Dr. Alexander von Jeinsen, LL.M.
Partner | Attorney at law (Switzerland & Germany)
B.A. in Economics
T. +41 58 510 92 92 | +41 79 294 63 18
alexander.vonjeinsen@advestra.ch
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Alexander von Jeinsen’s broad practice covers capital markets and financing transactions, M&A transactions, and restructurings.
He has an extensive expertise in advising banks, companies and investors on complex and innovative equity capital markets transactions such as IPOs, capital increases and secondary share placements. In addition, he is frequently retained to advise on debt and hybrid capital markets instruments, including high yield bonds, as well as on the capital markets aspects of using DLT technologies.
Furthermore, Alexander regularly advises on a broad range of debt financing transactions, including syndicated credit agreements, Schuldscheindarlehen, mezzanine loans and cash pooling arrangements. He has vast experience in advising on structured financings, in particular complex acquisition and project financings.
Advising on M&A transaction, particularly investments by private equity investors and in a cross-border context, is another of Alexander’s key competences.
In restructurings, Alexander’s work includes advising on rescue capital increases by listed companies as well as restructurings of credit agreements, bonds and other financing instruments.
Alexander frequently publishes articles in his area of expertise and is repeatedly invited to speak on these topics.
Alexander von Jeinsen is ranked by Chambers for his work in capital markets; IFLR 1000 and Expert Guides feature him as a rising star in the capital markets field. Legal500 rank him among the next generation partners for both banking & finance and capital markets.
Capital Markets
- Advising Credit Suisse and UBS on the IPO of the first Swiss SPAC
- Advising Credit Suisse and Berenberg on the IPO of SKAN
- Advising Goldman Sachs Europe SE, Jefferies and Zürcher Kantonalbank on the rights offering by Meyer Burger
- 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 Jacobs Holding on the placement of 550'000 shares in Barry Callebaut by way of an accelerated bookbuilding
- Advising BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) and J.P. Morgan Securities on the issuance of high yield bonds by the Viking group
Financing
- Advising UBS and other banks on the financings of Gaznat and Gasverbund Mittelland
- Advising InfraVia Capital and Green Datacenter on comprehensive refinancing
- Advising Swiss Prime Site on comprehensive refinancing
- Advising Aebi Schmidt on the financing of the acquisition of Monroe Truck Equipment
- Advising Swisspearl on the financing of the acquisition of Cembrit
- Advising Viseca on comprehensive refinancing
M&A
- Advising Ardian on on the acquisition of a stake in the Mimacom Flowable Group
- Advising GBL on the acquisition of a majority stake in Sanoptis
- Advising LEA Partners on acquisition of Base-Net Informatik
- Advising H.I.G. Capital on the sale of Infinigate to Bridgepoint
- Partner at Advestra (since 2021)
- Attorney at law at Bär & Karrer (2017 -2020)
- Admitted to the Swiss Bar (2020)
- Attorney at law at Hengeler Mueller (Frankfurt) (2014 - 2017)
- Admitted to the German Bar (2014)
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Dr. jur. (2012)
- Columbia University: LL.M. (2011)
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Bachelor in Economics (2010)
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Law Degree (2009)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- German-American Lawyers' Association
- Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung
- European Legal Technology Association
- Fulbright Alumni
- Columbia Alumni
- Alumni of the German National Academic Foundation
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2024 Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann)
- Investing In... 2024, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann, Daniel Raun and Laurent Riedweg)
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2023 Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann)
- Investing In... 2023, Switzerland Chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann, Daniel Raun and Laurent Riedweg)
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2022 Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann)
- Lecturer at the Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Banking and Financial Markets Law, University of Liechtenstein
- SIX publishes revised notice regarding the fulfilment of the disclosure obligations in capital increase transactions and simplified disclosure of lock-up groups, CapLaw No.1/2022 (with Benjamin Leisinger)
- Kotierte Gesellschaften in finanzieller Notlage, 12. Tagung zur Sanierung und Insolvenz von Unternehmen, Zurich, 2 June 2021
- Switzerland: Trends & Developments in Private Equity, Chambers Private Equity 2021 Global Practice Guide (with Beda Kaufmann)
- IPO vs. ICO, Kapitalmarkt - Recht und Transaktionen XIV, Herausgeber: Thomas U. Reutter und Thomas Werlen, 2019
- Switzerland: Initial Public Offerings, Global Legal Group (GLG), Global Legal Insights (GLI), 2019 (with Annette Weber)
- Swiss Federal Council Proposes Revisions to the Legal and Regulatory Framework Governing DLT and Blockchain Applications), 2019 (with Daniel Flühmann)
- Equity Raises for Listed Companies in Financial Distress, IFLR Magazine February/March 2019 (with Daniel Raun)
- Cornerstone Investment in CEVA IPO (Co-Author: Gabriel Flandin), IFLR Magazine July/August 2018
- Die zulässige Laufzeit von Überbrückungskrediten, ZIP - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht, 2016 (with Daniel M. Weiss)
- Der "more economic approach" im europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht: der Ansatz der Europäischen Kommission und die Sicht der Unionsgerichte, Diss., 2013
- German
- English
- All Swiss courts
- All German courts
- Advestra advises LOGEX on the acquisition of INMED
- Advestra advises the shareholders on the sale of hkp///group to Mercer
- Advestra advises UBS Switzerland AG on the bridge financing for R&S Group's acquisition of Kyte Powertech
- 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
- Advestra advises UBS on EUR 300 million rights offering by Swiss Steel
- Advestra advises Viseca on comprehensive refinancing
- Advestra advises on the rights offering by Meyer Burger
- Advestra advises Zürcher Kantonalbank and the other members of the banking syndicate on the CHF 140 million financing provided to u-blox