Fabio Elsener
Schellenberg Wittmer LtdPhilippe Borens and Tarek Houdrouge head up the comprehensive capital markets offering at Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd, which routinely operates for clients that are active across financial services, energy, and IT sectors with regards to exchange-traded derivatives, public takeovers, and the issuance of structured products. Borens enjoys a wide-ranging set of skills, encompassing bonds and notes issues, hedge funds, and regulatory issues, while Houdrouge possesses considerable transactional expertise across banking and finance and capital markets. Olivier Favre is highly experienced in relation to an array of financing transactions, and Lorenzo Olgiati is a solid choice for publicly listed companies who require assistance with corporate governance and ESG issues.
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Key clients
- BNP Paribas
- Bank Reichmuth
- AXA Life Ltd
- Barclays Bank PLC
- First Quantum Minerals
- Schroder & Co Bank
- Ams-OSRAM AG
- Bank Vontobel
- Raiffeisen Switzerland
- Spice Private Equity Ltd
- Deutsche Bank
- Zurich Kantonalbank, Zurich
- Credit Suisse AG
- UBS AG
- InRoll AG
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association
- Futures Industry Association
- Swiss Bankers Association
- China Construction Bank
- Leonteq Securities AG
- Standard Chartered
- Helvetische Bank AG
- Bauwerk Boen AG
- Reuss Private Group AG
- Mirabaud Asset Management
- REYL & Cie SA
- PIERER Mobility AG
- Technogroup IT Services AG
- OC Oerlikon Corporation Pfäffikon
- Conforama Suisse SA
- Brera Partners Switzerland AG
- CAT Financial Products Ltd.
- Avaloq Group
- Julius Baer Group
- Asker Healthcare Group
Work highlights
- Acted as co-counsel for Sosei Heptares on its acquisition of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd's pharmaceuticals business in Japan and APAC.
- Acted as Swiss counsel to SPRIM Global Investments, a health sciences venture capital firm, in its USD capital commitment in favour of Spexis AG.
- Advises BNP Paribas SA on CHF410m notes issued by EnBW.
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Philippe Borens, Tarek Houdrouge