Daniel Raun, LL.M.
Partner | Attorney at Law
T. +41 58 510 92 99 | +41 79 282 97 74
daniel.raun@advestra.ch
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Daniel’s practice focuses on M&A and other corporate transactions. He regularly advises corporate clients, private equity and venture capital firms as well as family offices and entrepreneurs on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and carve-out transactions.
Daniel also has extensive experience in corporate and securities laws and corporate governance matters. He regularly advises clients on matters of executive compensation, management participation, equity and other compensation schemes, with a particular focus on publicly traded companies.
Daniel is ranked by Chambers Global and Legal500 for Corporate/M&A. IFLR1000 lists Daniel as a notable practitioner for Corporate/M&A/Private Equity.
- Advising KPIT Technologies in its investment and subsequent acquisition of N-Dream (AirConsole)
- Advising Xylem Inc. on the acquisition of Heusser Water Solutions
- Advising LPSO Holding on the public tender offer for Orascom Development Holding
- Advising SGS on the acquisition of CertX
- Advising funds affiliated with Perceptive Advisors on the acquisition of a portfolio of preclinical assets and launch of Neurosterix
- Advising Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on the license to vamorolone and equity investment in Santhera Pharmaceuticals
- Advising Ironwood Pharmaceuticals on its public tender offer for VectivBio
- Advising Orascom Development Holding on its rights offering
- Advising Andermatt Swiss Alps on the investment by Vail Resorts
- Advising Körber on the acquisition of Siemens Logistics' mail and parcel business
- Advising Zurich Insurance Company on its strategic investments in CARIFY and brokerbusiness.ch
- Advising ABB on its strategic investment in Sevensense Robotics
- Advising One Equity Partners on the acquisition of a major stake in Cicor Technologies
- Partner at Advestra (since 2021)
- Partner (2019 – 2020), associate (2011 – 2018) and junior associate (2008 – 2009) at Bär & Karrer
- University of New South Wales, Sydney: LL.M. (2013)
- Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (2010)
- University of Basel: lic. iur. (2008)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- Member of the editorial staff of CapLaw (www.caplaw.ch)
- UNSW Alumni
Academic publications
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Kommentierung von Art. 11 und 12 Bankengesetz (BankG)
in: Rolf Watter/Nedim Peter Vogt/Thomas Bauer/Christoph Winzeler (Hrsg): Basler Kommentar zum Bankengesetz (BankG), 2nd ed., Basel, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Contingent Capital, bedingtes Kapital und Wandlungskapital
in: Thomas U. Reutter/Thomas Werlen (eds.), Kapitalmarkttransaktionen VI, Zurich 2011, p. 25 ff.
Newsletters and trade publications
- Beda Kaufmann
- Daniel Raun
- Laurent Riedweg
- Alexander von Jeinsen
in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2026
- Beda Kaufmann
- Daniel Raun
- Alexander von Jeinsen
- Laurent Riedweg
in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2025
- Alexander von Jeinsen
- Beda Kaufmann
- Daniel Raun
- Laurent Riedweg
in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2024
- Daniel Raun
- Patrick Schärli
Management Transactions: Revised SIX Rules Enterinto Effect
in: CapLaw No.1/2024
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
- Philippe Weber
Trends of the 2023 AGM Season
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2023-12, 2023
- Alexander von Jeinsen
- Beda Kaufmann
- Daniel Raun
- Laurent Riedweg
in: Chambers Global Practice Guide, 2023
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2023-03, 2023
- Rashid Bahar
- Daniel Raun
in: Chambers Corporate M&A 2022 Global Practice Guide, 2022
- Alexander von Jeinsen
- Daniel Raun
M&A in Switzerland
in: IFLR, M&A Report, 2022
- Rashid Bahar
- Daniel Raun
in: Chambers Corporate M&A 2021 Global Practice Guide, 2021
- Daniel Raun
- Annette Weber
Changes for Listed Companies under the Corporate Law Reform: Gender Quotas and Say-on-Pay
in: CapLaw, No. 5/2020
- Alexander von Jeinsen
- Daniel Raun
Equity Raises for Listed Companies in Financial Distress
in: IFLR Magazine, February/March 2019
- Daniel Raun
- Philippe Seiler
M&A in Switzerland
in: IFLR, M&A Report, 2019
- Daniel Raun
- Annina Hammer
- Urs Kägi
Switzerland: Corporate Governance
in: The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer, Comparative Legal Guide, 2019 and 2020
- Daniel Raun
Insider Trading and Market Manipulation in Tokens
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2018-03, 2018
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Prohibited Compensation Payments under the Minder Ordinance (VegüV)
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2014-3, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Alternatives and Trends on the Binding Vote on "Say on pay"
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2014-2, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Capital Raising in Light of "Too Big to Fail": the Swiss Government's View
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-11, 2011
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
When Is a Concurrent Tender Offer a Competing Tender Offer?
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-35, 2011
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Update: Revision of Banking Act in Light of "Too Big to Fail"- the Swiss Parliament's View
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-46, 2011
- Daniel Raun
- Roland Truffer
Option Transactions of Swiss Companies in Respect of Own Shares
in: CapLaw, 3/200
Speaking Engagements
- Daniel Raun
Spin-offs
Kapitalmarktrecht - Recht und Transaktionen XVI, Europa Institut at the University of Zurich, 11 November 2020
- Daniel Raun
- Thomas Stoltz
- Ruth Bloch-Riemer
Compensation in the context of M&A: key issues and how to avoid the pitfalls
Event with ACC Association of Corporate Counsel, Zurich, 15 January 2020
- Daniel Raun
Fusionen von Publikumsgesellschaften (Lecture)
LL.M./CAS M&A and Corporate Law Program, University of Zurich, since 2019
- German
- English
- All Swiss courts