Capital Markets

We have in-depth knowledge of debt and equity capital markets. We advise financial institutions, investors and issuers on all types of capital market transactions as well as shareholders and listed companies on compliance with securities laws in a highly regulated environment.

valfor is registered with SIX Exchange Regulation as a recognized representation for the listing of securities on SIX Swiss Exchange in the sense of the Directive on Recognized Representation. Partners Marc Grüninger, Bruno Hunziker, Marc Metzger, Stefan Scherrer and Thomas Schmid are listed as competent specialists.

Core Expertise

We have extensive expertise in connection with domestic and cross-border capital markets transactions including ESG and sustainability-linked notes and bonds, as well as listings on the SIX Swiss Exchange. We act for banks, issuers and underwriters. Our expertise includes:

Advice on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters;
Primary and secondary share offerings, incl. IPOs and rights issues, bonds, convertibles, covered bonds and hybrid instruments, and other securities transactions;
Cross-border offerings;
Debt instruments, incl. OTC derivatives and structured products;
Share buy-backs;
Listing and delisting of securities;
Client support in relation to stock exchange regulation, market conduct rules, insider regulation, disclosure, ongoing reporting and ad-hoc publicity obligations;
Investigations and enforcement proceedings, litigation.