The advisors on Mageba Group’s refinancing
Swiss-based Mageba Group completed a refinancing operation via a syndicated loan with a banking consortium led by UBS Switzerland.
In connection with the deal, Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) advised UBS Switzerland, as well as the other members of the banking syndicate, while a cross-border Baker McKenzie team, led by Baker McKenzie Switzerland, represented Mageba Group.
About Mageba Group
Headquartered in Switzerland, Mageba Group is a globally active supplier of structural bearings, expansion joints, seismic protection devices, and structural monitoring systems for infrastructure, building, and industrial projects.
The NKF team
Partners Adrian Koller (pictured right) and Philip Spoerlé (pictured left) led the NKF transactions team on the matter, working alongside junior associate Selim Tisli.
The Baker McKenzie team

Zurich-based partners Lukas Glanzmann (banking & finance, pictured left) and Alexander Fischer (corporate/M&A, pictured right) led the Baker McKenzie team, working alongside associates Sammy Guidoum (banking & finance) and Ivan Tomic (banking & finance), counsel Andrea Bolliger (tax) and associate Benedikt Rutscheidt (corporate/M&A), as well as trainee lawyers Valentina Biland and Gian-Marc Perren.
The firm’s broader team also included Budapest-based partnerJózsef Vági and associate Andrea Weinraub (both banking & finance), Frankfurt-based partner Oliver Socher, counsel Silke Fritz and associate Frieso Eilers (all banking & finance), as well as Prague-based partner Libor Basl, associate Petr Vojtech and associate Daniel Fries (all banking & finance). Moreover, partner Bryan Paisley (banking & finance), associates William Owen (corporate), Michael McPherson (M&A), and Andrew Vesperman (banking & finance) as well as of counsel Lisa Mazor (banking & finance) also contributed to the effort from Baker McKenzie Australia.