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30 May 2011
Sale of Wankdorf Center
- 31 December 2011Contractual Penalty Clauses and Reduction of Excessive Penalty Amounts
- 28 December 2011Cantonal Bank of Glarus strengthens its regulatory capital basis
- 21 December 2011Sale of CabTec to KOWEMA
- 13 December 2011First Swiss Auto Lease Securitisation Transaction
- 21 October 2011Riverside Exits Swiss EMC Testing Firm
- 18 October 2011Financing of the acquisition of Bureau Van Dijk by Charterhouse Capital Partners
- 18 October 2011Recognition of a foreign/Austrian bankruptcy decree (mini-bankruptcy)
- 4 October 201117th International Taxation Conference
- 22 July 2011Walder Wyss shortlisted for The Lawyer European Awards 2011
- 8 July 2011Migros sells packaging business to German RLC
- 30 June 2011Regulatory Update on Collective Investment Funds: Simplified Prospectus to be replaced by Key Investor Document (KID)
- 16 June 2011Nuance Communications acquires SVOX
- 10 June 2011Position Paper – Cross-Border Debt Offerings by Foreign Issuers into Switzerland – an Overview
- 30 May 2011Sale of Wankdorf Center
- 30 March 2011Federal Supreme Court dismisses appeal of Open Source providers against public contract awarded to Microsoft
- 10 March 2011Ex-parte measures Nespresso vs Denner AG and Alice Allison SA partially lifted
- 22 February 2011IFLR Europe Awards 2011
- 7 February 2011Withholding Tax Refunds: No Second Bite at the Cherry for Swiss Federal Tax Administration!
In the course of the sale of the Wankdorf Shopping Center to two UBS real estate funds and a pension fund relating to UBS AG, Walder Wyss advised the seller of the Wankdorf Shopping Center. The transaction represents the largest investment of the UBS real estate funds involved. Walder Wyss' team consisted of partner Francis Nordmann and senior associate Elisabeth Moskric.
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- AMAG Leasing: Inaugural Auto Lease ABS 2015-1
- Glarner Kantonalbank issues CHF 100m Additional Tier 1 Bond
- Walder Wyss Strengthens its M&A, Corporate Finance and Restructuring Practice Groups with PD Dr. Urs Schenker, LL.M.
- GetYourGuide raises USD 50 Mio Series C Round
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- Knip AG Closes Largest Fintech Investment Round in Switzerland
- Oriflame: Relocation with Cross-Border Merger Completed
- Berghoff: Cross-Border Transfer of Assets
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- Official Sponsor of the 69th Annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association in Basel
- EUR 750 mio. Hybrid Bond – Swiss Life
- Swisscard’s Swiss Credit Card Securitisation 2016-1 listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
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- New partner at Walder Wyss
- Dispute regarding Waste Oil Recovery System
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- SVC-AG für KMU Risikokapital acquires minority stake in Stratpharma AG
- Tamedia acquires Ricardo-Group
- Migros acquires Lüchinger+Schmid-Group
- Youngone to acquire majority stake in Scott Sports
- Walder Wyss advises HSH Nordbank AG on a securitisation transaction of trade receivables originated in Germany, Sweden and Switzerland
- Walder Wyss shortlisted for European Awards
- Four new partners at Walder Wyss
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- Minerva IPO and Acquisition
- Walder Wyss opens new Office in Basel
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- GF acquires Liechti Group
- Schaeffler issues high yield bonds
- PubliGroupe/Swisscom/Tamedia
- IPO of Glarner Kantonalbank
- Refinancing of Constellium group
- L’Oréal purchases Decléor and Carita from Shiseido
- Solør Bioenergy Group
- Key Equipment Finance to sell leasing business to BAML
- Novadaq aquires Aïmago SA
- Stryker Corporation acquires BERCHTOLD Group
- Walder Wyss an den Career Days der Universität Zürich
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- SeneCura sells Senevita
- Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland Ltd. sells its Zurich based headquarter
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- Mövenpick sells Swiss concession gastronomy to Coop
- Baxter sells CRRT Business
- NZZ acquires Moneyhouse
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- Walder Wyss appoints new Counsel and new Managing Associate
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- Swiss Life Holding AG issued CHF 500 million Convertible Bonds
- Baloise sells its subsidiaries in Croatia and Serbia
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- IPO Cembra Money Bank
- SICAP management buy-out of Swisscom
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- Ammann Group sells Implenia stake in Accelerated Bookbuilding Transaction
- MeteoGroup to acquire leading European weather business
- Walder Wyss to open a new office in Lugano
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- Sale of Hospital Villa im Park to Genolier Group
- Volvo Auto Bank Deutschland transfers Swiss Leasing and Dealer Wholesale Business to FCE Bank
- AUCTUS invests in Beck Transport AG
- First Cross-Border Merger Portugal – Switzerland
- Another success in the TV usage data dispute
- Youngone Corp. acquires 20 percent stake in SCOTT
- Thierry Obrist to win prestigious Professor Walther Hug prize
- GE’s Second Swiss Auto Lease Securitisation Transaction Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
- High Court of Nidwalden lifts ex-parte injunction obtained by private TV broadcaster 3+ with immediate effect
- Swiss Life Holding AG issued two Senior Bonds in the amount of CHF 425 million
- Denner gewinnt Kapselstreit
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- IFLR Europe Awards 2013 – Shortlisted for
- Bauwerk acquires Boen Group
- EFG International sells its remaining stake in EFG Financial Products to Notenstein Private Bank
- Würth Solar sells a large part of its solar business to BayWa
- Philipp Habegger elected Vice-President of LCIA European Users‘ Council
- Walder Wyss shortlisted for Chambers Europe Awards 2013
- Warranty & Indemnity Insurance in M&A Transaction
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- Swiss Life Holding AG issued CHF 500 million Convertible Bonds
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- Mobiliar establishes investment management company
- Trademark protection for „ROYAL SAVOY Lausanne, The Bürgenstock Selection“
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- Attolight SA has completed a new round of financing
- Swiss Life AG issued a CHF 300 million hybrid bond
- Arbitral Tribunal rules that insurance company lacks standing to sue in light of subrogation waiver clause
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- Covidien acquires Oridion Systems Ltd./Delisting of Oridion Systems Ltd.
- Minimum number of members in a cooperative
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- Swiss Credit Card Securitisation Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
- Walder Wyss advises Schaeffler AG with regard to a credit agreement and the public placement of high-yield bonds
- Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. acquires APAG Holding AG
- Sale of Almatec to the Knill Group
- Sale of Connectors Verbindungstechnik AG to NORMA Group AG
- Zurich excels at the Willem C. Vis Arbitration Moot
- GE’s Swiss Auto Lease Securitisation Transaction Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange
- Derivatives and beneficial ownership under tax treaties
- Sale of AXA Bank customer portfolio to bank zweiplus
- Lindenhof takes over the majority of shares in Sonnenhof Hospitals
- Walder Wyss announces new partner elections as well as counsel and managing associates appointments
- Sale of Plancal Group in auction process
- Acquisition of MEYCO Equipment Business from BASF
- News 2011
- Contractual Penalty Clauses and Reduction of Excessive Penalty Amounts
- Cantonal Bank of Glarus strengthens its regulatory capital basis
- Sale of CabTec to KOWEMA
- First Swiss Auto Lease Securitisation Transaction
- Riverside Exits Swiss EMC Testing Firm
- Financing of the acquisition of Bureau Van Dijk by Charterhouse Capital Partners
- Recognition of a foreign/Austrian bankruptcy decree (mini-bankruptcy)
- 17th International Taxation Conference
- Walder Wyss shortlisted for The Lawyer European Awards 2011
- Migros sells packaging business to German RLC
- Regulatory Update on Collective Investment Funds: Simplified Prospectus to be replaced by Key Investor Document (KID)
- Nuance Communications acquires SVOX
- Position Paper – Cross-Border Debt Offerings by Foreign Issuers into Switzerland – an Overview
- Sale of Wankdorf Center
- Federal Supreme Court dismisses appeal of Open Source providers against public contract awarded to Microsoft
- Ex-parte measures Nespresso vs Denner AG and Alice Allison SA partially lifted
- IFLR Europe Awards 2011
- Withholding Tax Refunds: No Second Bite at the Cherry for Swiss Federal Tax Administration!
- Contractual Penalty Clauses and Reduction of Excessive Penalty Amounts
News
30 May 2011Sale of Wankdorf Center
In the course of the sale of the Wankdorf Shopping Center to two UBS real estate funds and a pension fund relating to UBS AG, Walder Wyss advised the seller of the Wankdorf Shopping Center. The transaction represents the largest investment of the UBS real estate funds involved. Walder Wyss' team consisted of partner Francis Nordmann and senior associate Elisabeth Moskric.