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The Swiss business magazine BILANZ and the newspaper LE TEMPS have published their ranking of the best law firms in Switzerland. BGPartner is proud to have been ranked, once again, as one of the best law firms in Switzerland.

BGPartner achieved a top ranking with five out of five stars in the "Private Equity and Venture Capital" category.

We would like to express again our sincere thanks to our clients as well as to our colleagues who have assessed our services so positively.

BGPartner is pleased to welcome, Dimitri Bachmann (Head of Digital Marketing) to the team as of April 27, 2021.

Further information on Dimitri Bachmann and our entire team can be found here.

BGPartner is pleased to welcome attorney at law Barbora Hasler to the Zurich team as of April 1, 2021. Further information on attorney Barbora Hasler and our entire team can be found here. 

BGPartner advised Swixx Biopharma AG on a EUR 52 mio. loan facility agreement with a syndicate of three major banks.

BGPartner advised Swixx Biopharma AG, one of the largest and fastest growing international commercialization platforms for innovative biopharma and self-medication companies in Central and Eastern Europe, regarding a EUR 52 million revolving credit facility agreement with the major banks UBS Switzerland AG, Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG and Citibank Europe plc. The facility included an option to request an increase of the loan up to EUR 80 million.

Swixx Biopharma AG operates fully owned subsidiaries across Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, with 600 employees and sales estimate exceeding 260 million Euros in 2021. The company has gathered outstanding rare disease, oncology-hematology, specialty and self- medication talent under one roof.

BGPartner assisted Swixx Biopharma AG in the negotiations and advised on all Swiss legal aspects of the complex transaction. The team was led by Oliver Gnehm (Partner) and further consisted of Thomas Gysin (Associate).

We are proud to be one of the very few European law firms to be registered with Michael Bader at the Chongqing Judicial Bureau as "Foreign Legal Counsel" of ZHH | Zhonghao Law Firm.

ZHH is one of the leading commercial law firms in China with offices in Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guiyang and Hong Kong and a member of LAWorld.

This cooperation ensures that our Swiss and European clients receive the same high standard of advice and expertise in China as in our home market and strengthens our China Desk in Switzerland.