Overview
We welcome Yotel in Switzerland!
05. June 2024
Yotel, a hotel chain based in the UK, has opened a few days ago its first hotel in Switzerland, at Geneva lake. The hotel consists of 237 rooms, F&B offerings with a restaurant and seafood bar and upscale meeting spaces with a banqueting & conference center, a rooftop space and an auditorium.
Bratschi assisted Yotel with its market entry in Switzerland and advised them on the hotel agreements, corporate and employment matters and several additional tasks for their operations. The team at Bratschi consisted of Ion Eglin, Ingrid Cueva Molnar, Thibault Fresquet, Céline Hofer and Alexander Blarer.
Media
>Hospitality Net
>Hotelsmag
People
Alexander Blarer
To profile
Attorney-at-Law,
Partner,
Member of the Board of Directors
Co-Head Trade and Transportation
Lausanne, Geneva
Thibault Fresquet
To profile
Attorney-at-Law,
Partner
Lausanne, Geneva
Céline Hofer
To profile
Attorney-at-Law,
Partner,
Notary,
Member of the Board of Directors
St.Gallen
News
04.09.2026
Learn more
Bratschi advises Burgergemeinde Bern on the sale of DC Bank to the BK Foundation
Bratschi AG advised Burgergemeinde Bern on the legal spin-off and the successful sale of DC Bank to the BK Foundation.
31.07.2026
Learn more
Bratschi Advised Circet Europe SAS on the Acquisition of Technik Partner AG, the Swiss Market Leader in FTTH in-building Connections
With this acquisition, Circet is expanding its range of services in the field of telecommunications infrastructure in Switzerland. At the same time, it opens up access to adjacent markets such as smart infrastructure, the digitalisation of utility networks, smart metering and railway telecommunications. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Zurich, Technik Partner AG today is supported by more than 120 professionals across Switzerland through a combination of direct employees and dedicated subcontractor teams and connects more residential units to the fibre-optic network across Switzerland than any other provider.
Bratschi advised Circet on all legal and tax aspects of the transaction. The team was led by Etienne Gard (Partner, M&A) and also included Damiano Gargiulo (Associate, M&A), Aline Sohm (Associate, M&A, Contract Law), Stephanie Caprani-Pontes (Associate, M&A, Contract Law), Kerem Altay (Partner, Tax) and Rico Dufner (Associate, Tax).
17.07.2026
Learn more
Bratschi advised UBS Switzerland AG on Syndicated Financing for SwissTech Watch Components Group
Bratschi AG advised UBS Switzerland AG, acting as mandated lead arranger, agent and security agent, in connection with a syndicated financing for SwissTech Watch Components SA (STWC), a leading Swiss industrial group specialising in the design and manufacture of high-precision components for the luxury watchmaking industry.
Always stay up to date
Subscribe to the Bratschi newsletter