Lawyers Johannes A. Bürgi
Johannes A. Bürgi

Johannes A. Bürgi

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Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney at Law

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Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 55 59
johannes.buergi@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of activity: Banking, Finance & Insurance Real Estate & Construction Capital Markets Restructuring & Insolvency

Johannes A. Bürgi advises clients on matters involving real estate, structured finance/securitisation, restructuring, and debt capital markets. Johannes is ranked as a top practitioner by international directories such as Chambers, PLC and ILO that describe him being 'a great tactician'. He is increasingly involved in complex restructuring, insolvency and workout situations.

In finance, Johannes for instance advised Goldman Sachs on the establishment of a new Swiss residential mortgage business platform. He also advised on virtually all public and private auto-leasing and credit card asset-backed securitisations as well as covered bond / RMBS projects in Switzerland. Johannes is Swiss winner of the ILO Client Choice Award for Securitisation and Structured Finance.

In real estate, Johannes advised the buyer in its 1 billion Swiss franc landmark acquisition of the Uetlihof office complex in Zurich from Credit Suisse AG in a sale-leaseback transaction, Blackstone Group with respect to the Swiss part of the acquisition of assets of GE Capital Real Estate in a transaction valued at US$ 23 billion globally, a Middle-Eastern sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition, development and operation of one of the biggest shopping malls in Switzerland, and another Middle-Eastern sovereign wealth fund on its acquisition of a portfolio of hotel properties in Switzerland.

Johannes was educated at Lausanne and Berne universities (state exam, 1998; Dr. iur., 2001, summa cum laude) and at Stanford Law School, U.S.A. (LL.M. in Corporate Governance and Practice, 2003). He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Board of Walder Wyss Ltd. from 2013-2021. He is fluent in German, English and French; he is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice in all Switzerland.

UBS Switzerland AG issuance of EUR 1bn Covered Bonds

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

UBS Switzerland AG issuance of EUR 1.75 billion Covered Bonds

UBS Switzerland AG issuance of EUR 1 billion Covered Bonds

UBS Switzerland AG issuance of CHF 450 million Covered Bonds

UBS Switzerland AG Swiss Covered Bond Program

IFLR 1000 Rankings - Walder Wyss as a top-performing law firm ranked

Cembra Money Bank – CHF 275 million auto lease securitization

Cornèr Banca SA issues Senior Unsecured Bonds with a volume of CHF 150 m

Walder Wyss advised AMAG Leasing AG on its issuance of CHF 170m Green Bonds

Cornèr Banca SA Covered Bond Programme

IPI Partners to Acquire Swiss Data Center Leader Safe Host

AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2021-1 AG

Ford Credit issues bond with a volume of CHF 230m

AMAG Leasing: Swiss Car ABS 2020-1 Ltd.

Walder Wyss assisted Goldman Sachs International Bank, London, on the establishment of a new Swiss residential mortgage business platform established by ELAN Suisse Hypotheken AG

Nyrstar announced its successful financial restructuring

Swisscard: Credit Card ABS Issuers under Swisscard’s ABS Program held bondholder meetings

Swisscard AECS GmbH: 2019-1 Credit Card ABS Transaction

Cembra Money Bank AG closed another Swiss auto lease securitization transaction
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Acquisition Finance 2023: Switzerland - Trends and Developments

 | by David Borer, Johannes A. Bürgi, Lukas Wyss and Katrin Hagger | in: Chambers Global Practice Guide

Real Estate 2022 - Chapter Switzerland

 | by Francis Nordmann, Christian Eichenberger, Johannes A. Bürgi and André Kuhn | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guides" | London

The Securitisation Law Review - Chapter 10 Switzerland

 | by Johannes A. Bürgi, Thomas Meister and Roger Ammann | Law Business Research Ltd | London, UK | "The Law Reviews" | ed.: 4th edition

The Securitisation Law Review - Chapter 10 Switzerland

 | by Roger Ammann, Johannes A. Bürgi and Thomas Meister | in: Michael Urschel (Editor[s]) | "Law Business Research Ltd" | London, UK

Structured Finance & Securitisation 2021 - Chapter Switzerland

 | by Lukas Wyss, Johannes A. Bürgi, Maurus Winzap and Roger Ammann | in: "Getting the Deal Through" | London | pp. 84-89

Key considerations regarding asset classes and assignability of receivables

 | by Johannes A. Bürgi [co-author] and Elisabeth Moskric [co-author] | in: International Law Office

Securitisation transactions: avoidance actions under DEBA

 | by Johannes A. Bürgi [co-author] and Elisabeth Moskric [co-author] | in: International Law Office

Switzerland: Law and Practice

 | by Johannes A. Bürgi, Thomas P. Müller, Christian Eichenberger and Francis Nordmann | in: "Chambers Global Practice Guide: Real Estate"

Structured Finance & Securitisation - Chapter Switzerland

 | by Lukas Wyss, Johannes A. Bürgi and Maurus Winzap | in: "Getting the Deal Through" | London | pp. 59-63
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Recognitions


Chambers GPG Real Estate 2024
Best Lawyers 2024 - Johannes Bürgi
Chambers Europe 2023
Chambers Global 2023
Legal 500 recommended lawyer 2023
Who's Who Legal_Recognised
IFLR 1000 Highly Regarded 2023

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