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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, 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

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Capital Markets - Switzerland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

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. Clients additionally rely on the law firm to handle debt-related transactions, including the management of debt programmes and the issuance of bonds and notes.

Work Highlights

  • Pestalozzi advised Noble Corporation on its EUR610 million note issuance.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Oliver Widmer
3
Oliver Widmer
3
Band 3
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.

Oliver Widmer is unflappable under pressure and consistently delivers excellent advice. His advice is always pragmatic and the business loves him.

Oliver Widmer is very supportive and has very good knowledge.

Oliver Widmer is super smart, responsive and has great product and market knowledge.

Oliver Widmer is consistently good at providing practical advice and is extremely prompt with his responses.

Christian Leuenberger
4
Christian Leuenberger
4
Band 4
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 Leuenberger always provides very clear, concrete and practical advice, cutting though complex issues quickly. He is an excellent lawyer.

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Oliver Widmer
3
Oliver Widmer
3
Band 3
Christian Leuenberger
4
Christian Leuenberger
4
Band 4

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