Service Description
We advise companies on a broad range of both equity and debt capital market transactions.
In view of an IPO, we offer the following in particular:
- Advice on Swiss law and tax matters around going and being public
- Assessment of IPO legal readiness, identification of gaps, and recommendations on how to best implement the necessary changes to corporate structure and governance
- Identification of liability risks (incl. personal exposures) and recommendations for mitigation measures
- Draft, review, and/or negotiation of all documents required for the IPO (e.g. prospectus, legal opinions, underwriting agreement, capital increase documents, internal regulations, marketing materials, press releases)
- Training sessions for management and board members on leading a listed company
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Advestra is a corporate law firm based in Zurich advising clients on:
The firm’s partners have years of experience as legal advisors in IPOs or listings on SIX Swiss Exchange, the placement and listing of bonds and other fixed income instruments as well as other financing options.
Companies of all sizes and industries seek our legal and regulatory advice and value our judgment and expertise. If required, we team up with other firms leading in their respective area of expertise to deliver comprehensive services to our clients.
Company Representative(s)
- Sandro Fehlmann, Partner
E-mail: sandro.fehlmann@advestra.ch
Tel: +41 58 510 92 89 - Annette Weber, Partner
E-mail: annette.weber@advestra.ch
Tel: +41 58 510 92 29
Service Description
- Share history due diligence
- Share registrar services
- Issuer agent orientation
- Articles of association review
- Shareholders’ meeting professionalization
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Aequitec is a share registrar recording share ownership and shareholder rights management. Aequitec is supporting issuers pre-IPO in their efforts to professionalize corporate housekeeping and governance structures.
Company Representative(s)
- Dr. Christian Wilk
E-mail: christian.wilk@aequitec.ch
Tel: +41 78 649 49 62
Service Description
ALANTRA provides comprehensive support and project management from early-stage preparation to completion, adding significant value by providing independent advice and creating transparency along the IPO process.
- Assessment of IPO feasibility, optimal timing and roadmap to IPO
- Refinement of equity story and positioning, incl. relevant KPIs and data
- Support in developing / review of business plan and preparation of company valuation based on business plan and capital market sentiment
- Definition of IPO framework (incl. offering structure) and capital structure based on business plan / funding requirements
- Selection of and negotiation with other service providers, incl. banks
Following an IPO, ALANTRA remains a trusted advisor for M&A as well as financings.
For further information please refer to
https://www.alantra.com/what-we-do/investment-banking/
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
ALANTRA is a leading and independent international corporate finance advisor for the mid-market with an established track record of 1,500+ corporate finance transactions since 2013.
With over 20 offices worldwide, ALANTRA offers a global understanding of industry sectors combined with strong local relationships with companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financing institutions.
Company Representative(s)
- Martin Gamperl, Managing Director
E-mail: martin.gamperl@alantra.com
Service Description
In view of an IPO, we offer the following in particular:
- Integral transformation management as a key element in order to reach capital market readiness: We define an adequate strategy and align core processes and operating model.
- Financial management support in order to fill the gaps
- Project management office services for preparing for an IPO
- Coaching of C-level managers, boards and management teams
- Board services
Industry Coverage
Broad industry coverage, with a focus on technology, transportation/logistics and infrastructure/real estate
About the Service Provider
BE Forward has outstanding experience in the execution of multiple global business and digital transformations, which has brought companies to the next level of performance and profitability. Companies in special situations can benefit from extra leadership resources, flexibility and execution expertise.
Example 1: Preparation of a management team for IPO – Strategy check, aligning strategy, processes and operating model, onboarding of key people and execution of the required changes.
Example 2: Heading transformation – Creating transparency and sense of urgency for the required changes, building a guiding coalition in the management team and executing the growth strategy.
Company Representative(s)
- Stephan Bergamin, Dr. oec. HSG, AMP Harvard Business School
E-mail: Stephan.Bergamin@be-forward.ch
Tel: +41 79 254 06 70 - Co-Author of relevant Publications:
Globalisierung & Digitalisierung: Erfolgsstrategien und Toolbox für CEOs and Topmanager, SpringerGabler, 2020
M&A: Integration and Transformation Management as the Gateway to Success, Springer, 2016
Service Description
- Strategy coaching, including value creation and full potential plan development and support
- Finance organizations and performance coaching, including roadmap to improve
- Coaching c-level individuals, such as CEOs and CFOs, as well as board members
- Program management for capital markets journey
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
- Long-standing experienced partners and advisors
- Tailor-made value creation and full potential plan development and support
- Comprehensive services
- Multiple personal IPO experience
- Extensive network
Company Representative(s)
- Hans Grüter
E-mail: grueter@blrpartners.com
Tel: +41 79 644 30 63
Service Description
By leveraging our platform, a company can ensure that their IPO is supported by a board with the necessary expertise, industry knowledge and strategic guidance to maximize the company's performance in the public market. Companies registering with Board Owl benefit from:
- Confidentially registering board opportunities and being carefully matched to members who fulfill their requirements – bringing expertise from specific markets and sectors
- Access to our resources and education library, including board appointment contract templates, white papers and guides
- Discounts on our online or in-person courses by professionals, providing in-depth guidance on board-related topics
- Access to our partner offers on board-related services, including board education and board software
- Access to tailored advisory services and coaching for existing and new board members
Industry Coverage
Sector agnostic; strong track record in Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology (e.g. SaaS, Fintech, Medtech, Biotech).
About the Service Provider
At Board Owl, we revolutionize board searches by bringing together companies and professionals worldwide in an innovative, efficient and cost-effective way, for greater transparency, diversity and competence in the boardroom. Leveraging technology, we match remarkable professionals with exceptional organizations for board positions to empower success. In addition, we offer education and networking.
Company Representative(s)
- Simon Clifton, CEO
E-mail: simon@boardowl.com
- Sasha Savic, Co-founder
E-mail: sasha@boardowl.com
Tel: +41 79 552 05 96
- Daniel Aghdami, Co-founder
E-mail: daniel@boardowl.com
Tel: +41 79 779 06 06
Service Description
- IPO readiness assessment (gap remediation and interdependency identification, and IPO roadmap development)
- IPO project planning and governance (due diligence, transaction documents, independent deal research, coordination of service providers, roadshow preparation etc.)
- Structuring services (e.g. carve out and spinoffs)
- Financial reporting and technical accounting (e.g. GAAP conversions)
- Assistance with projections, working capital and liquidity modelling, support in developing and documenting accounting policies (incl. technical support)
- Optimization of transaction structure, pricing and allocation
- Market valuation and evaluation of expected public market valuation
- M&A support (both process and preparation of deal documentation, e.g. VDD reports)
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Deloitte is a leading accounting and advisory company in Switzerland and provides industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Consulting, Financial Advisory, Risk Advisory and Tax & Legal. With around 2,200 employees at six locations in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano and Zurich (headquarters), Deloitte serves companies and institutions of all legal forms and sizes in all industry sectors.
Company Representative(s)
- Viktoriya Lombardo, Director, Audit & Assurance
E-mail: vlombardo@deloitte.ch
Tel: +41 58 279 81 85
- Karina Chavez, Director, Audit & Assurance
E-mail: kchavez@deloitte.ch
Tel: +41 58 279 6893
Service Description
Financial readiness:
- Ensuring financial readiness according to IFRS or Swiss GAAP FER
- IPO and transaction support, including preparation of necessary financial or management reporting and preparation of prospectus from a financial perspective
- Support of senior financial personnel and/or Audit Committee
Consolidation:
- Group accounting and reporting services, such as the initial application of local and international accounting standards or the implementation of consolidation tools.
- Preparation of the accounting manual
- Support of senior financial personnel
- Efficient coordination with external auditors and support with complex audit matters
Additional services:
- Availability of personnel resources for all corporate finance matters
- CFO and board services
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
fineance AG provides comprehensive support in all corporate finance functions, such as financial readiness according to IFRS or Swiss GAAP FER, pro-forma financials, implementation of consolidation and reporting tools and ongoing support for the consolidation, interim CFO services and senior finance support.
We are hands on and have years of experience with listed and regulated companies, as well as fast growing SMEs.
Company Representative(s)
- Dr. Anke Ness, Managing-Partner
E-mail: anke.ness@fineance.ch - Patrick Molnar, Managing-Partner
E-mail: patrick.molnar@fineance.ch
Service Description
- Growth stage: Board assessment, aiming at its independence and appropriate skill-set, matching up-to-date financial, accounting and control systems
- Pre-IPO stage: Post-IPO governance set-up & compensation strategy, including long-term incentives; governance- and compensation-related sections of listing prospectus, roadshow documentation
- First year of listing stage: Establishment of compensation committee operations; elaboration of plan regulations, roll-out and communication of new compensation schemes; first compensation report and first AGM as a listed company
- Listed company stage: Proactive management of the AGM-to-AGM cycle to maximize processes and communication coherence; board assessments
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Company Representative(s)
- Stephan Hostettler, Managing Partner
E-mail: Stephan.Hostettler@hcm.com
Tel: +41 79 652 34 58
- Linda Kohri, Manager
E-mail: Linda.Kohri@hcm.com
Tel: +41 79 826 47 66
Service Description
HB’s capital market experts from our Corporate Finance, Research and Active Advisory practices combine for an average experience of more than 20 years. At the same time, being a small and agile challenger, HB aims to keep processes lean for clients in order to carefully treat clients’ own resources during a transaction. We offer tailored advice in the following areas:
- Assessment of general IPO readiness (e.g. ownership structure, corporate governance, board composition)
- Market valuation and evaluation of expected public market valuation
- Assessment of IPO feasibility (e.g. business model, sector, competitors, maturity, equity story)
- Development of roadmap to close potential gaps
- Optimization of transaction structure, pricing, allocation and settlement
Industry Coverage
All except biotech
About the Service Provider
- Agile challenger with focus on advising SMEs in Swiss capital market transactions since 2011 and more than 50 Swiss capital market transactions since its inception
- Market leader in SIX-listed CHF bond transactions with a nominal amount below 100m
- Strong network to non-standard investor categories (such as family offices, (U)HNWI and independent asset managers)
- Own independent research team
Company Representative(s)
- Dr. Rolf Weilenmann
Head Corporate Finance and Member of the Executive Board
E-mail: rolf.weilenmann@helvetischebank.ch
Tel: +41 44 204 56 11 - Martin Spiess, Assistant Vice President
E-mail: martin.spiess@helvetischebank.ch
Tel: +41 44 204 56 12
Service Description
- General accounting & auditing considerations
- Internal controls
- Compensation considerations
- IPO
- Working with audit committees
Industry Coverage
Biotech (Life Sciences)
About the Service Provider
Further information about Jürg Zürcher can be found here:
https://hoffmann-partner.com/en/jurg-zurcher-team-hoffmann-partner-ag/
Company Representative(s)
- Jürg Zürcher
E-mail: jzuercher@hoffmann-partner.com
Tel: +41 61 512 43 00 - Further team members from Hoffmann & Partner AG will be called if required
Service Description
Financial & capital market communications
- National and international transactions
- Communication of financial results
- Investor relations
- Annual and interim reports
- Best practice analyses and recommendations
Sustainability/ESG
- Advice on the integration of ESG topics in communications and positioning
- Best practice and benchmark analyses
- Materiality analyses
- Stakeholder communications
- Sustainability reporting
Positioning & media relations
- Positioning of companies, organizations, projects and individuals
- Managing media relations from A to Z: Strategy, messages, ghostwriting, Q&As, speaker function, media trainings etc.
- Media reputation and perception studies
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
IRF offers tailor-made communication solutions for companies intending to strengthen their position, profile and reputation, as well as companies that are planning a capital market transaction. From strategy consulting to the conception and implementation of individual communication measures – we support clients with all kinds of communication issues. Pragmatic, clever and effective: These aptly describe our company and the work we do.
Company Representative(s)
- Martin Meier-Pfister, M.A. HSG, Partner
E-mail: meier-pfister@irf-reputation.ch
Tel: +41 43 244 81 40 - Martina Müri, M.A. HSG, Senior Consultant
E-mail: mueri@irf-reputation.ch
Tel: +41 43 244 81 40
Service Description
Our research coverage stretches across more than 30 sectors and is conducted by a team of over 100 equity analysts, who operate from 11 research offices in the major European financial centers.
- Overview and synthesis of company key data
- Evaluation and outlook of the company and of the segment(s) in which it is operating (e.g. peer group analysis, rating estimation, financial model with forecast, company valuation range)
- Recommendation on whether to buy, hold or sell the shares of the company
- Distribution of the research by the service provider to its client base (e.g. via newsletter, e-mail, investor presentations)
- Access to the research analyst(s) to deep dive on evaluation, outlook, and conclusions
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Kepler Cheuvreux is a leading independent European financial services company that specializes in research, execution, fixed income and credit, structured solutions, corporate finance and asset management. The Group employs around 600 people and is present in 13 major financial centers in Europe and the US.
Company Representative(s)
- Curd-Hasso von Flemming
E-mail: cvonflemming@keplercheuvreux.com
Tel: +49 173 700 60 07 - Frederic Gameiro da Conceicao
E-mail: fgameiro@keplercheuvreux.com
Tel: +33 7 86 34 99 04
Service Description
- We provide Swiss legal services in the fields of corporate law, equity/debt capital markets, public and private M&As, commercial contracts, employment & compensation, ESG, tax, IP/IT, real estate, banking & finance, and dispute resolution
- We act on behalf of issuers, book runners, underwriters and trading venues and regularly advise international clients on exchange listings and Swiss regulations
- In the area of equity capital markets, we advise on complex Swiss and international equity offerings and other equity and equity-related transactions
- Our key competences include (1) preparation (IPO readiness) and the structuring of rights offerings and other forms of equity capital raises by issuers; (2) implementation of initial public offerings (IPOs) and other rights offerings; (3) PIPEs and other private placements of listed equity and equity-linked instruments
Industry Coverage
Pestalozzi serves clients in all industries and has particular strengths in all areas of life sciences.
About the Service Provider
Company Representative(s)
- Christian Leuenberger
Partner Capital Markets / M&A
E-mail: christian.leuenberger@pestalozzilaw.com
Tel: +41 44 217 92 13
- Severin Roelli, Partner Corporate / M&A
E-mail: severin.roelli@pestalozzilaw.com
Tel: +41 44 217 92 68
- Mercedes Chiabotti, Associate Capital Markets / M&A
E-mail: mercedes.chiabotti@pestalozzilaw.com
Tel: +41 44 217 92 97
Service Description
- Corporate finance and strategic guidance to accelerate performance to prepare an Exit (IPO or Trade Sale) ultimately
- Shaping the equity story early on
- Providing Stifel‘s corporate finance expertise to funding and raising funds from external sources to later-stage companies
- Strategic Partnerships & Licensing Agreements
- Offering the full range of services in the context of an IPO
- Providing Stifel’s leading ECM platform with bookrunner experience across all sectors, market intelligence of equity research and unique distribution capabilities (incl. US), highly differentiated vs. middle market and bulge peers
Industry Coverage
All (focus Healthcare and (Industrial) Technology)
About the Service Provider
Stifel is an industry-focused, full service, mid-market global investment bank founded in 1890 and publicly quoted on the NYSE since 1983. Our group comprises a market-leading Investment Bank as well as a Wealth Management Platform that manages over $400billion in client assets
Stifel has built a significant presence in Europe over the last decade – today we are over 500 investment bankers across six offices in Europe and Israel with focus on the SME segment.
Our full service approach includes Growth Equity and PE sponsor coverage supported by M&A Advisory. We offer full support while a company is still private and leverage our transatlantic equity capital market team in IPOs and Capital Increases Leveraged Finance and Restructuring teams, all underpinned by best-in-class industry knowledge. Our dedication to sector expertise is further embodied in our leading Equity Research franchise, with one of the broadest coverage universes in North American and European capital markets.
Company Representative(s)
- Martin Zinn, Director, ECM Europe
E-mail: martin.zinn@stifel.com
Tel: +41 43 888 61 10 | Mobil: +41 79 878 56 41 - Jens Tschauder, Managing Director, Co-Head ECM Europe
E-mail: jens.tschauder@stifel.com
Direct: +49 69 247 414 150 | Mobile: +49 170 8439 094 - Johannes Lucas, Managing Director, Co-Head Advisory Europe
E-mail: Johannes.lucas@stifel.com
Direct: +49 69 247 414 444 | Mobile: +49 178 8060 233
Service Description
- IPO gap analysis: Important milestones to become a listed company
- IPO readiness: Get ready for an IPO well ahead of the first day of trading
- Holistic approach: Including finance, governance and ownership’s perspective
- Independent advice: Looking for the best options including plan B
- Being public: Preparation for the first year as a public company including news flow, research coverage, publication of financial results, leveraging the positive impact on the reputation/visibility of your company
Industry Coverage
All
About the Service Provider
Swissbridge is a boutique firm working with privately held as well as publicly listed companies in transformation processes, including IPO advisory, strategy and business development.
Marcel Schmid’s professional experience stems from 10 years with UBS/ Head of IPO team, 8 years with DKSH including IPO preparation and execution, 4 years as Managing Partner in Single Family Office and 4 years with his own firm “Swissbridge”, including IPO advisory
for Klingelnberg (IPO in 2018).
Company Representative(s)
- Marcel Schmid, Managing Partner
Dufourstrasse 31, 8008 Zürich
E-mail: mschmid@swissbridge.com
Tel: +41 79 698 33 38
Service Description
- Differentiated equity stories – based on five core pillars (the “five good reasons to invest”)
- Valuation considerations: Both fundamentally (modelling; peers) & soft factor-driven (Dos & Don’ts)
- Targeting: Relevant, desired stakeholders as well as key “gatekeepers” (promotors of the equity story)
- ESG: “Reduced to the max” through focus on “materiality matrix for sustainable performance”
- Operational IR: As an extended workbench to internal team or outsourced position
Industry Coverage
Multi-year experience in IR & communications for biotech & life sciences, industrials, asset management;
experience and transactions in other sectors
About the Service Provider
The ESF bases its approach to IR on the “4 P’s of strategic share marketing”:
1) Product = Equity story
2) Price = Adequate valuation
3) Place = Relevant targets
4) Promotion = Leveraging key gatekeepers (promoters)
A core element of the framework is a differentiated equity story, including the “five good reasons to invest” – a framework developed over the past two decades with key exponents of the financial community.
Company Representative(s)
- bluechip financial communications AG – The Equity Story Factory
Dr. Thomas Schneckenburger, PhD, CFA, Founder & CEO
E-mail: tom@equitystoryfactory.com
Tel: +41 79 407 99 52
Service Description
- Investor readiness – refine the equity story and presentation materials; due-diligence readiness; improve company’s approach to fundraising with the IPO in sight
- Investor visibility – create communication and visibility strategies to target the appropriate investor audiences for pre-IPO, IPO and beyond IPO
- Setting the pathway to an IPO – early assessment of bankers’ appetite for the deal and of a viable IPO timeline; assessment of issues that could come and “haunt” the company post-IPO and establishing strategies to address them
- IPO advisory team selection – help the company select the appropriate advisors for the respective sector/market cap
- IPO project management – act as a sparring partner for management and BoD, and as a conduit between company and the IPO advisors; manage the IPO process, thus enabling management teams to continue running their business as usual
Industry Coverage
Biotech, medtech, pharma, cleantech, ICT, industrials, consumer, real estate
About the Service Provider
Strategy consulting for IPO preparation. Starting to work with companies 1-3 years before an IPO. Getting companies investor-ready and more visible to domestic and international investors (also useful for private funding rounds), establishing the pathway to the IPO, putting all the pieces of the IPO “puzzle” together and managing the actual IPO process. Paving the way for a better “life after the IPO”.
Company Representative(s)
- Leti McManus, Founder
E-mail: Leti@tigerlinkadvisors.com
Tel: +41 76 446 36 25