Dr. Christian Rebell, LL.M.

Partner, Zurich

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland

Schiffbaustrasse 2 | P.O. Box | CH-8031 Zurich | Switzerland
T +41 58 552 00 67
christian.rebell@mll-legal.com

Profile

Christian Rebell is a partner in MLL Legal’s Corporate and M&A team. He specializes on corporate law and M&A, financings and capital market law. Christian regularly advises clients on domestic and cross-border M&A and financing transactions, the structuring and dissolution of joint ventures, restructurings and corporate governance matters.

Christian has a strong track record on advising international clients in the acquisition of Swiss companies in a broad range of industries. He also regularly advises venture capital funds on investments in tech and biotech start-ups. He regularly publishes in his areas of expertise.

Christian studied in Switzerland, Germany and England. He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Berne and an LL.M. degree from King’s College London. He is a bilingual native speaker of German and French and also fluent in English.

Practice Areas

Rankings & Awards

“Excellent technical knowledge, quick grasp of a very complex issue, excellent negotiation skills, very responsive” – IFLR 1000, 2021-22
“Great availability and technical skills, and very reliable” – Legal 500 EMEA, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, 2021

Deals & Cases

Advised Dufour Aerospace AG, a privately held corporation developing efficient and sustainable tilt-wing aircraft for patient and passenger transport, logistics and public safety with its Series B financing round. Vista Global Holding Limited, the world’s leading global private aviation group, acted as lead investor
Continuous advice to DentaCore Ltd, a Swiss corporation auspiciously consolidating the dental medicine sector on Swiss and international acquisitions of dental practices, laboratories and dental manufactures
Advised SIX listed Julius Baer Group Ltd on its Series C investment in digital assets banking platform SEBA Bank Ltd
Advised the Swiss-based Lakeward Group on the sale of a portfolio of real estate assets in Berlin to CBRE Investment Management
Advised the private sellers of ancosys GmbH, a globally leading provider of chemical analysis and metrology solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing, on the sale of the company to Nova Ltd, which is dual-listed at Nasdaq (NVMI) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NOVA)
Advised Müller-Steinag group on the acquisition of Creabeton Matériaux Ltd. Müller-Steinag is an owner-managed, independent family enterprise with around 1,150 staff members and activities in the areas of concrete products, natural construction materials, recycling, waste management and water technology. Creabeton Matériaux is a leading manufacturer of pre-fabricated concrete products in the French part of Switzerland, with four important production facilities and approx. 380 staff members
Advised ASX listed Bigtincan Holdings Limited on the acquisition of Vidinoti SA, a Swiss leader in the area of augmented reality
Advised the Wienerberger group, a global leader of smart solutions for building infrastructure, on the sale of its Swiss affiliate ZZ Wancor AG to the swisspor group
Advised Goebel Capital GmbH, active in the security printing business, in the acquisition of Müller Martini Druckmaschinen GmbH from the Mueller Martini group
Represented Martello Technologies Corporation, a global provider of digital experience monitoring solutions, in the acquisition of GSX Participations SA
Represented the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in its acquisition the business jet maintenance activities from the Swiss aerospace and defense group RUAG
Represented a leading Swedish venture capital fund in the Series B financing round of Frontify AG, an internet start-up active in the development of software for digital brand management