication series on the topic of successful negotiations. In our first video Building the Foundation for Successful Negotiations we take a closer look on what negotiating actually is and how you can lay a solid foundation for making it successful. Click here and enjoy our Video.


Further expansion of services in the Banking and Financial Markets Law competence area.

22. August 2022

BGPartner has been affiliated with the self-regulatory organization of the Swiss Bar and the Swiss Notary Association (SRO SAV/SNV), effective 1 August 2022. In this context, Dr. Alain P. Röthlisberger and Tanja Aebersold were admitted as financial intermediaries. By joining the self-regulatory organization SAV/SNV, BGPartner is qualified to operate as a financial intermediary and to offer its clients additional services subject to money laundering regulation. BGPartner is thus further expanding its range of services in the competence area Banking and Financial Markets Law.