The advisors on UBS Switzerland’s €1bn bond issuance
Homburger advised UBS Switzerland on the issuance of fixed rate covered bonds in aggregate amount of € 1 bn, under the institute’s covered bond programme. The SIX-listed bonds yeald 2.783 % and will mature in 2030. In connection with the operation Walder Wyss advised the arranger and managers.
UBS served as arranger, with UBS London Branch, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), Standard Chartered Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Erste Group Bank AG and CIBC Capital Markets (Europe) acting as joint-lead managers and dealers. Credit Industriel et Commercial S.A, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) acted as managers and dealers.
The Homburger team
Stefan Kramer (pictured above – left) and Benedikt Maurenbrecher (pictured above – right) led the Homburger team on the matter, working with Daniel Hulmann, Yulia Shaburnykova and Céline Rüegg (all capital markets) as well as Stefan Oesterhelt (tax).
The Walder Wyss team
Finance & capital markets partners Roger Ammann (pictured left) and Johannes A. Bürgi (pictured right) co-led the Walder Wyss team on the matter, with support from partner Thomas Meister (tax) and senior associate Laura Tarenzi (finance/capital markets).
