
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Open friendly informal communication.’
‘Ansgar Schott has a deep understanding of Asset Management and Fund Distribution and is always available on short notice.’
‘In-depth knowledge of local market.'
'Very strong negotiation skills and high availability.’
‘Very diligent on legal and technical details, makes the Baker Zurich team a reliable partner in complex situations / multi-jurisdictional transactions.’
‘Polite and reasonably calm in all - even tense - situations.’
‘Pragmatic and solution-oriented.'
'Extremely dedicated, solution driven and long term relationship focused.'
Key clients
- UBS AG
- UBS Switzerland AG
- Georg Fischer
- Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
- Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG
- Feintool International Holding AG
- Schulthess Maschinen AG
- Coöperatieve Rabobank UA
- Luzerner Kantonalbank AG
- Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Work highlights
- Advised Barclays Bank PLC and Deutsche Bank AG on a $5bn bridge facility agreement for Roche Holdings, Inc. and Roche Finanz AG as borrowers, and with Roche Holding AG as guarantor.
- Advised Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Frankfurt Branch, acting as arrangers, bookrunners ,and original lenders, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, acting as agent, on an $810m term loan facility agreement for Clariant AG and Clariant Finance (Luxembourg) S.A.
- Acted for Luzerner Kantonalbank AG as arranger, agent, security agent, and lender, and other Swiss and Liechtenstein banks as lender, in connection with their EUR150m financing of GarLa AcquiCo AG and its subsidiaries.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Samuel Marbacher; Markus Wolf
Other key lawyers
Lukas Glanzmann; Ansgar Schott