Full-service firm Lenz & Staehelin ‘boasts a wealth of experience’ in all banking and finance matters including refinancing transactions, sustainability-linked financings, acquisition financings, growth company financings, and financial restructurings as well as regulatory matters, fintech work, and issuing legal opinions. Practice head Marcel Tranchet has extensive expertise in syndicated financings, bond offerings, and derivatives. Structured and lease finance specialist Patrick Hünerwadel has a broad regulatory practice with a focus on financial institutions and financial market infrastructures. Patrick Schleiffer has a special focus on financial market law and financial services regulation. Martin Burkhardt is an expert on banking-related disputes.

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Testimonials

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‘Best in class, outstanding.’
‘Marcel Tranchet is the best finance lawyer in the Swiss market.’
‘Lenz & Staehelin combines expertise from all areas of business law into high quality, effective advice. Their banking and finance practice boasts a wealth of experience on legal topics combined with relevant insights on commercial aspects and market practice.’
‘The collaboration with Beat Kühni and his team is highly efficient, and their advice is always to the point and very helpful. He has an in-depth understanding of our industry and broad knowledge and experience on scale-up companies in general.’
‘The team is well established in the market, knows applicable standards and advises in a business-oriented manner.’
‘Marcel Tranchet is responsive and strong. We appreciate the effective and pragmatic approach.’
‘Excellent practitioners with deep technical and commercial understandings.’
‘Marcel Tranchet is a very skilled lawyer and a tough negotiator.’

Key clients

ABN AMRO
Amundi Suisse SA
Ares Life Sciences / Waypoint
Aviva Investors Global Services
Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA
Banque Syz SA
BNP Paribas Group
BlackRock
Barclays Bank
Citibank Group
Clariant
Crédit Agricole
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Edmond de Rothschild Group
Equistone Partners
Fidelity
Goldman Sachs
Hilti
HSBC
INEOS
ING Bank
ISDA
Banco Itau
J.P. Morgan
LafargeHolcim
Macquarie Group
New York Digital Investment Group
Nomura
ODDHO BHF
On Holding
OROX Asset Management
Pargesa Holding SA
Pensionskasse SBB
Pictet Group
PIMCO
Rabobank
Raiffeisen Bank
REHAU
REYL Intesa Sanpaolo
Saxobank
SIX Swiss Exchange
Société Générale
SoftwareONE
Stadler Rail
Stratéo
Swissquote Bank SA
UBP
UBS
Unigestion S.A.
Vanguard
Varo
VTG Aktiengesellschaft

Work highlights

Facilitated the On Group's inaugural syndicated bank debt financing.
Acted as lead counsel to the Stadler Rail Group in a CHF 2.8 billion multicurrency credit facilities agreement with an international syndicate of banks.
Representing the Sika Group in the financing of the CHF 5.5 billion acquisition financing of the MBCC Group.

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