Walder Wyss Ltd, Banking & Finance | Chambers Europe Profile

About

Provided by Walder Wyss Ltd

The Walder Wyss Banking & Finance team is one of the largest teams in Switzerland and very experienced.
The team handles cases in domestic and international banking, securitisations, infrastructure and project finance, domestic and cross-border leasing, and structured financial instruments, as well as over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives. Walder Wyss advises on all aspects of Swiss securities laws and regulations, including public equity and debt offerings, government finance, private placements and investment fund offerings.
Walder Wyss was regularly involved in large scale international lending transactions as well as in domestic lending transactions, where it constantly advises the most important domestic investment banks.
Walder Wyss is the frontrunner for Swiss structured finance transactions and is involved in most public and private ABS transactions, synthetic transactions, covered bond transactions and other securitisations. In particular in auto lease ABS and mortgage loan transactions, Walder Wyss has an extensive industry expertise.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Switzerland

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Walder Wyss houses an experienced team that acts for Swiss and international lenders and sponsors, as well as borrowers from the financial sector. The law firm regularly advises on acquisition financing, syndicated lending, revolving credit facility agreements and asset-based financing. It also assists banks and other financial services clients with regulatory matters and has expertise in structured products.

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Work Highlights

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Walder Wyss assisted Swiss Life with a new CHF500 million revolving credit facility agreement with a syndicate of banks including UBS Switzerland, Credit Suisse and Natixis.

Strengths

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"Walder Wyss provides very good deliverables, from both a quality and a time-cost perspective."

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

"Walder Wyss provides very good deliverables, from both a quality and a time-cost perspective."

Banking & Finance respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Lukas Wyss

Band 3

Lukas Wyss advises lenders and borrowers on a variety of financing deals, including revolving credit facility agreements, acquisition financing and asset-based financing.

"Lukas Wyss has long-term experience and a strong focus on clients' needs."

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