<h3>Episode 1: «Inbound Cross-border Fund Offerings»</h3>
<p>In this episode <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/jurg-frick/">Jürg Frick</a> and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/vanessa-isler/">Vanessa Isler</a> discuss what foreign funds and their distributors have to keep in mind when they are looking to approach Swiss investors, with a special focus on when a foreign fund or distributor may be providing a financial service under FinSA.</p>


<h3>Episode 2: «Ansässigkeit»</h3>
<p>The FinSA newly regulates the cross-border provision of financial services in Switzerland. When is a foreign financial services provider considered to be based in Switzerland? Under which circumstances do its client advisors have to be registered in Switzerland? And what sanctions apply in case of non-compliance with these rules?</p>
<p>In this episode, <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/benedikt-maurenbrecher/">Benedikt Maurenbrecher</a> and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/stefan-bindschedler/">Stefan Bindschedler</a> answer these and other questions.</p>


<h3>Episode 3: «Reverse Solicitation»</h3>
<p>Financial services rendered by foreign financial services providers at a Swiss client’s own exclusive initiative are not subject to the Financial Services Act («reverse solicitation»). But what exactly are the conditions for the financial services provider to be able to rely on the exemption? And how does reverse solicitation play out within the context of the offering of financial instruments?</p>
<p>Join <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/stefan-kramer/">Stefan Kramer</a> and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/manuel-baschung/">Manuel Baschung</a> for a primer on these and other questions.</p>


<h3>Episode 4: «On Tour with Investors»</h3>
<p>What has to be done – or avoided – when going on a road show to meet potential or existing shareholders or other investors in Switzerland? <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/david-borer/">David Bore</a>r and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/benjamin-leisinger/">Benjamin Leisinger</a> will explain the «dos &amp; don&#8217;ts» when it comes to road shows under the Financial Services Act, in particular as to the concepts of «advertising», the «provision of financial services» and an «offer».</p>


<h3>Episode 5: «Robo Advisors in Switzerland – Regulatory Framework»</h3>
<p>Robo Advisors increasingly gain traction in Switzerland and have been able to record a substantial growth in their assets under management in recent years.</p>
<p>In view of these developments, <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/hansjurg-appenzeller/">Hansjürg Appenzeller</a> and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/alexander-wherlock/">Alexander Wherlock</a> will be giving a comprehensive overview of the regulatory requirements applicable to Robo Advisors conducting business in Switzerland.</p>


<h3>Episode 6: «Retrozessionen»</h3>
<p>Is FinSA a «game changer» for retrocessions? What is the role of general terms and conditions? And can existing waivers be used going forward? In this episode, <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/katrin-ivell/">Katrin Ivell</a> and <a href="https://www.homburger.ch/en/team/fabrice-eckert/">Fabrice Eckert</a> provide answers to these and other questions.</p>


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<p>On March 30, 2023, Implenia AG (SIX: IMPN), Switzerland&#8217;s leading real estate and construction service provider, announced that it had agreed to purchase Wincasa AG for CHF 171.6 m from Swiss Prime Site AG (SIX: SPSN). Wincasa is the leading Swiss real estate service provider with more than 250,000 managed properties, CHF 81 bn in assets under management and 1,350 employees (FTE). The closing of the transaction is planned for the second quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals.</p>
<p>Homburger acts as counsel to Implenia. The Homburger team is led by Marcel Dietrich (Competition, Real Estate) and Daniel Häusermann (Corporate / M&amp;A, Real Estate) and comprises Peter Müller (Tax), Oriana Schöni (Corporate / M&amp;A), Gabriel Kasper, Kristina Martinovic and Hélène Bruderer (IP / IT), Allegra Arnold and Jonas Krull (Competition), Stefan Kramer, Manuel Baschung and Daniel Junginger (Financing and Investment Products / Regulatory), Gregor Bühler and Sebastian Wyler (Employment and Executive Compensation), as well as Anna Delia Lohmann and Giulia Meier.</p>


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<p>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.</p>
<p>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).</p>


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

Raiffeisen

<p>Homburger advised Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft on all legal, regulatory and tax aspects of the spin-off of its 6 branches into independent Raiffeisen banks.</p>
<p>The Homburger team was led by René Bösch (Financial Market Regulation) and included Benjamin Leisinger (Financial Market Regulation), Dieter Grünblatt (Tax), Andrea Widmer Grimm (Corporate), Peter Müller (Tax), Laura Müller and Manuel Baschung (both Financial Market Regulation) and Irene Strocka-Metzler.</p>


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