Marco Toni
Partner - Attorney at Law
Marco Toni is a partner and heads the Corporate / M&A practice group in the Zurich office.
Zurich
German, English, Italian, French
He advises corporate, private equity and investment banking clients on international and domestic M&A transactions (private and public), as well as on corporate governance and general corporate law matters.
Marco is an Authorized Issuers’ Representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
His clients include multinational enterprises and international private equity funds particularly active in the technology, healthcare life sciences, energy & infrastructure, food and beverage and industrial sectors. He also regularly advises boards of directors on corporate governance topics and ESG related matters.
Marco regularly speaks on M&A and corporate governance topics. He is actively involved with the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.
Work highlights
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09-09-2026Concord completes combination with BMG
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20-08-2025Marlabs acquires INDEAVR
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19-02-2025Shift4 to acquire Global Blue
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01-05-2024IK Partners acquires BIOBank Group
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14-11-2023Communardo Group and bitvoodoo merge
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31-10-2022Intel 471 acquired SpiderFoot
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13-10-2022CWS International acquired Bernet Group
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04-08-20223i invests in VakantieDiscounter
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24-06-2022Hamamatsu to acquire NKT Photonics
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14-02-2022Egeria sells Nyco Flexible Packaging
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10-02-2022BTS Torres sold to Andean Tower Partners
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02-09-2021Accenture acquired Wabion
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14-07-2021SÜDVERS acquired Assicura AG
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30-06-2021Le Collectionist acquired Bramble Ski
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01-10-2020SOCAR sells its LPG business to FLAGA Suisse
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16-07-2020Loyens & Loeff advised Cellularline S.p.A.
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03-04-2020Loyens & Loeff advised Karo Pharma AB
Contributions
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09-10-2025Recognition in the latest IFLR1000 Rankings
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11-06-2025Corporate M&A in Luxembourg & Switzerland
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13-02-2025Top ranking in Chambers Global Guide
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26-05-2023Employment Reference Letters under Swiss law
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24-01-2022Swiss Special Purpose Acquisition Company
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21-12-2021Capital band and interim dividends
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27-10-2021ESG Legal Trainings
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24-03-2021Due Diligence for Swiss CBD Companies
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17-12-2020The new paternity leave and allowance
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12-11-2020Art. 329h CO - The new paid care leave
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27-10-2020Recording of Working Time under Swiss Law
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16-05-2017Consequences of Swiss Corporate Law Reform
Qualifications
New York Bar, 2013
Master of laws, Columbia University School of Law, New York, United States of America, 2011
Zurich Bar, 2008
Master of law, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2004
What others say
"We appreciate Marco Toni's deep knowledge and experience. He is commercial and anticipates clients' needs."
Chambers and Partners - Global Guide (2026)
"Marco Toni understands the responsibilities of the company and is able to translate that into practical and useful advice and support."
Chambers and Partners - Global Guide (2026)
"Marco Toni excelled in driving the project forward, navigating effectively and facilitating complex discussions."
Chambers and Partners - Global Guide (2026)
"Marco Toni is easy to communicate with, provides quick responses and has a good understanding of the interests of the various parties involved."
Chambers and Partners - Global Guide (2026)
"Marco Toni has keen tactical sense in M&A negotiations and is a great sounding partner from a strategy perspective."
Chambers and Partners - Global Guide (2026)
"Marco Toni is a very experienced, diligent and pragmatic lawyer, with a strong economic understanding of a transaction. Always finds creative solutions."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2025)
"Marco Toni is always concerned about our needs."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2024)
"Clients appreciate Marco's commercial and solution-oriented approach."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2024)
"Marco Toni is always concerned about our needs."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
"Clients appreciate Marco's commercial and solution-oriented approach."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
"Marco Toni has extensive experience in the M&A field."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2024)
Marco Toni named "Practice head" in Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 - EMEA (2024)
"Marco gives great advice with fast response times and availability. He just gets it."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
Ranked "Recommended" in the Corporate M&A category.
Leaders League Switzerland - (2023)
"He gives good commercial advice, he just gets it."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2023)
"He gives good commercial advice; he just gets it."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
"Marco gives great advice with fast response times and availability."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
"Marco gives great advice with fast response times and availability."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2023)
Marco Toni named "Up and Coming" in Corporate/M&A
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
Marco Toni named "Up and Coming" in Corporate/M&A
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2023)
‘Marco Toni is very good, up and coming. Great skill set and thoughtfully tough negotiator.’
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
‘Marco Toni is the head of the team. Very smart and quick, leads every deal smoothly. Gilles Pitschen is a very good lawyer.’
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
Marco Toni named "Next Generation Partner" in Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
Marco Toni named "Practice head" in Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
‘Marco Toni stands out. Exceptionally good M&A lawyer with impressive skills. Marco focuses on solutions and is efficient.’
Legal 500 - EMEA (2022)
"Good practice oriented solutions; fast reaction."
"Responsiveness and speed."
IFLR - (2022)
Marco Toni named "Up and Coming" in Tax
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2022)
“He is extremely quick minded, market-driven, always available and very pragmatic in his approach. He has a down-to-earth attitude which allows him to remain calm in complex negotiations and keep the ultimate goal of the transaction in mind. Due to his outstanding personality, Marco is the perfect deal maker.”
Legal 500 - EMEA (2021)
"Outstanding commercial understanding and always thinking beyond just legal aspects."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2026)
"Marco Toni has excellent legal know-how and is very commercial and an impressive negotiator."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2026)
"Marco Toni manages the team well, easy to work with, has a pragmatic approach and a good dose of humour."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2026)
Marco Toni
Partner - Attorney at Law
marco.toni@loyensloeff.com
Zurich
German, English, Italian, French
<p>Marco Toni is a partner and heads the Corporate / M&A practice group in the Zurich office. </p>
He advises corporate, private equity and investment banking clients on international and domestic M&A transactions (private and public), as well as on corporate governance and general corporate law matters.
Marco is an Authorized Issuers’ Representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
His clients include multinational enterprises and international private equity funds particularly active in the technology, healthcare life sciences, energy & infrastructure, food and beverage and industrial sectors. He also regularly advises boards of directors on corporate governance topics and ESG related matters.
Marco regularly speaks on M&A and corporate governance topics. He is actively involved with the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.