Annina Hammer, LL.M.
Associate | Attorney at law
T. +41 58 510 92 95 | +41 79 751 18 67
annina.hammer@advestra.ch
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Annina Hammer's practice focuses on M&A, capital market and financing transactions. She also advises companies on general corporate law, including Corporate Governance.
A specific focus of her work lies in advising foreign and domestic private and public companies as well as private equity, venture capital and other investors on acquisitions and disposals, investments, joint ventures and other M&A transactions.
In addition, Annina regularly advises on a broad range of financing transactions, including syndicated credit agreements and cash pooling arrangements as well as on general corporate law matters. Her practice also includes advising banks and issuers on capital market transactions.
M&A
- Advising Viseca on the sale of Contovista
- Advising SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Scholle IPN
- Advising a group of Swiss entrepreneurs on the acquisition of Happyshops
- Advising a Swiss investor group on the acquisition of Geschenkidee.ch GmbH
- Advising the sellers on the sale of Katadyn Group
- Advising Unifiedpost Group on the acquisition of Crossinx
Financing
- Advising Green on comprehensive refinancing
- Advising UBS Switzerland AG, Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. and Basler Kantonalbank on the EUR 200 million financing provided to Gasverbund Mittelland AG
- Advising Swisspearl on the financing of the acquisition of Cembrit
- Advising UBS Switzerland AG and other banks on the comprehensive refinancing of Vantage Education Group
Capital Markets
- Advising Credit Suisse and Berenberg on the IPO of SKAN
- Advising Credit Suisse and UBS on the IPO of the first Swiss SPAC, VT5 Acquisition Company AG
- Advising 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
- Advising the sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner on the placement of CHF 180 million unsecured, subordinated mandatory convertible bonds issued by Peach Property Group AG
- Advising Jacobs Holding on the placement of 550'000 shares in Barry Callebaut in an accelerated bookbuilding
- Associate at Advestra (since 2021)
- Volunteer at an Impact Tech Startup, Sydney (2020)
- University of Sydney: LL.M. (2020)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (2017 – 2019)
- Secondment at Novartis International AG, Legal transactions (2018)
- Admitted to the bar of the Canton of Zurich (2017)
- Junior Associate at Bär & Karrer (2014 – 2015)
- University of Zurich: MLaw (2014)
- Part-time Trainee at a Swiss law firm (2012 – 2014)
- University of Hong Kong: Exchange Semester (2013)
- University of Zurich: BLaw
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
- UZH Alumni
- University of Sydney Alumni
- Lediglich "Punktuelle Anpassungen und Präzisierungen der Bestimmungen zum bedingten Kapital"? Bedingt zutreffend! SZW 3/2021 (with Thomas Reutter)
- Switzerland: Corporate Governance, The Legal 500 & The Inhouse Lawyer, Comparative Legal Guide, 2019 and 2020 (with Urs Kägi and Daniel Raun)
- Deal Watch: Vintage Rodeo Parent, LLC v. Rent-a-Center, Inc. (Co-Author: Urs Kägi), GesKR 2/2019 (wth Urs Kägi)
- Interessenkonflikte – wie hat sich ein Verwaltungsratsmitglied zu verhalten? (conflicts of interest – how do board members have to act?), Schulthess Manager Handbuch 2018/2019, p. 55ff. (with Rolf Watter),
- Commentary on art. 30 FMIA, in: Basler Kommentar zum Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz und Finanzmarktinfrastrukturgesetz, 3rd Edition, Basel 2019, p. 920ff., eds.: Rolf Watter and Rashid Bahar (with Urs Kägi)
- German
- English
- All Swiss courts
- Advestra advises German Equity Partners IV on Sale of Swiss Healthcare Group Uroviva to Affidea
- Advestra advises SIG Group on the bridge financing for its upcoming bonds maturity
- 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 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 medermis on the acquisition of Ästhetik- und Laserzentrum Zürichsee
- Advestra advises Kinarus Therapeutics Holding AG and Curatis AG on the Combination of Their Businesses by Way of Reverse Merger
- Advestra advises the sellers on the sale of a stake in Hauser Group
- Advestra advises a group of Swiss entrepreneurs on the acquisition of SecuSuisse Group