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Marco Häusermann is a specialist in banking, finance and debt capital market transactions as well as restructurings and insolvency matters.
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For more than 15 years Marco advises and specialises on international and domestic credit finance and debt capital market transactions as well as in securities lending, repo and derivatives matters. In addition, Marco regularly advise on financial regulatory and insolvency and restructuring aspects. Marco is recognised as a Leading Lawyer in the practice areas Banking & Finance and Capital Markets by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR 1000, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers. Recently, Marco has been appointed as an officer of the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association.
Highlights include:
- Advising the arrangers on the financing for the CHF 10.2 bn acquisition of Nestlé Skin Health by EQT and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
- Advising the European Investment Bank, European Investment Bank, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes, SACE as export credit agencies and various commercial banks in the 3.6 billion project financing for Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (a Swiss project company) for the TAP project which will transport natural gas through a 878 km long pipeline from the giant Shah Deniz II field in Azerbaijan to Europe
- Advising the arrangers on various Swiss Re debt capital market transactions and its EMTN-programme
- Advising Glencore in various debt capital market transactions and its EMTN-programme
- Author of the Swiss industry opinion on the various international securities lending master agreements and on the master repurchase agreements for The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and the Capital Adequacy Directive Working Group
- Insolvency 2022: Switzerland in: Chambers Global Practice Guides 2022
- Insolvency 2021: Switzerland in: Chambers Global Practice Guide 2021
- Debt Capital Markets in Switzerland 2021 in: LexGTDT – Debt Capital Markets 2021, Law Business Research, March 2021
- Debt Capital Markets in Switzerland 2020 in: Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2020, Law Business Research, 30 March 2020
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture (3rd Edition / 2019) in: NKF Publication #21
- Debt Capital Markets 2019 in: Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2019, Law Business Research Ltd, Page 53-59
- Real Estate Switzerland – Law and Practice, 2018 in: Chambers Real Estate 2018 Guide (17 Pages; 548kb)
- NKF Banking, Finance & Regulatory Team – Update 4/2017 Online Publication, 12 May 2017
- Debt Capital Markets 2017 in: Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2017, Law Business Research Ltd., Page 82-89
- Bail-in Recognition Clause, 2016 in: CapLaw 05/2016, P 7-15
- Equity Capital Markets in Switzerland: Regulatory overview in: Practical Law Capital Markets Global Guide 2016/17, Thomson Reuters, 2016 (16 Pages; 5379 kb)
- Pfandrechte in der Insolvenz, 2016 in: Thomas Sprecher (Hrsg.): Sanierung und Insolvenz von Unternehmen VII, Kreditsicherheiten, Schulthess Juristische Medien AG, Zürich · Basel · Genf 2016, S. 7-48
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture (2nd Edition / May 2016) NKF-Schriftenreihe Publikation # 20
- Debt Capital Markets 2016 in: Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2016, Law Business Research Ltd, Page 100-106 (11 Pages; 576 kb)
- Switzerland’s new financial market architecture – the current status in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2016/17, Pages 21-25
- Debt capital markets in Switzerland: Regulatory overview in: Practical Law Capital Markets Global Guide 2015/16, Thomson Reuters, 2015 (12 Pages; 5693 kb)
- Debt Capital Markets 2015 in: Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2015, Law Business Research Ltd, S. 96-102
- Switzerland’s New Financial Market Architecture NKF Schriftenreihe Publikation #18 (100 Pages; 723 kb)
- Switzerland’s new financial market architecture (2nd edition / May 2016) NKF-Schriftenreihe Publikation # 20 (146 Pages; 850 kb)
- Debt Capital Markets 2014 in: Getting the Deal Through – Debt Capital Markets 2014, Law Business Research Ltd, S. 96-103 (12 Pages; 838 kb)
- Developments of asset management regulation in Switzerland in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2014/15, Euromoney Yearbooks, S. 85-90
- Swiss parliament supports the Swiss asset management and fund industry in face of major regulatory changes in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2013/14
- Swiss asset management and fund industry facing major regulatory changes in: Global Asset Management & Servicing Review 2012/13
- Making the most of it – the capital markets team at NKF discusses the legal framework for capital raising in Switzerland in: The 2011 Guide to Capital Markets
- Grenzüberschreitende Finanzdienstleistungen, 2010 in: Wirtschaftsbild, Mai 2010, S. 64-66
- Kommentierung der Artikel 13 und 17 KAG Basler Kommentar – Kollektivanlagengesetz in: Watter/Vogt/Bösch/Rayroux/Winzeler (Hrsg.), S. 487-499 u. S. 514-519, Basel 2009 (11 Pages; 1.1 mb)
- Switzerland facilitates the approval process for the public distribution of foreign collective investment schemes in or from Switzerland, 2009 in: CapLaw 2/2009
- Konsortialkredite, 2010 in: Thomas U. Reutter/Thomas Werlen (Hrsg.), Europa Institut Zürich, Kapitalmarkttransaktionen V, Zürich 2010, S. 1-41
- Literaturanzeige: Annette Althaus Stämpfli, Personendaten von Bankkunden – Ihre Weiterleitung im Finanzkonzern und an dritte Dienstleister in: ZBJV 141 (2005), S. 410-416
2003
Admitted to the New York State Bar (currently non-practising status)
2002
Joint program between Northwestern University Law School (LL.M.) and Kellogg School of Management (Certificate in Business Administration), USA
2001
Admitted as Attorney to the Swiss Bar
2000
Traineeship with law firm in Istanbul, Turkey
2000
University of St. Gallen, Master of Law
Best Lawyers 2018 – 2025
Chambers Global 2014 – 2024
Chambers Europe 2014 – 2024
IFLR1000 2017 – 2024 – Highly Regarded
The Legal500 EMEA 2024 – Leading Individual
The Legal500 EMEA 2018 – 2023 – Recommended
Lexology Index – Thought Leaders Global Elite 2020 – 2024
Lexology Index – Thought Leaders – Switzerland 2021 – 2024
Lexology Index – Global 2021 – 2024
Lexology Index – Switzerland 2017 – 2024
- IBA International Bar Association
- Swiss Bar Association
- Zurich Bar Association
2011
Partner, Niederer Kraft Frey
2009
Secondment to a Magic Circle law firm in London
2006
Secondment to legal department of Swiss fund management company
2003
Associate, Niederer Kraft Frey
1997
Assistant for International Private Law and Private Law at the University of St.Gallen/staff member of a major Swiss law journal
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English