lic iur Daniel Hayek > Prager Dreifuss AG > Zurich, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile

Prager Dreifuss AG advises investors and companies on financing structures, in particular cross-border project and transaction financing. In addition, the team also represents lenders and borrowers in the negotiations of credit facilities regarding leveraged finance and project finance transactions in the agrochemical, communication, and transport industries. The team is led by Daniel Hayek, who has experience advising major US and German banks in acquisition finance transactions and in the recovery of distressed debt, and Andreas Moll, who specialises in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Urs Bertschinger is an expert in financial market regulation and financial products.

‘Excellent strategist’ Urs Feller helms the Prager Dreifuss AG litigation team, which covers civil and commercial mandates, such as asset recovery and administrative assistance procedures. Feller’s expertise includes contractual and commercial issues, with a notably strong presence in the area of banking, insurance, sanctions and compliance. Daniel Hayek, Christian Casanova and Marcel Frey are other key names to note in the practice.

Prager Dreifuss AG is geared to assist companies with set-ups, restructurings, and contract drafting and negotiations, as well as cross-border relocations. The team also possesses demonstrable expertise in regard to M&A and venture capital transactions. Andreas Moll and Daniel Hayek lead the department; the former is active in the energy and infrastructure realm, while the latter is particularly experienced in M&A, alongside financial and real estate transactions. Guy Deillon is well versed in M&A and private equity transactions.

Prager Dreifuss AG represents banks, hedge funds, and other financial institutions in complex domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings. The team is particularly active in advising clients on arbitration proceedings and global enforcement strategies of arbitral awards that have been rendered. Daniel Hayek has extensive expertise representing creditors in bankruptcy-related litigation, from registering or purchasing claims to enforcement of claims vis-à-vis the bankruptcy administrators. Gion Jegher advises creditors with regards to questions arising from impending insolvencies, whilst Christian Casanova has experience in complex bankruptcy litigation. At the associate level Laura Richenberger, Rahel A. Nedi, and Mark Meili are names to watch.