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Voyager Acquisition Corp. and Veraxa Biotech AG Announce Business Combination
07. May 2025
Bratschi represented Voyager Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded Cayman Islands Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), on Swiss law related aspects concerning its announced business combination agreement with Zurich-based Veraxa Biotech AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation antibody-based cancer therapies.
The combination will result in Veraxa Biotech AG becoming a publicly traded company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VERX”, with a valuation of approximately USD 1.64 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.
The Bratschi team was led by Claudio Bazzi (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Marco Rizzi (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Michael Barrot (Partner, Tax), Adrian Bieri (Partner, IP), Felix Kesselring (Partner, Life Sciences), Daniel Mosimann (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Stephanie Caprani-Pontes (Associate, Corporate/M&A) and Rico Dufner (Associate, Tax).
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Michael Alexis Barrot
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Attorney-at-Law,
Partner,
Certified Tax Expert
Head Taxation
Zurich
Claudio Bazzi
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Attorney-at-Law,
Partner,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Co-Head Sports
Zurich
Adrian Bieri
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Attorney-at-Law,
Partner
Head Intellectual Property, Technology and Data Protection
Zurich
Felix Kesselring
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Attorney-at-Law,
Partner
Head Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
Zurich
Marco A. Rizzi
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Attorney-at-Law,
Partner
Co-Head International Practice
Zurich, Geneva
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