Advoro

Advoro

Advoro formed as a Swiss corporate-law practice anchored in St. Gallen, with a second office in Zurich. The firm fields 24 listed legal professionals and structures itself around seven practice groups: corporate and transactions; financial services and fintech; commercial and contract law; life sciences and healthcare; regulation and the public sector; criminal law and investigations; and tax law. Founding principals and senior attorneys — including Dr. Thomas Nagel and Dr. Tamara M. Teves — regularly publish regulatory analysis on topics such as FINMA’s treatment of gift-card distribution and the evolution of Swiss fintech regulation. Advoro’s deal sheet shows an active flow of mid-market M&A and shareholder mandates. In April 2026 it acted as independent proxy for the biosimilars giant Sandoz, and the same month for Amrize, a life-sciences tools company. A month earlier it advised Limestone Capital on its investment in Eterniti, a specialty vehicle manufacturer. The firm handles buy-side and sell-side work, including the merger of Neogate AG with TAC Gruppe and the sale of software company Truesoft, both in early 2026. Its geographical anchor is Switzerland, though cross-border transaction structuring is a stated capability, particularly in financial services and life sciences where Swiss regulatory expertise draws international mandates. Advoro appointed Dr. Thomas Nagel as a public notary in St. Gallen, integrating notarial services — particularly for corporate restructurings and estate planning — directly into the firm. In May 2026 the firm acted as independent proxy for Sandoz at its annual meeting, extending a recurring governance mandate. The team also runs private-client work covering criminal defense, family and inheritance law, and relocation structuring for high-net-worth individuals and their families. The firm’s six-practice-partner leadership structure distributes authority broadly; the four named attorneys above headline the published roster, though no single individual is identified as managing partner. What separates Advoro from many Swiss business-law boutiques is the combination of public-notary powers under the same roof as a full-service corporate-transactions and regulatory-investigations platform. A client engaged in a cross-border acquisition can complete the share-purchase agreement, the notarial execution of the shareholders’ resolution and any resulting FINMA filing with one team — a structure that removes the coordination lag between external notaries and deal counsel that can slow private-equity closings in Switzerland.