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“Crisis is a productive state. You just have to take away the aftertaste of catastrophe.”

This Max Frisch quote was the guiding idea of the exclusive roundtable event for executives and entrepreneurs on the topic of “crisis negotiations” on 19.09.2024 in Berne.

The topics discussed included:

• the current importance of crisis negotiations
• Challanges in crisis negotiations
• legal aspects of crisis negotiations
• Guidelines for handling crisis negotiations

The inspiring keynote speeches were given by Prof. Uta Herbst and Prof. Markus Voeth from the Negotiation Academy Potsdam in cooperation with the experts from BGPartner.

Swiss biotech company Asceneuron SA successfully closed a $100 mio oversubscribed Series C financing round. The financing round was led by Novo Holdings with new investment from EQT Life Sciences - LSP Dementia Fund, OrbiMed and SR One, alongside participation from existing investors M Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, GSK Equities Investments Limited and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.

The funds will be used to progress lead asset ASN51, an oral small molecule OGA inhibitor, into Phase 2 clinical development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

BGPartner advised lead investor Novo Holdings as well as the investors EQT Life Sciences - LSP Dementia Fund, OrbiMed and SR One, on all Swiss legal matters and the negotiations of this Series C financing round. The team consisted of Oliver Gnehm (Partner), Victoria Marty (Senior Associate) and Tessa Douma (Associate).

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After successfully advising Lalique Group SA (securities symbol: LLQ), which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, on the organization of its Annual General Meeting and the adaptation of its Articles of Association to the new Swiss Stock Corporation Act last year, BGPartner was also able to support the company at this year's Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting was held on June 29, 2024 at The Dolder Grand in Zurich and was attended by over 300 shareholders, who approved all of the proposals put forward by the Board of Directors. Among other things, the Annual General Meeting also voted on the delisting of the company's shares from the SIX Swiss Exchange.

The BGPartner team consisted of Dr. Alain P. Röthlisberger (Partner, Team Lead), Oliver Gnehm (Partner) and David Dalla Veccia (Senior Associate). BGPartner has proven expertise in the areas of corporate and commercial law (including corporate governance and capital markets law issues) as well as M&A and private equity and regularly advises national and international public companies, their boards of directors, investors and shareholders as well as entrepreneurs from all industries.

The annual Jazz Brunch is as much a part of BGPartner as the negotiation competence or the different legal services. For the 24rd time over 240 guests enjoyed culinary delights, fantastic jazz music, great weather and a relaxed atmosphere on the Gurten Hill (Berne).

A big thank you to the Gurten - Park im Grünen crew under the leadership of Patrick Vogel for the smooth running of the event and the Imelda Gabs Jazz band, who has remained loyal to us over the years, despite her rising fame. Here you can find the photo gallery.