Banking & Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Switzerland
Band 4
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Advestra assists clients with refinancing and acquisition financing transactions. The law firm also offers experience in regulatory matters, including the establishment of new financial services companies. The team is a popular choice with lenders, advising on bridge loans, unsecured credit facility agreements and parallel credit agreements. It also advises sponsors and borrowers.
Work Highlights
- Advestra advised InfraVia III Green and its Swiss subsidiaries on a comprehensive CHF480 million refinancing from a syndicate of international banks, including Crédit Agricole and ING Bank, in connection with a general corporate reorganisation of the Green group.
Strengths
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"Advestra have been supporting us with very senior partners as well as younger associates. All of them are very competent and efficient, and are able to cover a very wide spectrum of legal matters."
"Advestra adds value to financing agreements on the commercial side."
"The Advestra lawyers, based on their long-term experience, can handle most complex matters subject to Swiss law in-house, while also benefiting from an established international network of third-party counsels."
"Advestra have been supporting us with very senior partners as well as younger associates. All of them are very competent and efficient, and are able to cover a very wide spectrum of legal matters."
"Advestra adds value to financing agreements on the commercial side."
"The Advestra lawyers, based on their long-term experience, can handle most complex matters subject to Swiss law in-house, while also benefiting from an established international network of third-party counsels."
Notable Practitioners
Alexander von Jeinsen enters the rankings on the back of excellent referee feedback, high levels of activity and notable mandates. He assists large bank syndicates as well as borrowers with new corporate loans and refinancings. He has additional experience in restructurings and transportation finance transactions.
"Alexander von Jeinsen is very smart, responsive and highly dedicated. He helped us on a particularly complex transaction and was indispensable in helping us navigate legal and commercial implications. He is a pleasure to work with."
"Alexander von Jeinsen has high awareness of the necessity to deliver a credit agreement that suits the needs of all parties while flagging the important legal points that need to be covered."
Rashid Bahar assists financial sector clients with the regulatory aspects of corporate matters as well as of transactional mandates, such as the sale of shares in banks. He also advises borrowers on refinancing transactions.
"Rashid Bahar is one of the most intelligent and capable lawyers I have ever met. His breadth of expertise is incredibly wide and his insights are invaluable."
"He is very responsive, very quick and very experienced."