Philip is an M&A, corporate finance and capital markets specialist with a main focus on complex investment and financing structures, restructurings and special situations. Philip regularly acts as advisor on buy- and sell-side public and private M&A transactions. Furthermore, he regularly represents lenders, borrowers and sponsors on high profile financing transactions. Philip’s practice also includes advising underwriters and issuers on all aspects of ECM and DCM transactions, including public takeovers, equity investments, block trades, IPOs, rights offerings and convertible bonds issues. In addition, he regularly acts as advisor in corporate restructurings and general corporate and commercial matters.

Philip has a particular focus on financial institutions as well as the CG&R and healthcare industries. He is admitted to practice in Switzerland and recognized as an authorized issuer’s representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange. He has published numerous articles on corporate law and finance topics in Swiss and international commentaries and journals.

Experience highlights include advising:

• Georg Fischer (GF) on the divestment of its GF Machining Solutions division to United Grinding Group (2024)
• The banking syndicate on a USD 3.65 billion term and revolving credit facilities agreement for Galderma (2024)
• Glencore on its USD 75m investment into Li-Cycle via a convertible note instrument (2024)
• SIX listed Feintool Group on the sale of Feintool Technology AG to Certina (2023)
• Lakera in securing USD 10m in funding to secure Generative AI in the enterprise (2023)
• PolyPeptide Group on its EUR 111 million revolving credit facility with Credit Suisse, Danske Bank and Zürcher Kantonalbank as mandated lead arrangers (2023)
• Clariant on placing CHF 150m bond maturing 2028 (2023)
• The Swiss Confederation on the CHF 9 billion loss protection guarantee granted to UBS Group in connection with its merger with Credit Suisse Group (2023)
• Oliver Healthcare Packaging on in its acquisition of EK-Pack (2023)
• UBS and BOCI in BOCI’s issuance of CNH 200m fully digital structured notes originated by UBS (2023)
• Swiss Finance & Property AG on the CHF 135 million rights offering of Orascom Development Holding AG (2023)
• INEOS on the acquisition of a major concrete additives business from Sika (2023)
• The shareholders of Unit8 on the commencement of a growth investment by Sagard NewGen (2022)
• Cinven and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“Ontario Teachers”) on their investment in the combination of group.ONE and the dogado group (2022)
• EQT Future Fund on the acquisition of EQT VIII’s participation in SHL Medical (2022)
• UBS Switzerland AG as agent, coordinator and mandated lead arranger as well as Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd., Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., NATIXIS and Zürcher Kantonalbank as mandated lead arrangers and lenders on a new CHF 500 million syndicated revolving credit facility for Swiss Life AG (2022)
• Porsche on its international initial public offering and listing on Frankfurt stock exchange (2022)
• Stadtcasino Baden on its acquisition of a majority stake in Casinò Locarno (2022)
• Ambienta SGR SpA on the sale of its portfolio company SF-Filter AG to funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (2022)
• Global Blue and Silver Lake in Global Blue’s USD 225m strategic growth equity investment from Certares and Knighthead (2022)
• Credit Suisse and UBS as arrangers on the financing of Swisspearl Group’s acquisition of Cembrit Group A/S (2022)
• Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG on the placement of a CHF 200 million bond (CHF 175 million plus CHF 25 million top up) with a term to maturity of 5 years (2022)
• Deutsche Bank AG, acting as coordinator, HSBC acting as agent and further banks on the Revolving Committed Facility of DKSH Holding Ltd. (2022)
• UBS and Zürcher Kantonalbank on the CHF 202m rights offering of Feintool International Holding AG (2022)
• Mobimo Holding AG on completing rights offering and listing of shares on SIX Swiss Exchange arranged by UBS and ZKB (2022)
• Bell Food Group on the placement of a CHF 300 million bond with a term to maturity of 7 years (2022)
• UBS Switzerland AG and an international bank syndicate in a CHF 2.8 billion financing for Stadler Rail (2022)
• Axpo group on the issuance of a SIX Swiss Exchange listed CHF 500 million sustainability-linked bond (2022)
• Veraison Capital and VT5 Acquisition Company on the structuring of the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) under Swiss law and VT5’s initial public offering at SIX Swiss Exchange (2021)*
• UBS and Credit Suisse in a CHF 1.5 billion Government-backed financing for Swiss International Air Lines and Edelweiss Air (2020)*
• RRJ Capital und Temasek on a several hundred million US dollars investment in leading airline caterer gategroup (2019)*
• SIX Swiss Exchange listed Arbonia in its CHF 415 million public takeover of Looser Group (2016)*
• *Transactions handled before joining Niederer Kraft Frey