Capital Markets
Global Guide 2024 : Switzerland
Band 3
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+41 44 217 91 11About
Provided by Pestalozzi
Pestalozzi has maintained a stellar reputation in capital markets matters due to its breadth of practice area and breadth of industry sector coverage as well as its depth and experience of its team, particularly bond and derivatives issues for a long time. Pestalozzi has been involved in most of the high-calibre capital market transactions in Switzerland in one way or the other.
Pestalozzi's capital markets team provides advice in relation to:
- Initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary and follow-on stock offerings
- High yield bond and high yield debt and bridge financings
- Equity-linked securities and equity derivatives
- Listing of ETFs
- Eurobonds, investment grade bonds and programs
- Private equity and mezzanine financing
- Private placements, as well as public equity (PIPE) offerings
- Restructuring financing (convertible bonds into listed companies)
- Liability management transactions, such as tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations, amendments and waivers
- Securities and financial regulatory issues with SIX Swiss Exchange registrations, regulations of global regulatory institutions, including stock exchanges, and rules of and reviews by the Swiss Financial Markets Authority
- Stock exchange listings
- Securitisations
- Several partners (Robert Furter, Jakob Hoehn, Urs Klöti, Severin Roelli, Oliver Widmer and Christian Leuenberger) are recognised issuer's representatives, i.e., they are authorised to submit listing applications for equity and debt securities to SIX Swiss Exchange.
Chambers Review
Pestalozzi acts for bookrunners and underwriters and regularly advises international clients on exchange listings and Swiss regulatory matters. The team is well suited to providing support on IPOs, as well as the private placement of shares. The practice also assists with securitisations and derivatives transactions.
Work Highlights
- Pestalozzi advised Coca-Cola HBC on the issuance of green bonds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pestalozzi lawyers clearly understand and communicate our options."
"They are always thorough in their analysis, clear in communication and extremely fast in responding."
"The team is concise and efficient. They always grasp immediately the matter, and turnaround is fast and to the point."
"Pestalozzi lawyers clearly understand and communicate our options."
"They are always thorough in their analysis, clear in communication and extremely fast in responding."
"The team is concise and efficient. They always grasp immediately the matter, and turnaround is fast and to the point."
Notable Practitioners
Christian Leuenberger frequently assists clients with the private placement of shares and with amendments to note facilities. He has additional experience advising clients on IPOs and representing them in regulatory disputes.
"Christian is excellent. He has out-of-the-box thinking and is always looking for solutions, not problems. He has very solid knowledge."
"Christian always manages to provide the best solution for the company, and is very flexible in his approach."
Oliver Widmer acts for domestic and multinational clients on bond issuances and the renewal of EMTN programmes. He offers additional experience in matters involving securitisation and derivatives.
"He has a very broad expertise and is very client-focused."
"Oliver is attentive and his deeply commercial and procedural operational knowledge allows him to deliver his answers fast and concisely."