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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 mio. 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 mio.

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 bn 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 1.5bn 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 200m 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 mio. 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 1.5bn 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 bn

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 Car­Net Man­age­ment to AXA Schweiz

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

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 AG as man­dated lead arranger, agent, front­ing bank and lender on the CHF 300 mil­lion fin­an­cing provided to Gazn­at SA

Advestra advises Ares Man­age­ment Cor­por­a­tion on its add-on invest­ment in Peach Prop­erty Group AG 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) Ltd. and Basler Kan­ton­al­bank on the EUR 200 mil­lion fin­an­cing provided to Gas­ver­bund Mit­tel­land AG

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

Advestra advises Monte Valle Part­ners on the acquis­i­tion of TradeXBank Ltd.

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

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 AG 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 AG

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 AG to Swiss Life

Advestra advises on the first Swiss SPAC IPO 

Advestra advises Swiss Prime Site on com­pre­hens­ive refinancing

Advestra advises a Swiss investor group on the acquis­i­tion of Ges​chen​kidee​.ch GmbH

Advestra advises Zurich on its stra­tegic invest­ment in CARIFY

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 AG

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

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 broker​busi​ness​.ch

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

Advestra advises XP Inc. on stra­tegic invest­ment in OHM Research

Advestra advises 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

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

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 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

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 AG

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!

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