Complex capital markets transactions in
a highly regulated environment demand
expert advice. So too does compliance
with securities law for listed companies
and their shareholders.

Capital Market transactions

We are at the forefront of structuring innovative capital markets transactions and have extensive experience representing issuers and underwriters in domestic and international securities offerings. We provide transactional services as well as specific advice in connection with the issuance of securities and subsequent trading in secondary markets. We are regularly retained by leading investment banks and Swiss public companies to advise them on IPOs, rights offerings, bonds, hybrid and convertible instruments, loss-absorbing and other regulatory instruments, and other securities transactions.

We cover a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on healthcare, industrials, technology, banking and insurance.

Our services include:

• Structuring of all types of capital market transactions
• Drafting of all required contractual, disclosure and corporate documentation in connection with offerings
• Advice to ensure regulatory compliance in connection with offerings
• "Swiss finish" to international issuance programmes with a view to a Swiss listing
• Assistance in the listing process and filing of listing applications with the SIX Swiss Exchange

Listed Companies

A team of specialists advises listed companies and their shareholders on corporate and securities law as well as corporate governance.

Our expertise covers all legal issues that concern listed companies. We have a thorough understanding of these issues based on our longstanding position as a trusted advisor to some of the country's leading companies.

We regularly advise clients on:

• Organisation of shareholders' meetings
• Corporate governance issues
• Securities law and stock exchange regulations, such as ad hoc publicity and the disclosure of management transactions
• Crisis situations, including proxy fights or change of control transactions
• Defence strategies
• Mandatory disclosure of shareholdings and representation in cases of suspected violation
• Compliance programmes
• Regulatory investigations and proceedings before the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Shareholders' rights