Kellerhals Carrard with Gravis Robotics on USD 200 million series A investment
Kellerhals Carrard and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Gravis Robotics, a company specialised on physical AI for heavy machinery with headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland), Austin (USA), and Oxford (UK) on its USD 200 million series A investment by SoftBank Investment Advisers, the largest Series A in the history of construction robotics.
The Kellerhals Carrard team
Building on Karim Maizar’s and Dario Silberschmidt’s (both partners, VC/Corporate) long-standing relationship with the company, the transaction was co-led for Kellerhals Carrard by partners Dario Silberschmidt and Luana Stämpfli (VC/Corporate), with partner Michèle Remund (tax) leading on tax and Karim Maizar serving as senior relationship partner. The firm team further included associate Marine Jorio (corporate/VC), associate Arnault Eckert (corporate/VC), paralegal Lisa Schmid (corporate/VC), trainee Gabriela Romani (corporate/VC), senior associate Kathrin Moser (corporate/VC), paralegal Melissa Wiss (corporate/VC), partner Lukas Bopp (debt enforcement and insolvency), counsel Stefanie Karlen (antitrust), counsel Céline Schmid (employment and social security), senior associate Vera Vallone (IP), and partner Rehana Harasgama-Zehnder (data protection).