SWITZERLAND Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Johannes Bürgi, Roger Amman, Lukas Wyss and Maurus Winzap Walder Wyss Ltd
Walder Wyss Ltd is a leading law firm in Swit - zerland with around 290 legal experts across offices in Zurich, Basel, Berne, Geneva, Laus - anne and Lugano, including a team of six part - ners and 12 associates for Swiss securitisa - tion transactions. The firm has been involved in almost all Swiss first-time transactions (first Swiss RMBS transaction for Zürcher Kantonal - bank 2001, first covered bond transaction for UBS AG 2009, first insurance-linked synthetic transaction for FIFA 2006, etc) and continues to be involved in most public and private ABS transactions, synthetic transactions, covered
bond transactions and other securitisations, in particular in auto lease ABS (and consumer lending more generally) and mortgage loan transactions. Walder Wyss is regularly retained by market participants, including Swisscard, Cembra Money Bank, AMAG Leasing, Multile - ase, Ford Credit, PSA, BMW Schweiz, Credit Suisse, UBS and Goldman Sachs. The firm is also active in relation to various regulatory initiatives in the structured finance area and is part of a larger working group led by the Swiss Bankers Association.
Authors
Johannes Bürgi is a partner at Walder Wyss Ltd, where he advises clients on matters involving real estate, finance, structured finance/securitisation, covered bonds, restructuring,
Roger Amman is a partner in the banking and finance team at Walder Wyss Ltd. He regularly advises Swiss and international financial institutions and corporations on all aspects of
capital markets, banking, securities and corporate law, and has acted as lead counsel on virtually all Swiss securitisation transactions across a variety of asset classes. He was educated at Lausanne and Bern Universities (Dr iur, summa cum laude) and at Stanford Law School (LLM in corporate governance and practice). Johannes is fluent in German, English and French, and regularly publishes in his areas of practice.
secured lending and structured financings, including project finance and securitisation transactions (such as ABS, RMBS and covered bonds). Roger obtained his degrees from the University of St Gallen (HSG) in law and economics in 2008 and in accounting and finance in 2009. He was admitted to the Zurich Bar in 2011 and is a member of both the Zurich Bar Association and the Swiss Bar Association.
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