Snyk Ltd., the leading developer-first cloud native application security, has acquired DeepCode AG, an ETH Zurich spin-off providing real-time semantic code analysis powered by artificial intelligence. The transaction closed on 5 November 2020.

VISCHER advised Snyk regarding the Swiss legal aspects of this transaction whereas Cooley (UK) acted as lead counsel. The VISCHER team led by partner Dr. Adrian Dörig (Corporate Finance) comprised Dr. Peter Kühn (Counsel, Corporate/M&A), Michel Stübi and Florian Angstmann (Associates, Corporate/M&A), Aleksandra Simic (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A), Christian Wyss (Partner, IP), Jonas Gassmann (Managing Associate, IP), Marc Ph. Prinz (Partner, Employment), Florian Schaub (Senior Associate, Employment), Christoph Niederer (Partner, Tax) and Patrik Fisch (Associate, Tax).