Boris
Räber
Partner
MLaw, LL.M., Cert CII
Attorney at law
+41 44 274 16 00
Advoro Zurich AG
Bellerivestrasse 21
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
About
Boris Räber has many years of experience in national and international M&A transactions as well as private equity and venture capital transactions. As an experienced corporate lawyer, he regularly advises start-ups and investors on financing (equity and debt), investment plans, exits and day-to-day legal issues.
He also assists companies in shareholder disputes, reorganizations, relocations and other corporate law and corporate governance matters. When advising boards of directors and management boards, clients also benefit from his experience as a board member and managing director in more than a dozen companies from a wide range of industries.
Boris Räber completed his legal traineeship at VISCHER AG in Zurich from 2011-2012, worked at Schellenberg Wittmer AG from 2013-2014 and practiced law at Walder Wyss AG in Zurich from 2014-2022.
After studying at the Universities of Zurich (BLaw, MLaw) and Salzburg, he completed his education at King's College, London, with a Master's degree in International Business Law (LL.M.). Boris Räber also obtained a Certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute (London). During his studies, he worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Law at the University of Zurich and in the legal department of a leading outsourcing service provider. He has also gained his own entrepreneurial experience as the founder of a successful start-up.
Boris Räber is fluent in German and English. He also speaks Italian and French. He is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is authorized to conduct litigation throughout Switzerland.
Publications
(in language of publication)
Signing and Closing Private Acquisitions (Switzerland)
von Boris Räber et al.
in Practical Law Corporate 2022
Due Diligence for Private Acquisitions (Switzerland)
von Boris Räber et al.
in Practical Law Corporate 2022
An Investor’s view on Startup Valuation, mit Marco Stutz, REDSTONE
START Summit 2022
Doing Business in Switzerland in 2022
von Boris Räber et al.
in Chambers Global Practice Guides 2022
Acquisition Structures: Comparing Asset and Share Purchases (Switzerland)
von Boris Räber et al.
in Practical Law Corporate 2022
Key Documents for Acquiring a Private Company (Switzerland)
von Boris Räber et al
in Thomson Reuters Practical Law, 2021
Legal Advice for Later-Stage Startups
Boris Räber and Alexander Eichhorn
in Swisspreneur Podcast Show am 15. Januar 2020
Investment into Startups
Lecture at ZHAW School of Management and Law, 2017, 2018, 2020
Employee Participation Plans for Startups
von Boris Räber
in Startup Guide 2020
Private acquisitions in Switzerland: market analysis overview
von Boris Räber et al
in Thomson Reuters Practical Law 2020
Transfer and voting restrictions for registered shares
21. Oktober 2019
Getting it right – proper corporate set-up for your startup
EO Accelerator Learning Day, 28. Februar 2019
Big legal mistakes made by startups – and how not to mess up
START Summit 2017
Expertise
Corporate law / M&A
Startups & Venture Capital
Private Equity & Funds
Insurance
Commercial law and contracts
Other Activities and Functions
Chairman of the Board of Directors Hesse Digital AG
Board of Directors CHAS Holding AG
Chairman of the Management Board of Sozialpädagogische Wohngruppe Wolf
Chairman of the Management Board of Bienenhaus - für Mutter & Kind GmbH