Lenz & Staehelin has successfully defended Swiss telecom provider Swisscom, in a competition law investigation. The context The investigation pivoted around the case by which Swisscom had charged too high prices in various tenders for
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Lenz & Staehelin advised BNP Paribas on the Swiss merger filing concerning BNP Paribas Cardif’s acquisition of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). BNP Paribas Cardif is the insurance subsidiary of BNP Paribas. The transaction,
Lenz & Staehelin advised the shareholders of Fire System, a Swiss fire safety solutions specialist, on their strategic partnership with Trajan Capital, a French private equity firm specialised in supporting entrepreneurs and mid-sized companies. The
Winterthur-based Rieter – a globally active supplier of systems for manufacturing yarn – has closed a CHF 750 million syndicated financing. The syndicate behind the operation included UBS Switzerland and Zürcher Kantonalbank, as well as a group
Lenz & Staehelin advised software and cloud solutions provider SoftwareOne throughout closing of a CHF 1.26 billion syndicated financing, with Niederer Kraft Frey representing the lenders. The syndicate arranging the operation included BNP Paribas, UBS Switzerland,
Lenz & Staehelin represented Samsung Bioepis – part of the Samsung Bioepis group, the developer of the biosimilar Pyzchiva – in a patent nullity proceedings before the Swiss Federal Patent Court. On 12 August 2025, the Court upheld a
KKCG sold a 4.27% stake in Allwyn to J&T Arch Investments Sicav, an investor fund listed on the Prague Stock Exchange. In connection with the deal, Schellenberg Wittmer – alongside A&O Shearman – advised
Homburger advised Swarovski International Holding and its subsidiaries on an up to EUR 550 m financing. In connection with the transaction, Lenz & Staehelin advised the lenders. The banking support UBS Switzerland acted as coordinating and
Lenz & Staehelin advised iShares – an ETF provider managed by BlackRock – on the listing of its iShares Bitcoin ETP on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The product in question serves investors with an exchange-traded exposure to
Lenz & Staehelin advised Banque Pictet & Cie on the successful conclusion of a joint pilot project with SIX. The project The project entailed the tokenization of corporate debt instruments as well as the allocation
