Wenger Vieli advised Oaks, an embedded fintech startup, on all Swiss legal matters. The round was led by Atlanics Labs with participation of a set of tier 1 international angels. The funding will allow Oaks to
Walder Wyss is acting as legal counsel to Tradeplus24 (TP24), a Zurich-based FinTech SME lender, on its successful completion of a significant debt financing round, raising CHF 400 million. The funding was secured through a CHF 355
Niederer Kraft Frey advised Nicolas Gonet and Gonet & Cie on the strategic business partnership with Arab Bank (Switzerland). As we have informed here, the new banking group will be a major actor in the
Walder Wyss advised a banking syndicate led by Zürcher Kantonalbank as mandated lead arranger, bookrunner, coordinator and agent on the new CHF 150 million credit facility agreement for Bauwerk Group. With a turnover of around
Zürcher Kantonalbank (‘ZKB’) priced its inaugural CHF 425 m Bail-in Bond issuance. ZKB’s Bail-in Bonds are novel instruments which have been designed and issued on the basis of a new legal framework allowing Cantonal
BianchiSchwald partner Hélène Weidmann (pictured) has been elected as a new member of the Board of Directors of ONE swiss bank. Hélène Weidmann has a strong expertise in the fields of
Credit Suisse and UBS signed a merger agreement, with UBS emerging as the surviving entity. With the combined market capitalization is approximately USD 65 billion, the merger follows negotiations between the two Swiss banks, prompted by
Legal advisors involved in the UBS-Credit Suisse merger: For UBS: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising UBS Group as global transaction counsel. UBS counsel also include Bär & Karrer and Davis Polk. For Credit
Credit Suisse has launched and successfully priced its registered offering of USD 2.5 bn aggregate principal amount of senior notes. The offering consisted of USD 1.25 bn aggregate principal amount of 4.750% senior notes due 2024 and USD 1.25 bn
Credit Suisse has appointed Markus Diethelm (pictured) as its new group general counsel, effective 01 July 2022. He will join the Executive Board and report directly to Credit Suisse Group CEO Thomas Gottstein. Diethelm will be