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

2
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.

Work Highlights

  • Walder Wyss acted for Goldman Sachs on a EUR33 billion NPL portfolio financing and securitisation.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Lukas Wyss
2
Lukas Wyss
2
Band 2
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 is very experienced, available and responsive.

He brings a good wealth of knowledge.

Lukas Wyss is absolutely superb and my go-to Swiss lawyer.

Theodor Härtsch
4
Theodor Härtsch
4
Band 4
Theodor Härtsch advises lenders and borrowers on syndicated, leveraged and structured finance transactions.

Theodor Härtsch is an excellent lawyer who is capable of thinking outside of the box in order to come up with workable solutions and who remains focused.

Theodor Härtsch is extremely pragmatic, reliable, responsive and experienced.

Theodor Härtsch is my favourite lawyer in Switzerland. He has the experience and gravitas. Whenever he comes up with something, I do not even question it.

David Borer
U
David Borer
U
Up and Coming

David Borer has notable experience advising borrowers and lenders on syndicated lending deals, acquisition financings and revolving credit facility agreements.

David Borer is an excellent sparring partner to work with.

I especially enjoy working with David Borer; he is very friendly.

David Borer is a good negotiator who makes transactions smooth. He also takes the time to explain things to us.

David Borer is an extremely professional and well-respected lawyer.

David Borer is a rising star.

Ranked Lawyers at
Walder Wyss Ltd

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Switzerland

Banking & Finance

Lukas Wyss
2
Lukas Wyss
2
Band 2
Theodor Härtsch
4
Theodor Härtsch
4
Band 4
David Borer
U
David Borer
U
Up and Coming