Homburger acted as counsel to SMBC Group in its capacity as documentation agent in connection with an English law-governed JPY 42,000 m (around CHF 250 m) sustainability-linked Samurai loan with Axpo Holding AG as borrower and an international syndicate of banks as lenders for the financing of Axpo's business development in fields such as renewable energy in Switzerland and abroad.

The Homburger team comprised Jürg Frick and Nathalie Scherrer (both Financing and Investment Products) and Stefan Oesterhelt (Tax).