Cisco to acquire Isovalent

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) intends to acquire Isovalent, a leader in open source cloud native networking and security, to bolster its secure networking capabilities across public clouds. The Isovalent team will join the Cisco Security Business Group once the acquisition closes, which is expected in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024.

VISCHER acted as Swiss legal counsel to Cisco in this transaction, in collaboration with lead counsel Fenwick & West. The VISCHER team was led by Gian-Andrea Caprez (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Marc Prinz (Partner, Employment), Christoph Niederer (Partner, Tax), Jonas Gassmann (Counsel, IP/Technology), Rebekka Keller (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A), Anela Lucic (Managing Associate, Employment), Elias Mühlemann (Managing Associate, IP/Technology), Sandro Bernet (Associate, Corporate/M&A) and Seline Camenisch (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A).

Gian-Andrea Caprez

Attorney at Law

• Partner

• +41 58 211 34 27
• [email protected]

Marc Ph. Prinz

Attorney at Law

• Partner

• +41 58 211 36 17
• [email protected]

Christoph Niederer

Attorney at Law, Swiss Certified Tax Expert

• Partner

• +41 58 211 34 37
• [email protected]

Jonas D. Gassmann

Attorney at Law

• Counsel

• +41 58 211 34 91
• [email protected]

Rebekka Keller

Attorney at Law

• Managing Associate

• +41 58 211 34 74
• [email protected]

Anela Lucic-Previsic

Attorney at Law

• Partner

• +41 58 211 32 23
• [email protected]

Elias Mühlemann

Attorney at Law

• Managing Associate

• +41 58 211 34 58
• [email protected]

Sandro Bernet

Attorney at Law

• Senior Associate

• +41 58 211 34 68
• [email protected]