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Philip Spoerlé

Niederer Kraft Frey

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Debt
M&A
Banking and finance
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Energy
Financial services
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Sport
Languages:
German
English
French
Biography

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.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Banking syndicate on a USD 3.65 billion term and revolving credit facilities agreement for Galderma
  • Glencore on its USD 75m investment into Li-Cycle via a convertible note instrument
  • SIX listed Feintool Group on the sale of Feintool Technology AG to Certina
Practice areas
  • Corporate / M&A
  • Banking, Finance & Regulatory
  • Capital Markets
Bar admissions
  • Switzerland
Academic qualifications
  • PhD in Law (Dr. iur.), University of St. Gallen, 2015
  • M.A. HSG in Law & Economics, University of St. Gallen, 2011
  • York University (Osgoode Hall), Toronto, 2009
  • B.A. HSG in Law & Economics, University of St. Gallen, 2008
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 800 83 28 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.nkf.ch/lawyers/philip-spoerle/