On 18 August 2020, Valaris (one of the largest oil rig owning companies in the world) filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas with over USD 7 billion of financial debt. Walder Wyss advised with respect
Lenz & Staehelin advised Swissquote on the creation of Yuh, its digital banking joint venture with PostFinance, advised by Walder Wyss. “Yuh” is a new Swiss digital banking application, which makes it possible to carry
The leading global schools group Cognita, whose majority owner is Jacobs Holding, has acquired a majority stake in the Swiss-based Obersee Bilingual School (OBS). With provision from nursery to Matura, OBS bilingually educates currently 375 children
Baker McKenzie advised South Pole Holding on the purchase of 100% of the shares in CO2Logic. CO2Logic SA is active in the areas of trading carbon certificates and providing consultancy services to help its
WisdomTree listed a new physically-backed Ethereum ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange. This listing follows the listing of WisdomTree’s bitcoin (BTC) ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange in December 2019. Lenz & Staehelin assisted WisdomTree with all
Nestlé will acquire, from the US-based global investment firm KKR, core brands of The Bountiful Company for 5.75 billion usd. The transaction includes the high-growth brands Nature’s Bounty, Solgar, Osteo Bi- Flex and Puritan’s
Bank J. Safra Sarasin Group acquired Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Private Banking Business in Hong Kong and Singapore. Walder Wyss advised Bank J. Safra Sarasin as lead counsel on the transaction and on the
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
ISS, a global leading facility services provider, has agreed to sell its Swiss subsidiary ISS Kanal Services AG to the London based private equity firm KLAR Partners. ISS Kanal Services AG is a leading Swiss
Walder Wyss advised the buyer of a majority stake in Fedafin AG, a FINMA recognized rating agency with a broad market base and a provider of issuer and issue ratings for Swiss companies and municipalities.
