Lenz & Staehelin’s capital markets practice is capable of overseeing a wide array of transactions, from rights offerings and private placements to bond and tokenised securities offerings. Having amassed significant experience in the enforcement of takeovers, Jacques Iffland, head of the Geneva capital markets group, is deeply knowledgeable of capital markets and securities regulations. In Zurich, co-head Patrick Schärli concentrates on equity, equity-linked and debt offerings, while co-head Tino Gaberthüel is heavily involved in takeover matters. Held in high regard by issuers, Patrick Schleiffer is an expert in securities law. Derivatives and structured products are central to François Rayroux’s practice. Ariel Ben Hattar is heavily involved in both transactional and regulatory aspects of capital markets matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The capital markets team from Lenz & Staehelin provided the best market insights and market standards to a client as we are, a Swiss-based, stock-listed company, with limited internal legal capabilities. The team's support in the legal negotiation of capital market transactions/arrangements is absolutely client-focused.’
- ‘Best in class, very knowledgeable, efficient, pragmatic and always available.’
Key clients
- Accelleron Industries Ltd
- Bank of America
- Banque Pictet & Cie
- Bundesverband Deutscher Banken
- Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
- Dealer Managers
- Deutsche Bank
- DeXentra GmbH
- EFET
- GAM Holding
- Geberit
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association
Work highlights
Advised Rieter on its CHF400m rights offering and concurrent CHF77.4m private placement of new shares.
Advised Banque Pictet on a project to tokenize corporate bonds and allocate them to investors in the form of fractions.
Advised the underwriters and dealer managers in the $3.4bn bond offering and $2bn exchange offer of Amrize.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Jacques Iffland; Patrick Schärli; Tino Gaberthüel
Other key lawyers
François Rayroux; Ariel Ben Hattar; Patrick Schleiffer