The Viking Cruises Group issued USD 720,000,000 Unsecured Notes. Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank und BNP Paribas acted as Joint Book-Running Managers.
Viking is the largest operator of river cruises in Europe, Russia and China for North American passengers and offers ocean, lake and river cruises worldwide.
Bratschi acted as Swiss legal advisor to Viking in this transaction. The team included Thomas Peter (lead), Barbara Jecklin and Nadine Wanner (capital markets and finance) as well as Michael A. Barrot and Kerem Altay (tax). Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted as lead counsel to the issuer.
The two members of the management board of Rugenbräu AG, Remo Kobluk (CEO) and Christian Schneiter (CFO), are taking over the traditional brewery in the canton of Berne together with Bernese entrepreneur Bernard Fuhrer, owner and managing director of Brauerei Felsenau AG, and Dominique Gottret, a Bernese lawyer. This means that Rugenbräu AG remains in Bernese hands, supported by individuals who have known the company for years and have close ties to it.
The University Hospital Basel will take over the Claraspital Basel and the other companies of the Clara Group. Thereby, one of the three largest university hospitals in Switzerland will be formed.
The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) has examined the takeover and has decided not to initiate main proceedings. This means that the Claraspital can be integrated into the Group of the University Hospital Basel. The planned Comprehensive Cancer Center, where oncological services will be bundled at the site of the Claraspital, will provide Northwestern Switzerland with cutting-edge care in the field of cancer.
Bratschi advised and represented the University Hospital Basel in the merger proceedings before the COMCO. The Bratschi team was led by Prof Dr Rolf H. Weber (Competition) and encompassed Dr Samuel Jost and Dr Claudia Walz (both Competition).
Bratschi freut sich sehr über die Anerkennung in den diesjährigen IFLR1000-Rankings – sowohl auf kollektiver Ebene als Kanzlei als auch durch die individuellen Auszeichnungen unserer engagierten Anwältinnen und Anwälte.
Diese Platzierungen unterstreichen unser kontinuierliches Bestreben, unseren Klientinnen und Klienten höchste Qualität und Fachkompetenz in allen Bereichen des Wirtschaftsrechts zu bieten.
Ein herzliches Dankeschön an unser gesamtes Team für die hervorragende Arbeit und das tägliche Engagement – und Gratulation an alle, die in diesem Jahr ausgezeichnet wurden!