Deals & Cases

Cembra's CHF 200’000’000 Swiss Auto Lease ABS transaction listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange

22 March 2015 – On 23 March 2015, Cembra Money Bank AG (Cembra) closed its third auto lease securitization transaction involving the issue by Swiss Auto Lease 2015-1 GmbH (the Issuer) of CHF 200,000,000 0.23 per cent. Asset-Backed Class A Notes due 2025 and CHF 22,600,000 0.40 per cent. Asset-Backed Class B Notes due 2025 to the Swiss capital market. The Notes issued are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and are backed by a portfolio of auto lease assets originated by Cembra and transferred to the Issuer.


Walder Wyss advised Cembra also on this third transaction on the overall structuring and all Swiss legal tax and VAT aspects of the transaction. The Walder Wyss team included Lukas Wyss (Partner, Finance), Johannes A. Bürgi (Partner, Finance), Thomas Meister (Partner, Tax), Thomas Müller (Partner, Finance), Jan Ole Luuk (Counsel, VAT), Ramona Wyss (Associate, Finance) and David Henseler (Trainee, Finance).