Bär & Karrer is acting as Swiss legal counsel to Société Générale in the proposed sale of its Swiss private banking unit Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) to Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), advised by Lenz & Staehelin (which acted as a global counsel). Macfarlanes advised UBP on all English law aspects. About the transaction The […]
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Schellenberg Wittmer with Decarbonization Partners on Neustark funding round
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Decarbonization Partners (a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek) in the USD 69 million growth equity funding round of the Swiss-based carbon removal provider Neustark. Decarbonization Partners acted as lead investor in the growth
Walder Wyss advised Flowit, a Swiss startup working on changing traditional approaches to personnel development with its AI-based “digital coach”, on the successful completion of its first and oversubscribed CHF 4 million seed funding round which
Niederer Kraft Frey (“NKF”) advised Sygnum on an industry-first USD 50 million Bitcoin-backed syndicated loan to Ledn. Syndicated among Sygnum’s institutional clients, the loan will allow Ledn to bring additional liquidity to both the crypto
Homburger acted as counsel to ARYZTA in its capacity as borrower in connection with its new Swiss law governed EUR 930 million multicurrency revolving credit facility, arranged by Coöperatieve Rabobank, and UBS Switzerland – both advised
Baker McKenzie Switzerland acted as counsel to Coöperatieve Rabobank and UBS Switzerland, acting as bookrunners and arrangers, in connection with a EUR 930 million multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement for Aryzta, with UBS Switzerland as
Walder Wyss has advised Neustark, a Switzerland-based carbon removal provider, on a growth financing round in the amount of USD 69 million. The new capital will enable Neustark to continue its rapid scale-up in the carbon
Pestalozzi advised Atomico, which led the USD 20 million Series A funding round of Lakera AI, with participation from Citi Ventures, Dropbox Ventures, and existing investors including redalpine as well as other investors.Lakera is a
Advestra advised UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, coordinator, agent, security agent and lender together with the other syndicate banks as lenders on the EUR 200 mil
BGPartner advised Novo Holdings, EQT, OrbiMed and SR One on $100 million Series C financing of Swiss biotech company Asceneuron, represented by Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva. The financing round was led by Novo Holdings with new
