Advestra advises Patrimonium on refinancing of BOGNER

Pat­ri­moni­um Middle Mar­ket Debt Fund has com­mit­ted as a stra­tegic fin­an­cing part­ner to Willy Bogn­er and provides debt fin­an­cing to refin­ance exist­ing bank debt.

BOGNER, based in Munich, is an internationally lifestyle company and leading supplier of exclusive sports fashion, luxury sportswear and designer fashion. The company operates in over 50 countries with its BOGNER (Woman, Man, Sport, Kids) and FIRE+ICE brands and licences. The company has been family-owned since its foundation in 1932 and celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.

Advestra has acted as Swiss leg­al coun­sel to Pat­ri­moni­um. The team included associate Annina Ham­mer (pictured left) and partner Alex­an­der von Jein­sen (both fin­an­cing) as well as Laurent Ried­weg (tax). Ashurst has acted as lead coun­sel to Pat­ri­moni­um. Noerr and Walder Wyss advised BOGN­ER, who was also sup­por­ted by its in-house coun­sels. The interests of BOGN­ER­’s share­hold­ers were rep­res­en­ted by SGP Schneider Geiwitz.