Profile
Andrea Giger’s practice focuses on large and complex international and domestic public and private M&A, capital markets and corporate finance transactions. In addition, Andrea advises on corporate reorganisations, general corporate and commercial law matters and corporate governance.
Deals & Cases
Experience
Andrea has expertise in advising private equity firms and corporates on (public and private) M&A transactions, including public to private transactions and subsequent corporate reorganization topics or block trades. In addition, Andrea regularly advises investment banks and issuers in a range of (equity and debt) capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, rights offerings, secondary share placements or straight bonds. Andrea’s practice includes advising lenders, borrowers and private equity sponsors on complex cross-border financing transactions, as well as mergers and other corporate reorganisations and general corporate law matters.
- Advised Georg Fischer (GF) on the divestment of its GF Machining Solutions division to United Grinding Group
- Advised 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
- Advised Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, UBS and other members of the bank syndicate in connection with SoftwareONE Holding AG’s initial public offering on SIX Swiss Exchange
- Advised Steinhoff Europe AG on the implementation of its corporate and financial restructuring
- Advised Stadler Rail AG on its Initial Public Offering
- Advised BoFA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and the other members of the offering syndicate in connection with SIG Combibloc’s initial public offering on SIX Swiss Exchange
- Advised EQT and Kuoni Group on the Combination of Kuoni’s GTA Business with Hotelbeds Group Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley and the other Syndicate Members on the CHF 4 billion Share Capital Increase of Credit Suisse Group
- Advised EQT on its Public Tender Offer for Kuoni Travel Holding
- Advised Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics and its Shareholders on the Sale of Heptagon to ams
- Advised African Bank Limited on its Successful Restructuring and Re-launch CSA Energy Infrastructure Switzerland on its Acquisition of a Stake in the Swiss Transitgas Pipeline
- The International Capital Markets Review – Chapter 13: Switzerland, 2022 in: The Law Reviews, 2022, Edition 12 (Law Business Research Ltd.)
- The International Capital Markets Review – Chapter 15: Switzerland in: The Law Reviews, 2021, Edition 11 (Law Business Research Ltd.)
- The International Capital Markets Review – Chapter 18: Switzerland, 2020 in: The Law Reviews, 2020, Edition 10 (Law Business Research Ltd.)
- The International Capital Markets Review – Chapter 18: Switzerland in: The Law Reviews, 2019, 9th Edition (Law Business Research Ltd.)
- Bond issuers will retain quick access to Swiss debt capital market under new regime, 2019 in: Capital Markets Newsletter – Switzerland, International Law Office, 22 October 2019
- Ein modernes Prospektrecht für die Schweiz Prospektpflicht, Prospektinhalt und Prospektführung gemäss dem neuen Finanzdienstleistungsgesetz in: GesKR, 2. 2019
- The International Capital Markets Review – Chapter 23: Switzerland in: The Law Reviews, 2018, Edition 8 (Law Business Research Ltd.)
- New swiss prospectus regime in the making in: Capital Markets Newsletter – Switzerland, International Law Office, 15 May 2018
- Corporate Law Reform, 2017 in: IFLR Magazine April 2017
- Lending and taking security in Switzerland: overview, 2016 in: Thomson Reuters Practical Law 2016
- Zurich Bar Association
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