Philip Spoerlé

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Up and Coming

Banking & Finance

Switzerland

1 Years Ranked

Up and Coming

Capital Markets

Switzerland

3 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Europe 2024

About

Provided by Philip Spoerlé

Global

Practice Areas

Philip is an M&A, corporate finance and capital markets specialist with a main focus on complex investment and financing structures, restructurings and special situations. Philip regularly acts as advisor on buy- and sell-side public and private M&A transactions. Furthermore, he regularly represents lenders, borrowers and sponsors on high profile financing transactions. Philip’s practice also includes advising underwriters and issuers on all aspects of ECM and DCM transactions, including public takeovers, equity investments, block trades, IPOs, rights offerings and convertible bonds issues. In addition, he regularly acts as advisor in corporate restructurings and general corporate and commercial matters.

Career

University of St. Gallen, B.A. HSG in Law & Economics (2008). York University (Osgoode Hall), Toronto (2009). University of St. Gallen, M.A. HSG in Law & Economics (2011). Swiss Bar (2013). University of St. Gallen, PhD in Law (Dr. iur.) (2015). Niederer Kraft Frey, Designated Partner (2021), Partner (2022-).

Professional Memberships

Swiss Bar Association, Zurich Bar Association, HSG Alumni.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Global

Banking & Finance - Switzerland

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Entering the rankings this year following significant recognition from peers and clients, Philip Spoerlé frequently assists financial institutions with corporate loans, acquisition financings and refinancings. He also has experience in high-value cross-border revolving credit facilities.

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Capital Markets - Switzerland

Up and Coming

Individual Editorial

Philip Spoerlé has experience advising energy sector clients on the issuance of sustainability-linked bonds.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"Philip Spoerlé was very knowledgeable and did a great job advising the lenders."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"Philip Spoerlé is a very good lawyer. He was very competent, diligent and pragmatic, and he found a good solution in a short period of time."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"He offers in-depth expertise and efficiency, and is very structured but still pragmatic and easy to communicate with."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"Philip Spoerlé is a great bank finance lawyer: his broad experience and knowledge ensure that his advice is very consistent, relevant and on point, while his strong relationships in the lending community make him a valued partner with great market insight."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"He is very commercial, detail-oriented, highly responsive and has a very holistic approach."

Capital Markets respondent
Global

"Philip's broad experience and knowledge ensures that his advice is very consistent, relevant and on point. His strong relationships in the lending community make him a valued partner with great market insight."

Capital Markets respondent
Global

"Philip Spoerlé was very knowledgeable and did a great job advising the lenders."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"Philip Spoerlé is a very good lawyer. He was very competent, diligent and pragmatic, and he found a good solution in a short period of time."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"He offers in-depth expertise and efficiency, and is very structured but still pragmatic and easy to communicate with."

Banking & Finance respondent
Global

"He is very commercial, detail-oriented, highly responsive and has a very holistic approach."

Capital Markets respondent
Global

Articles, highlights and press releases

16 items provided by Niederer Kraft Frey

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

BRUSA HyPower completes investment by Bosch Rexroth, M&G Investments and Temasek

BRUSA HyPower AG, a Swiss based technology leader in the field of energy converters and an innovative global supplier for power conversion systems for heavy-duty applications, has completed an investment agreement with Bosch Rexroth, M&G Investments and Temasek.

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Nicolas Birkhäuser, Clara-Ann Gordon, Markus Kronauer, Till Spillmann, Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Deirdre Ni Annrachain, Katalin Siklosi, Benedikt Hadorn, Samuel Hochstrasser

Highlight

Global Blue completes USD 225m strategic growth equity investment from Certares and Knighthead

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Global Blue and Silver Lake as Swiss counsel in this transaction.

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Philipp Haas, Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Adrian Koller, Shu Bernet-Zhang, Julia Tolstova

Highlight

Swisspearl Group AG acquires Cembrit Group A/S

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Credit Suisse and UBS as arrangers on the financing of Swisspearl Group’s acquisition of Cembrit Group A/S.

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Adrian Koller, Selim Lötscher, Carlotta Ulmer

Highlight

CoinShares lists staked Solana and staked Cardano ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Niederer Kraft Frey advised CoinShares, Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm with over USD 1.6 billion in AUM, in connection with the listing of CoinShares’ physically-backed Solana and Cardano exchange traded products (ETPs) on SIX Swiss Exchange.

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Carlotta Ulmer

Highlight

Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG successfully places CHF 200m bond

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG on the placement of a CHF 200 million bond (CHF 175 million plus CHF 25 million top up) with a term to maturity of 5 years. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate as well as financing purposes.

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Benedikt Hadorn

Highlight

Deutsche Bank coordinates financing of DKSH

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Deutsche Bank AG, acting as coordinator, HSBC acting as agent and further banks on the Revolving Committed Facility of DKSH Holding Ltd.

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Philippe A Weber, Selim Lötscher

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

Springer Nature secures EUR 2.5bn financing

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking consortium on term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities for the scientific publishing group Springer Nature in relation to all Swiss law aspects.

Feb 15, 2024

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Markus Kronauer

Highlight

BRUSA HyPower completes investment by Bosch Rexroth, M&G Investments and Temasek

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Nicolas Birkhäuser, Clara-Ann Gordon, Markus Kronauer, Till Spillmann, Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Deirdre Ni Annrachain, Katalin Siklosi, Benedikt Hadorn, Samuel Hochstrasser

Highlight

Global Blue completes USD 225m strategic growth equity investment from Certares and Knighthead

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Global Blue and Silver Lake as Swiss counsel in this transaction.

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Philipp Haas, Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Adrian Koller, Shu Bernet-Zhang, Julia Tolstova

Highlight

Swisspearl Group AG acquires Cembrit Group A/S

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Credit Suisse and UBS as arrangers on the financing of Swisspearl Group’s acquisition of Cembrit Group A/S.

Jul 8, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Adrian Koller, Selim Lötscher, Carlotta Ulmer

Highlight

CoinShares lists staked Solana and staked Cardano ETPs on SIX Swiss Exchange

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Carlotta Ulmer

Highlight

Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG successfully places CHF 200m bond

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Andrea Giger, Benedikt Hadorn

Highlight

Deutsche Bank coordinates financing of DKSH

Niederer Kraft Frey advised Deutsche Bank AG, acting as coordinator, HSBC acting as agent and further banks on the Revolving Committed Facility of DKSH Holding Ltd.

Jun 21, 2022

Authored by Markus Kronauer, Philip Spoerlé, Philippe A Weber, Selim Lötscher

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