Walder Wyss advised on Relio’s pre-Seed round. Relio is a startup developing the first Swiss digital bank account specifically for SMEs with a technology platform which will allow compliance to be largely automated. It was launched in December 2020 by Lav Odorovic, who previously built the German challenger bank Penta as founder and CEO. Lead […]
Dufry One launched successfully completed the issuance of CHF 300 m 3.625% Senior Notes due 2026 and EUR 725 m 3.375% Senior Notes due 2028. The Senior Notes are guaranteed by Dufry and certain of its subsidiaries. It is expected that
Credit Suisse Group announced the placement of two series of mandatory convertible notes due 2021, which will be issued through a Guernsey finance vehicle and convertible into a total of 203 million shares of, and guaranteed by,
Crédit Agricole next bank (Suisse) successfully completed its second issuance under its Swiss Covered Bond Programme, issuing CHF 200 million Series 2021-1 0.125 per cent. Fixed-Rate Covered Bonds due April 2031 (with extended maturity date April 2032). The
Nexthink conducted a USD 180 million Series D financing round reaching a valuation of USD 1.1 billion. Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience (DEX) management software. Permira, through its Growth Opportunities Fund, led the Series
EMZ Partners completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Assepro Group with registered seat in Pfäffikon. Assepro is the leading independent insurance broker company with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises in
Kellerhals Carrard advised AccorInvest on Swiss legal aspects of its financial restructuring. The AccorInvest group is a leading hotel owner and operator in Europe, operating 862 hotels in 28 countries worldwide, under renowned brands including Sofitel, Pullman,
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, and BioVersys, a privately-owned clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing treatments for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, announced the signing of a EUR 20 million venture debt transaction.
CeQur, a Swiss medical device company, announced the close of an oversubscribed $115 million equity financing. The company will use the funds to advance commercial plans for CeQur Simplicity, including market development activities, a phased commercial
On March 23, 2021, Dufry One launched, and on March 30, 2021, successfully completed the issuance of CHF 500 million guaranteed senior convertible bonds due 2026 (the 2026 Bonds). The 2026 Bonds are conditionally convertible into ordinary shares of Dufry and are guaranteed
