Standard Chartered has hired the World Bank’s legal leader Sandie Okoro (pictured) as its next general counsel, replacing David Fein who retired from the role at the end of 2021. Following his retirement, Fein joined
Occlutech Holding, a specialist provider of minimally invasive structural heart disease devices, addressing congenital heart defects, stroke prevention and heart failure, has successfully completed a private placement of Swedish Depositary Receipts (SDRs) worth SEK 450 million (
Start-up desk MLLStart! advised Clinical Research Ventures (CR Ventures), a global life-science investor with a focus on companies entering Phase I or II clinical trials based in Boston, USA, in its investment in Adiposs, a
Berner Kantonalbank has successfully completed the placement of CHF 200 m 0.85 per cent. Tier 2 bonds. Zürcher Kantonalbank acted as Structuring Advisor and Lead Manager and Berner Kantonalbank acted as Co-Manager. The bonds will be listed
Quaestor Coach, an independent private equity group specialising in a buy-and-build in discretionary wealth management, has entered the Swiss market and has acquired Diem Client Partner, a Zurich-based independent wealth management boutique for high-net-worth individuals
DDM Group has acquired Swiss Bankers Prepaid Services, the Swiss market leader for prepaid cards. DDM Group, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, operates as an active investor and partner for financial institutions in Europe including acquisitions
Pestalozzi advises Pactiv Evergreen Inc., a Nasdaq listed company and specialists in the packaging and filling industry, in the sale by one of its carton packaging and filling machinery subsidiaries in China, Korea and Taiwan
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Santhera Pharmaceuticals regarding an exclusive license agreement for the Greater China Region with Sperogenix Therapeutics, a China-based company specialising in orphan diseases. Under this agreement, Sperogenix will in-license the drug candidate Vamorolone
Sequotech Group, a Swiss group of specialized IT services companies, has acquired Uditis, a company also active in the domain of information systems. The acquisition of Uditis will allow the group to further expand its
Walder Wyss announced the appointment of Simone Wetzstein and Martin Zobl (both pictured above) as partners in the firm, effective from 1st of January, 2022. Simone Wetzstein is a partner in the Employment Law Team. She
