Case Study: Specialist M&A and Corporate Counsel for a Global Industrials Group

Challenge

The client is a global industrials group operating across numerous jurisdictions, with an active portfolio of corporate and M&A activity. Its in-house legal function
supports complex transactions in parallel with day-to-day corporate matters, working closely with finance, tax, and compliance stakeholders under Swiss law
and internal governance standards.

With several transactions live at once, the legal team needed to add experienced M&A and corporate counsel quickly. It required a lawyer able to operate
independently on due diligence, deal structuring, and transaction agreements, and to integrate immediately into a demanding transactional environment. A
conventional permanent hire would have been too slow and too rigid for what was, in effect, a need for specialist transactional capacity aligned to a defined pipeline.

Interim Legal’s specialized and customized approach

Working closely with the client’s in-house legal team, Interim Legal developed a precise understanding of the transactional workload, the internal stakeholders
involved, and the profile of lawyer who would be effective in the environment. Drawing on its network of corporate and M&A specialists, Interim Legal identified a
candidate combining private-practice M&A and private-equity transaction experience with an in-house corporate background and fluency across the client’s
working languages.

Rather than presenting a broad shortlist, the focus was on a single evidence-led match aligned precisely to the client’s requirements, allowing the team to move
from briefing to engagement without delay. The secondment was structured to give the client specialist transactional coverage exactly when it was needed,
without committing to a permanent hire ahead of confirmed long-term demand.

Outcome

• Rapid deployment: Experienced M&A counsel was embedded into the client’s legal function quickly, supporting live transactions from the outset.

• Full transactional coverage: The counsel supported due diligence, risk assessment, structuring, and the drafting and negotiation of share and asset purchase agreements, coordinating legal issues with finance, tax, and compliance.
• Extended once: The initial mandate was extended, reflecting the quality of the match and the sustained value delivered across the transaction pipeline.
• Seamless integration: The lawyer worked effectively alongside internal stakeholders and external advisers, becoming a trusted contributor to the client’s transactional work for the duration of the engagement.