Capital Markets

Financial Market Regulation

Corporate / M&A

Crisis Management

Competition

Credit Suisse

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On March 19, 2023, Credit Suisse announced that Credit Suisse and UBS have entered into a merger agreement following the intervention of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. UBS will be the surviving entity upon closing of the merger transaction. Homburger advised Credit Suisse on boardroom matters, contingency planning, transactional options, bank regulatory and corporate law aspects in connection with the various measures to support its liquidity situation and the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS.
The Homburger team was led by Daniel Daeniker (Corporate / M&amp;A), Benjamin Leisinger (Capital Markets and Financial Market Regulation) and Claude Lambert (Corporate / M&amp;A), and included Dieter Gericke (Corporate / M&amp;A), Flavio Romerio (Crisis Management), Hansjürg Appenzeller (Corporate / M&amp;A), Richard Stäuber (Competition), as well as associates Alexander Wherlock, Vanessa Isler, Daniel Hulmann, Manuel Baschung and Sofiya Shavlak (all Financial Market Regulation) and Magda Aref (Corporate / M&amp;A).

Homburger advised Credit Suisse on various aspects in connection with the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS

IP / IT

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On December 22, 2022, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO), a global out-of-home advertising company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Swiss business to Goldbach Group AG, an affiliate of TX Group AG, for CHF 86.0 m.
Homburger advises Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. with regard to all Swiss legal aspects of this transaction. The Homburger team is led by Daniel Hasler and comprises Andrea Grimm Widmer and Magda Aref (all Corporate / M&amp;A), Gregor Bühler and Philippe Baumann (both IP / IT), Richard Stäuber and Allegra Arnold (both Competition) and Peter Müller (Tax).

Homburger advises Clear Channel on the sale of its Swiss business to TX Group

Financing and Investment Products

Meyer Burger

On November 11, 2022, Meyer Burger Technology AG (SIX: MBTN) (Meyer Burger) announced that it had successfully closed a rights offering, raising gross proceeds of CHF 250 m. As part of the transaction, existing shareholders of Meyer Burger were offered rights to subscribe for new shares at an offer price of CHF 0.267 per new share. New shares in respect of which subscription rights had not been exercised were placed in a rump placement. With the net proceeds from the offering, Meyer Burger primarily intends to finance the planned expansion of production capacity for its photovoltaic module production in Germany and the United States.
Homburger AG acted as legal counsel to Meyer Burger on this transaction. The Homburger team was led by Dieter Gericke and Lorenzo Togni (both Corporate / M&amp;A, Equity Capital Markets) and included Estelle Piccard, Jasmin Künzle, Isabelle Cordey, Magda Aref, Urs Stürmer, Anina Preusker, Julien Di Sabato and Thomas Leu (all Corporate / M&amp;A, Equity Capital Markets) as well as Vanessa Isler and Alexander Wherlock (both Financial Services, Capital Markets). Tax advice was rendered by Stefan Oesterhelt and Raphaël Fellay (both Tax).

Homburger advised Meyer Burger Technology AG on its rights offering raising gross proceeds of CHF 250 m

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Homburger advised Credit Suisse on various aspects in connection with the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS

Homburger advises Clear Channel on the sale of its Swiss business to TX Group

Homburger advised Meyer Burger Technology AG on its rights offering raising gross proceeds of CHF 250 m

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Homburger advised Credit Suisse on various aspects in connection with the merger of Credit Suisse with UBS

Homburger advises Clear Channel on the sale of its Swiss business to TX Group

Homburger advised Meyer Burger Technology AG on its rights offering raising gross proceeds of CHF 250 m

Die Abschaffung der Sachübernahmevorschriften im neuen Aktienrecht

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