Schellenberg Wittmer advised Swisscanto Private Equity in the CHF 8.3 million Series B financing of the renowned innovator in ultrasonic camera technology Distran, an ETH Zürich spin-off. The funding will be deployed to fuel the company’s growth and advance its cutting-edge ultrasonic camera technology, as well as diversify its product portfolio and tap into new […]
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Geneva based Thematica in obtaining its FINMA license as manager of collective assets with the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Founded in 2006, Thematica specializes in tailored investment solutions for professional clients
Schellenberg Wittmer acted as Swiss counsel to SPRIM Global Investments (SGI), a leading health sciences venture capital firm, in its capital commitment of USD 4.5 million in favor of Spexis, a clinical-stage and biopharmaceutical company listed
BOCI has successfully issued CNH 200 million fully digital structured notes, making it the first Chinese financial institution to issue a tokenized security in Hong Kong. In this sense, Niederer Kraft Frey advised UBS on all
NKF advised the Swiss Confederation on the conclusion of a Loss Protection Agreement (LPA) with UBS Group. The loss protection guarantee governed by the LPA is a cornerstone element of the merger between UBS and
JBF Finance and Bobst Group signed a CHF 419,500,000 term loan and revolving credit facilities with UBS Switzerland and Credit Suisse (Switzerland) as original lenders and arrangers aimed at refinancing the bridge facilities granted to JBF
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Baker & McKenzie advises GF in the acquisition of Uponor
Baker McKenzie advised Georg Fischer (GF) in a voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Finnish piping system specialist Uponor. On 12 June 2023, GF and Uponor entered into a combination agreement. The total
Walder Wyss advised UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, underwriter and fronting bank on a syndicated credit facilites agreement for Groupe Baume to finance the acquisition of certain participations in the companies of the group
Swiss Prime Site has issued convertible loan notes in the aggregate amount of CHF 275 million to ELM, a repackaging vehicle. ELM in turn issued exchangeable notes, which were placed
Niederer Kraft Frey advised Gasverbund Mittelland, the renowned procurement and grid company of natural and biogas to the Plateau and Northwestern regions in Switzerland, on the raising of a EUR 250 million syndicated credit facility focused
