ARES TRADING SA
Summary
ARES TRADING SA is registered in Switzerland and entered in the “Commercial Register” under number CHE-103.935.488. Its legal form is Aktiengesellschaft (AG) – public limited company (Switzerland). According to GLEIF, its ultimate parent is E. Merck KG (Germany), and its direct parent is MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Germany). That group has 115 subsidiaries with LEIs in 33 countries, 8 of them in Switzerland. The LEI was first issued on 2 Nov 2013 and the record was last updated on 30 Apr 2026; the next renewal is due by 30 Apr 2027. GLEIF's ISIN mapping lists 1 ISIN for this LEI.
Written from GLEIF data using fixed, reviewed sentence templates.
Data-quality notes (AssetCensus analysis)
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Company details
| Legal form | Aktiengesellschaft (AG) public limited company (Switzerland) |
|---|---|
| Register | Commercial Register · Register website |
| Registration number | CHE-103.935.488 |
| Registration authority | Ministry of Justice |
| Jurisdiction | Switzerland |
| Registered address | Rue de l'Ouriette 151, 1170 Aubonne, Switzerland |
| Category | company or other legal entity |
| Status | active |
| Founded (per GLEIF) | 19 May 1987 |
| LEI | 529900XSPC88Z0DFQY81 |
| LEI status | active |
| LEI first issued | 2 Nov 2013 |
| LEI record last updated | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Next LEI renewal | 30 Apr 2027 |
| Corroboration of the LEI record | fully corroborated |
Group membership
Relationship to the parent
| Direct parent | Ultimate parent | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent | MERCK Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien | E. Merck KG |
| Accounting period | 1 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 | 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024 |
| Evidence | consolidated accounts | consolidated accounts |
| Corroboration | fully corroborated | fully corroborated |
| Relationship start | 20 Nov 2017 | 20 Nov 2017 |
| Recorded at GLEIF since | 23 Dec 2017 | 23 Dec 2017 |
| Last updated | 30 Apr 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Record status | current | current |
Other subsidiaries of the same direct parent (55)
- Merck & Cie KmG Switzerland lapsed
- Merck (Schweiz) AG Switzerland lapsed
- MERCK SERONO SA Switzerland lapsed
- Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH Switzerland lapsed
- AZ Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. Luxembourg lapsed
- BIORELIANCE LTD. United Kingdom lapsed
- EMD Finance LLC United States
- EMD Millipore Corporation United States
- Lamberts Healthcare Limited United Kingdom lapsed
- Merck 13. Allgemeine Beteiligungs-GmbH Germany lapsed
- Merck Aktiebolag Sweden lapsed
- Merck B.V. Netherlands
ISINs mapped to this LEI (1)
CH1114338226
1 in the GLEIF–ANNA mapping file. The file covers ISINs issued since the mapping started, not all securities.