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Advestra advises on the IPO of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Holding

Advestra advised SGS on its placement of EUR 1 billion bonds

Swiss Bond Guide

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG, Zürcher Kantonalbank and the banking syndicate on the CHF 750 million financing for Rieter Holding

Advestra advises the shareholders of Viterra Limited in the merger with Bunge Global

Advestra advises EvlaBio on its EUR 21 million seed financing round

Advestra advises Easyfairs International SA on the acquisition of SOHO HOLDING SA

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG on the financing provided to Vision Group in connection with Vision Group's merger with LensOnline Group

Advestra advised the banking syndicate on the placement of EUR 500 million guaranteed bonds by SIX Group

Blackout Periods among SLI Companies – A Brief Survey

Advestra advises UBS, Bank of America, Zürcher Kantonalbank and the other members of the banking syndicate on DocMorris' rights offering

Advestra advises UBS comprehensively on the debt and equity financing of Rieter’s acquisition of OC Oerlikon’s Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers

Advestra advises Amboro Capital GmbH on the formation and structuring of a Swiss-based Search Mandate Structure (inspired by search funds set up in other jurisdictions)

Advestra advises German Equity Partners IV on Sale of Swiss Healthcare Group Uroviva to Affidea

Advestra advises Banque Cantonale de Genève on its inaugural EUR-Bonds of EUR 500 million

Advestra advised Sandoz on the combined issuance of EUR 500 million bonds and CHF 400 million bonds in aggregate

Advestra advises medermis clinics on its strategic partnership with Hautwerk

Advestra advises Galderma on its inaugural EUR 500 Million bonds and its Dual Tranche of CHF 435 Million bonds

Advestra advises SIG Group on the placement of EUR Bonds in the amount of EUR 625 million

Advestra advises Breitling on the acquisition of Gallet

Advestra advises Xylem Inc. on the acquisition of Heusser Water Solutions AG

Advestra advises SIG Group on the bridge financing for its upcoming bonds maturity

Advestra advises Barry Callebaut on the placement of EUR-Bonds in the amount of EUR 1.75 billion

Advestra advises on the IPO of BioVersys

Advestra advises the founders of Supercar Owners Circle on its acquisition by duPont REGISTRY Group LLC

Advestra advises Salt on its High-Yield Bond Offering and New Term Loan Facility

Advestra advises Barry Callebaut on the placement of CHF 300 million bonds

Advestra advises the initial purchasers and RCF lenders on the financing of the acquisition of SO.MA.CI.S. by Bain Capital and of AT&S Korea by SO.MA.CI.S.

Advestra advises One Equity Partners on the public tender offer for Cicor Technologies

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG and the banking syndicate on the CHF 160 million take-out financing and the CHF 30 million revolving credit facility for R&S Group

Advestra advises Aebi Schmidt on its financing in the context of its merger with The Shyft Group

Advestra advises LPSO Holding on the public tender offer for Orascom Development Holding

Advestra advises SGS on the acquisition of CertX

Advestra advises Zürcher Kantonalbank and the other members of the banking syndicate on the CHF 155 million financing provided to Grand Resort Bad Ragaz

Advestra advises Liberta Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Avenir

Advestra advises Viseca on the placement of bonds

Advestra advises MIGx Management and Shareholders on a Partnership with GREENPEAK Partners

Advestra advises LOGEX on the acquisition of INMED

Advestra advises Swiss Re on the sale of iptiQ's European Property and Casualty insurance business to Allianz Direct

Advestra advises the shareholders on the sale of hkp///group to Mercer

Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of IntiQuan AG to ProductLife Group

Advestra advises ENR Russia Invest SA on the public tender offer of its majority shareholder Valartis

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG on the bridge financing for R&S Group's acquisition of Kyte Powertech

Advestra advises eMolecules Inc. and Avista Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of Synple Chem AG

Advestra advises Novartis on its USD 3.7 billion notes

Advestra advises Sandoz on the issuance of EUR 600 million bonds

Advestra advises Bregal on the acquisition of Communardo Group

Advestra advises Galderma on its inaugural bonds in the aggregate principal amount of CHF 500 million

SIX Exchange Regulation publishes the Guideline on the revised Directive on Regular Reporting Obligations

Advestra advises Verium on its investment in Lynus

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG and the other members of the banking syndicate on the EUR 200 million financing of Swixx Biopharma’s acquisition of Laboratorios Biopas

Advestra advises Emmi on the CHF 700 million bridge financing for the acquisition of Mademoiselle Desserts Group

Advestra advises Liberta Partners on the acquisition of DeinDeal

The Federal Council Proposes More Stringent Rules on Sustainability Reporting to Align with EU Law

Advestra advises Sequotech on its strategic partnership with EVOK

Advestra advises Novartis on the issuance of CHF 2.2 billion bonds

Advestra advises Barry Callebaut on the placement of CHF bonds in the amount of CHF 730 million and Eurobonds in the amount of EUR 700 million

Advestra advises Viseca on the placement of bonds

Advestra advises Wille Finance on its anchor investment in SwissComply

Advestra advises BNP Paribas and the banking syndicate on the placement of EUR 1.5 billion bonds of Roche

Advestra advises UBS on EUR 300 million rights offering by Swiss Steel

Advestra advises Cactus Life Sciences on the acquisition of nspm and eluSCIdate

Advestra advises Goldman Sachs and UBS on the placement of CHF 200 million convertible bonds due 2029 and the public repurchase offer for outstanding convertible bonds due 2025 of DocMorris

Advestra advises Viseca on comprehensive refinancing

Advestra advises medermis on the acquisition of Ästhetik- und Laserzentrum Zürichsee

Advestra advises on the rights offering by Meyer Burger

Advestra advises funds affiliated with Perceptive Advisors on the launch of Neurosterix

Advestra advises Zürcher Kantonalbank and the other members of the banking syndicate on the CHF 140 million financing provided to u-blox

Advestra advises Swiss Prime Site on the placement of bonds

Advestra advises Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG and Curatis AG on the Combination of Their Businesses by Way of Reverse Merger

The Federal Council enacts the legal basis for the new L-QIF fund product

Advestra advises Barry Callebaut on the placement of CHF 600 million inaugural bonds

Sustainability report and shareholder meeting: Q&A

The Swiss Federal Council publishes the draft bill and dispatch on the Swiss Investment Screening Act

Advestra advises on the first Swiss De-SPAC

Advestra advises HSBC, Morgan Stanley, UBS and the other members of the banking syndicate on the rights offering and the high-yield bonds of ams-OSRAM

Advestra advises Breitling on the acquisition of Universal Genève

Advestra advises KPIT on its strategic investment in AirConsole

Advestra advised the banking syndicate on the placement of EUR 1.5 billion bonds of Roche

From defense to shareholder engagement and response manual

Advestra advises Lonza on the placement of bonds

Advestra advises Sandoz on the placement of inaugural bonds in the equivalent of CHF 2.65 billion

Advestra advises Andermatt Swiss Alps on its refinancing

Advestra advises Will Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Shanghai on its GDR offering and listing on SIX Swiss Exchange

SIX Exchange Regulation revises the rules on the disclosure of management transactions and ad hoc publicity

Advestra advises Viseca on the placement of bonds

Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of a stake in Hauser Group

Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of CarNet Management to AXA Schweiz

Advestra advises the shareholders of RMB Group on the strategic partnership with eevolve

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG and the other members of the banking syndicate on financing for the acquisition of the Kanalservice Group by funds advised by Ufenau

Advestra advises Marc O'Polo on the acquisition of the Swiss business from distribution partner Bollag-Guggenheim

Swiss Federal Council Publishes Draft Bill for Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities

Advestra advises Financial Services Software Group on the acquisition of a stake in K&W Software

Advestra advises Zürcher Kantonalbank and the other members of the banking syndicate on the CHF 250 million financing provided to Rieter

Advestra advises Salt on its high yield bond offering

Advestra advises Catalyst Pharmaceuticals on license to vamorolone and equity investment in Santhera Pharmaceuticals

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG and the other members of the banking syndicate on the EUR 250 million financing provided to Gasverbund Mittelland AG

Advestra advises a group of Swiss entrepreneurs on the acquisition of SecuSuisse Group

Advestra advises Swiss Prime Site on the placement of convertible loan notes

Advestra advises Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO and J.P. Morgan on the ABB of DSM-Firmenich

Advestra advises Ironwood on the cash tender offer for VectivBio

Advestra advises Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and ZKB on the placement of green guaranteed senior unsecured convertible bonds of Meyer Burger

Advestra advises Orascom Development Holding on its rights offering

Advestra advises Ardian on the acquisition of a stake in the Mimacom Flowable Group

Advestra wins "Deal of the Year": Equity at the 2023 IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards

Advestra advises on the placement of shares of Bachem Holding

Advestra advises on the combination of GEM Consulting with Horn & Company

Advestra advises Altor on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in VTU Group GmbH

Advestra advises Lonza on the Placement of bonds

The revised Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance - clamped between corporate law and proxy guidelines?

Advestra advises FMA Group on the acquisition of NOX

Proxy advisors guidelines for the 2023 AGM season: an overview

Andreas Hinsen joins Advestra as partner

Advestra advises Shift4 on the acquisition of SecurionPay

Advestra advises a group of finance parties on the refinancing of certain debt and on the provision of USD 400 million in new capital for Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated

Advestra advises Patrimonium on refinancing of BOGNER

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, agent, fronting bank and lender on the CHF 300 million financing provided to Gaznat

Advestra advises Ares Management Corporation on its add-on investment in Peach Property Group by subscribing for CHF 50 million mandatory convertible bonds

Advestra advises Green on comprehensive refinancing

Advestra advises on pre-IPO private placement by ABB E-mobility

Advestra advises on the rights offering by Meyer Burger

Advestra advises PANOLIN on the sale of its ECL business to Shell

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG, Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG and Basler Kantonalbank on the EUR 200 million financing provided to Gasverbund Mittelland

Advestra advises Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co. on its GDR offering and listing on SIX Swiss Exchange

Advestra advises Monte Valle Partners on the acquisition of TradeXBank

Advestra advises the banking syndicate on the GDR offering and listing on SIX Swiss Exchange of Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co.

Advestra advises Goldman Sachs, UBS and BofA Securities in a combined offering of shares and guaranteed convertible bonds of Zur Rose Group

Advestra advises Société Générale on financing of locomotives for SBB Cargo

Advestra advises Gnothis on financing rounds

Advestra advises Keda Industrial Group and Ningbo Shanshan on their GDR offerings and listings on SIX Swiss Exchange

M&A activity in the Swiss wealth management industry - does FinIA herald a new era?

The University of Geneva appoints Rashid Bahar as vice-dean and study director of the CAS FinReg

Advestra advises Swisspearl on the financing of the acquisition of Cembrit

Advestra advises UBS Switzerland and other banks on the comprehensive refinancing of Vantage Education Group

Advestra advises on the IPO of EPIC Suisse

Advestra advises on the placement of shares of SIG Group

Advestra advises Viseca on the sale of Contovista

Insurance restructurings under the revised Swiss Insurance Supervisory Act and the draft EU Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive: Some observations

Advestra advises GBL on the acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis

Advestra advises a group of Swiss entrepreneurs on the acquisition of Happyshops

Advestra advises Andermatt Swiss Alps on investment by Vail Resorts

Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of 1plusX to TripleLift

Advestra advises Körber on the acquisition of Siemens Logistics' mail and parcel business

Advestra advises Xlife Sciences - the first issuer to list on the SIX Swiss Exchange Sparks segment

Advestra advises Patrimonium and Credit Suisse on financing the acquisition of Dietzgen Corporation by Sihl

Advestra advises SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Scholle IPN

Main changes for the upcoming AGM season set by Proxy Advisors

Advestra advises SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen’s fresh carton business in Asia

Advestra advises CBRE Investment Management on acquisition of real estate company

Advestra advises Swiss Re on the sale of Elips Life to Swiss Life

Advestra advises on the first Swiss SPAC IPO

Advestra advises Swiss Prime Site on comprehensive refinancing

Advestra advises Zurich on its strategic investment in CARIFY

Advestra advises a Swiss investor group on the acquisition of Geschenkidee.ch GmbH

Advestra advises ABB on its strategic investment in Sevensense Robotics

Advestra advises Cembra Money Bank on the placement of senior unsecured bonds

Advestra advises Outbrain Inc. on the acquisition of video intelligence

Advestra advises Falcon Private AG on the sale of its shares in Falcon Private Wealth Limited to ONE swiss bank

Advestra advises Aebi Schmidt on the financing of the acquisition of Monroe Truck Equipment

New SIX Directive on the listing of SPACs

Advestra advises LEA Partners on acquisition of Base-Net Informatik

Advestra advises on the IPO of SKAN

Advestra advises on the placement of shares of Bachem Holding

Advestra advises Viseca on comprehensive refinancing

Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of Katadyn Group

Advestra advises on the IPO of medmix

The Remuneration of insurance intermediaries under the revised Insurance Supervisory Act

Pending revisions of the Insurance Supervisory Act and the Banking Act: Regulatory trends and effects for customers

Advestra advises Zurich on the establishment of its own service company

Advestra advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, UBS and Société Générale on the placement of shares of Adecco Group

Advestra advises Zurich on strategic investment in insurtech start-up brokerbusiness.ch

Debt-equity swaps: will all convertible loan and bond investors in Switzerland soon be required to publicly disclose their identity?

Advestra advises XP on strategic investment in OHM Research

Advestra advises XP on the sale of its Swiss private investment and wealth management business

Advestra advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs International in an offering and placement of CHF 600 million senior unsecured convertible bonds of Idorsia

Advestra advises One Equity Partners on the acquisition of a major stake in Cicor Technologies

Advestra advises Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and ZKB in a combined offering on the placement of shares and EUR 145 million green guaranteed senior unsecured convertible bonds of Meyer Burger

Beda Kaufmann joins Advestra as partner

Advestra advises the sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner on the placement of CHF 180 million unsecured, subordinated mandatory convertible bonds issued by Peach Property Group

Advestra advises J.P. Morgan and the other syndicate banks on Molecular Partners’ initial public offering in the United States and its listing on NASDAQ

The capital band – proposal and discussion of a clause in the articles of association

Advestra advises Jacobs Holding on the placement of 550,000 shares in Barry Callebaut in an accelerated bookbuilding

Advestra advises Swiss Re on the update of its USD 10 billion debt issuance program

Advestra advises fintech company Unifiedpost Group on acquisition of Crossinx

Revision of the rules on ad hoc publicity: a closer look and Q&A

Advestra advises bob Finance with respect to the Cooperation between PostFinance and bob Finance for the Launch of the PostFinance personal loan

Real estate financing through SPV-issued capital market instruments

PIPE transactions for acquisition finance in Swiss listed companies – recent cases and structuring considerations

Advestra advises H.I.G. Capital on the sale of Infinigate to Bridgepoint

Advestra advises SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of its Middle East joint venture companies

Advestra advises TALLY WEiJL in connection with a capital increase and the realignment of its corporate governance

Advestra partner Alexander von Jeinsen among the winners of the IFLR Rising Star Awards 2020 Europe

Overview of the main trends for the general meeting season 2021

Advestra officially launches its practice!