Dr. Thomas U. Reutter, LL.M.
Partner | Attorney at Law
lic.oec. HSG
T. +41 58 510 92 80 | +41 79 571 29 87
thomas.reutter@advestra.ch
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Thomas helps clients with their capital market and M&A transactions. He also advises numerous companies in securities and corporate law matters as well as on questions of corporate governance and compensation.
Thomas advises issuers and investment banks on equity capital market transactions such as IPOs, capital increases (e.g. rights issues, ABBs), secondary placements of shares (e.g. blocktrades) or on debt capital market transactions (including hybrid and equity linked transactions). A further focus of his practice is the advise of companies and investors on mergers and acquisitions of listed or privately held companies. In addition, Thomas also advises corporate clients on restructurings and reorganizations, including joint ventures and spin-offs.
Thomas is also a trusted adviser for numerous large and mid cap listed companies on disclosure, ad-hoc, insider and other issues relating to stock exchange and securities regulations and corporate law. He also counsels these companies on questions of corporate governance and compensation.
All relevant ranking agencies list Thomas as a leading lawyer in the areas of M&A and capital markets (Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR 1000). Thomas is editor and author of numerous publications in his areas of expertise. He also acts as Co-editor of Caplaw, the Swiss Capital Market Law Newsletter.
Corporate / M&A
- Advising Glencore, CPP Investments and BCI, as shareholders, in Viterra Ltd.'s business combination with Bunge Ltd
- Advising SIG Combibloc on the acquisition of Pactiv Evergreen's fresh carton business in Asia
- Advising Swiss Re on the sale of Elips Life AG to Swiss Life
- Advising CBRE Investment Management on acquisition of real estate company
- Advising a Swiss investor group on the acquisition of Geschenkidee.ch GmbH
- Advising the sellers on the sale of Katadyn Group
- Advising One Equity Partners on the acquisition of a major stake in Cicor Technologie
- Advising Acushnet on the Acquisition of KJUS
- Advising Temasek on the sale of its stake in Dufry
- Advising Cummins on its Joint Venture with Eaton
Equity Capital Market
- Advising Credit Suisse and UBS on the IPO of the first Swiss SPAC, VT5 Acquisition Company AG
- Advising Credit Suisse and Berenberg on the IPO of SKAN
- Advising the syndicate banks on the placement of shares of Bachem Holding
- Advising Credit Suisse and UBS on the IPO of medmix
- Advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, UBS and Société Générale on the placement of shares of Adecco Group
- Advising J.P. Morgan and the other syndicate banks on Molecular Partners AG's initial public offering in the United States and its listing on NASDAQ
- Advising SIG Combibloc Group as Issuer and Onex as Selling Shareholder on the IPO of SIG and on its Migration from Luxembourg to Switzerland
- Advising CEVA Logistics on its IPO, the anchor investment by CMA CGM and its migration to Switzerland
Debt Capital Market
- Advising Goldman Sachs, UBS and BofA Securities in a combined offering of shares and guaranteed convertible bonds of Zur Rose Group
- 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 Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse AG and Goldman Sachs International in an offering and placement of CHF 600 million senior unsecured convertible bonds of Idorsia
- 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 Swiss Re in the Offering of Senior Exchangeable Notes with Issuer Stock Settlement
- Advising Cembra on its CHF 150'000 AT 1 Bond
- Partner at Advestra (since 2021)
- Partner at Bär & Karrer (2005-2020)
- Associate at Bär & Karrer (2001-2005)
- University of St. Gallen: Dr. iur. (2001)
- Georgetown University: LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation (2001)
- Associate at a Swiss Law Firm (1997-2000)
- Admitted to the Bar of the canton of Zurich (1997)
- Junior Associate at Homburger and further traineeships (1994-1996)
- University of St. Gallen: lic iur. (1994)
- University of St. Gallen and University Bocconi (Milan): lic. oec. (1991)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
Academic publications
- Thomas Reutter
- David Dixter
- arun Natteri Mangadu
- Kristian Sutt
in: GesKR, 1/2024, p. 86 ff
- Thomas Reutter
- Matthias Courvoisier
in: GesKR, 2/2021
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
CSR und Kapitalmarkt
in: Kapitalmarkt – Recht und Transaktionen XV, Herausgeber: Thomas U. Reutter und Thomas Werlen, 2020
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
Wandelanleihen
in: Reutter/Werlen (Ed.), Kapitalmarkt: Recht und Transaktionen XIII, Europainstitut Zürich, 2019, p. 128-156
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
Kurze Einführung in die Unternehmensfinanzierung
in: Schulthess Manager Handbuch, p. 93 - 100, 2017
- Thomas Reutter
Regulierung und Haftung von Proxy Advisern
in: Kapitalmarktrecht - Recht und Transaktionen XI, Europa Institut, Zurich, 2017, p. 244ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Die Vergütung im Voraus: in absurdo nihil obstat
in: GesKR, 2/2016
- Thomas Reutter
- Matthew T. Reiter
The Securities Litigation Review – Switzerland
in: William Savitt (eds.), The Securities Litigation Review, 2016, p. 181-195
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Kommentierung von Art. 11 und 12 Bankengesetz (BankG)
in: Rolf Watter/Nedim Peter Vogt/Thomas Bauer/Christoph Winzeler (Hrsg): Basler Kommentar zum Bankengesetz (BankG), 2nd ed., Basel, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
Kommentierung von Art. 37 Fusionsgesetz (Fusg)
in: Rolf Watter/Nedim Peter Vogt/ Rudolf Tschäni/Daniel Daeniker (Hrsg.), Basler Kommentar zum Fusionsgesetz, 2nd ed., Basel 2014
- Thomas Reutter
Konzerninnenfinanzierung
in: Peter V. Kunz/Oliver Arter/Florian S. Jörg (Hrsg.), Entwicklungen im Gesellschaftsrecht VIII, Bern 2013, p. 201 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Kommentierung von Art. 730, 730a-c, 731 und 731a Obligationenrecht
in: Heinrich Honsell/Nedim Peter Vogt/Rolf Watter (eds.), Basler Kommentar Obligationenrecht II, 4th ed., Basel 2012, p. 1364ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Kommentierung von Art. 1157 - 1186 Obligationenrecht
in: Heinrich Honsell/Nedim Peter Vogt/Rolf Watter (eds.), Basler Kommentar Wertpapierrecht, Basel 2012, p. 483 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Contingent Capital, bedingtes Kapital und Wandlungskapital
in: Thomas U. Reutter/Thomas Werlen (eds.), Kapitalmarkttransaktionen VI, Zurich 2011, p. 25 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
- Katja Roth Pellanda
Kommentierung von Art. 31 BEHG
in: Rolf Watter/Nedim Peter Vogt (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Börsengesetz/Finanzmarktaufsichtsgesetz, 2nd ed., Basel 2010, p. 1078 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Bezugsrechtsemissionen und Alternativen
in: Thomas U. Reutter/Thomas Werlen (eds.), Kapitalmarkttransaktionen IV, Zurich 2009, p. 17 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
- Mariel Hoch
Fusionsgesetzliche Ausgleichsklage und börsenrechtliche Preisvorschriften – Auflösung eines Normwiderspruchs
in: Nedim P. Vogt/Eric Stupp/Dieter Dubs (Hrsg.), Unternehmen - Transaktion - Recht - Liber Amicorum für Rolf Watter, Zurich/St. Gallen 2008, p. 381 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
- Rolf Watter
Kommentierung von Art. 37 Fusionsgesetz
in: Rolf Watter/Nedim Peter Vogt/ Rudolf Tschäni/Daniel Daeniker (eds.), Basler Kommentar zum Fusionsgesetz, Basel 2005
- Thomas Reutter
- Urs Brügger
Ein neues Kapitel: Die Regulierung von Emittenten
in: Peter Nobel (Hrsg.) Internationales Gesellschaftsrecht, Bern 2004, 99 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
- Rolf Watter
Rechtsprobleme beim IPO
in: Rolf Watter (ed.), Rechtsfragen beim Bösengang von Unternehmen - Europa Institut Zürich, Volume 36, Zurich 2002, p. 1 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Das bedingte Übernahmeangebot
Diss., Zurich 2001
Newsletters and trade publications
- Thomas Reutter
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2025-18, 2025
- Thomas Reutter
- Sandro Fehlmann
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2024-81, 2024
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
Reflections on the 2024 AGM Season – Lessons Learned from the first Votes on ESG Reporting
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2024-36, 2024
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
- Philippe Weber
Trends of the 2023 AGM Season
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2023-12, 2023
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2023-03, 2023
- Rashid Bahar
- Thomas Reutter
in: CapLaw, 48/2021
- Thomas Reutter
- Ralph Malacrida
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2021-57, 2021
- Thomas Reutter
- Annina Hammer
Lediglich "Punktuelle Anpassungen und Präzisierungen der Bestimmungen zum bedingten Kapital"? Bedingt zutreffend!
in: SZW, 3/2021
- Thomas Reutter
- Thomas Reutter
A new proxy adviser regulation in Switzerland?
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2020-24, 2020
- Thomas Reutter
- Thomas Reutter
- Patrick Förg
The New Swiss Prospectus Regime - What You as an IPO Candidate Need to Know, "Going Public" Publications
in: SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd, Zurich, November 2019
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
Popular Initiative on Responsible Enterprises: Switzerland's Long Arm on Subject Enterprises
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2019-14, 2019
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Flühmann
Switzerland: Initial coin offerings
in: International Financial Law Review (IFLR), October 2017
- Thomas Reutter
- Frédéric Mancosu
EU Shareholder Rights Directive: Action required for Switzerland?
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2016-43, 2016
- Thomas Reutter
- Annette Weber
Capital "On Demand": Equity Lines / Shares Subscription Facilities for Swiss Listed Companies
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2016-18, 2016
- Thomas Reutter
Is a Regulation of Proxy Advisers needed in Switzerland?
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2015-16, 2015
- Thomas Reutter
SIX overhauls regulatory standards for listing
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2015-1, 2015
- Thomas Reutter
- Mariel Hoch
The New Rules on Delisting in Practice
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2014-22, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Prohibited Compensation Payments under the Minder Ordinance (VegüV)
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2014-3, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Alternatives and Trends on the Binding Vote on "Say on pay"
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2014-2, 2014
- Rashid Bahar
- Thomas Reutter
Reshaping the future - An analysis of the draft bills of a Financial Services Act (FIDLEG) and Financial Institutions Act (FINIG)
in: IFLR, 2014
- Thomas Reutter
- Vanessa Blackmore
Getting to Grips with the new EU Securities Law Regime - Considerations for Non-EU Issuers
in: Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2013, p. 445 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Swiss People to Vote on Caps on Executive Compensation
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, Caplaw-2013-27, 2013
- Thomas Reutter
The Purchase of Own Shares Outside a Parallel Buyback Offer - The Decision of the Takeover Board in re Absolute Invest
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2013-4, 2013
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Capital Raising in Light of "Too Big to Fail": the Swiss Government's View
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-11, 2011
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
When Is a Concurrent Tender Offer a Competing Tender Offer?
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-35, 2011
- Thomas Reutter
- Daniel Raun
Update: Revision of Banking Act in Light of "Too Big to Fail"- the Swiss Parliament's View
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2011-46, 2011
- Thomas Reutter
- Flavio Lardelli
Break Fees in Public Tender Offers
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw 2010-64, 2010
- Thomas Reutter
- Roland Truffer
The Interim Report of the Commission of Experts on the "Too Big To Fail" Problem: Reading the Tea Leaves
in: Swiss Capital Markets Law, CapLaw-2010-45, 2010
- Thomas Reutter
- Flavio Lardelli
Employee Options in Takeover Proceedings
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, CapLaw-2010-28, 2010
- Thomas Reutter
The Impact of the New Intermediated Securities Regime on Capital Market Regime on Capital Market Transactions
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2010-2, 2010
- Thomas Reutter
- René Bösch
- Philippe Weber
The SIX Swiss Exchange implements new Regulations governing the Listing on the Swiss Exchange
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2009-39, 2009
- Thomas Reutter
Takeover Board clarifies permissible Offer Consideration in Voluntary Bids
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2009-16, 2009
- Thomas Reutter
Swiss Takeover Regime Overhauled
in: Swiss Capital Market Law, Caplaw-2009-04, 2009
- Thomas Reutter
Auswirkungen neuer EU-Richtlinien auf Kapitalmarkttransaktionen schweizerischer Emittenten
in: Kapitalmarkttransaktionen, Europainstitut , Zurich 2006
- Thomas Reutter
Bezugsrechte, Festübernahme und Übernahmevertrag
in: Der Schweizer Treuhänder (Expert Suisse), 2006, p. 44 ff.
- Thomas Reutter
EU-Aufsicht für schweizerische Gesellschaften?
in: NZZ, 4 October 2004, no. 240, p. 31
- Thomas Reutter
Der lange Arm des US-Kapitalmarktrechtes
in: NZZ, 12 October 2001
- Thomas Reutter
- Eric Hayman
Bedingtes Kapital für Mitarbeiteroptionen
in: Der Schweizer Treuhänder (Expert Suisse), 8/2000, 781ff.
- Thomas Reutter
Das öffentliche Kaufangebot nach Art. 2 lit. e BEHG
in: Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP), 1999, p. 1093 ff.
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