Capital Markets

About

Provided by Bär & Karrer Ltd

We are at the forefront of structuring innovative capital markets transactions and have extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in domestic and international securities offerings. We provide transactional services as well as specific advice in connection with the issuance of securities and subsequent trading in secondary markets. We are regularly retained by leading investment banks and Swiss public companies to advise them on IPOs, rights offerings, bonds, hybrid and convertible instruments, loss-absorbing and other regulatory instruments, and other securities transactions.

We cover a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on healthcare, industrials, technology, banking and insurance. We advice clients on:

• Organisation of shareholders' meetings
• Corporate governance issues
• Securities law and stock exchange regulations, such as ad hoc publicity and the disclosure of management transactions
• Crisis situations, including proxy fights or change of control transactions
• Defence strategies
• Mandatory disclosure of shareholdings and representation in cases of suspected violation
• Compliance programmes
• Regulatory investigations and proceedings before the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Shareholders' rights