Lenz & Staehelin advised NYSE-listed MSCI, a financial service provider best known for its indexes like MSCI World, on its acquisition of Swiss index provider Compass Financial Technologies, a specialist in index calculations of alternative
Schellenberg Wittmer advised BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities and Merrill Lynch International, in connection with their role as joint lead managers in the inaugural placement in Switzerland of five
Welcome to Signed, Sealed, Weekend, our weekly inside track into the Swiss legal market. Check out the news of the week: · Lenz & Staehelin advised Beazley, working alongside the lead counsel, Freshfields, as the board
Homburger advised Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft on the issuance of CHF 465 m state treasury notes by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia under its debt issuance programme. The notes in question are governed by German law, and
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) advised BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs International and UBS in connection with their role as joint bookrunners in Swiss Prime Site (SPS)’s issuance of green convertible bonds in the aggregate amount
Galderma, a Six-listed, pure-play dermatology category specialist, has entered into a USD 1 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement. In connection with the deal, Advestra represented Galderma, while Baker McKenzie advised a syndicate consisting of twelve
Beazley’s board agreed the terms of a recommended all cash offer by Zurich, for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Beazley. In connection with the transaction, Lenz & Staehelin, working
Nexus Avocats (Nexus) advised fintech company Kredo, a provider of alternative financing solutions for businesses, through completion of its secondary fundraising round. The context Initially based in the French speaking part of Switzerland, the company
Walder Wyss was actively involved in the development of the Enforcement Aid for assessing climate-related claims, published by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) in accordance with the revised Federal Act against Unfair Competition (
On March 2, 2026, Zurich Insurance Group initiated an accelerated bookbuilding offering, leading to the placement of 7,090,909 newly issued shares at an offer price of CHF 550 each, and raising aggregate gross proceeds of approximately CHF 3.9 bn. In
