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Claude Lambert

Partner. Specialized in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity, public takeovers and defences as well as general corporate law and corporate governance. Recent assignments include assisting ABB on the carve-out and sale of its robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp. for an enterprise value of USD 5.375 bn, Barnes Group Inc. on the separation into two companies, Barnes Aerospace and The Industrial Solutions Group (each with its own leadership team and capital structure), GAM on the carve-out of its third party fund management services to Carne Group, GAM on the exchange offer from Liontrust, GAM on the partial offer from Newgame, UBS Group AG on its issuance of USD 3 bn Tier 1 Capital Notes with an equity conversion feature, Julius Baer Group Ltd. on the issuance of USD 400 m of 7.5% Perpetual Tier 1 Subordinated Contingent Convertible Bonds (Tier 1 CoCos). · Homburger

SwitzerlandCorporate / M&A, Equity Capital MarketsGerman, English

About

Partner at Homburger specialising in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity, public takeovers and defences, and general corporate law and corporate governance. Advises on carve-outs, separations and capital markets transactions — recent assignments include work for ABB on the carve-out and sale of its robotics division to SoftBank, Barnes Group on a separation, GAM on carve-outs and offers, and UBS and Julius Baer on Tier 1 capital issuances.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AEquity Capital MarketsPrivate EquityPublic TakeoversCorporate GovernanceEmployment & Executive Compensation

Office

Expertise

Carve-outs and divestituresCorporate separationsFund management carve-outsExchange and partial offersTier 1 capital issuances

Education

  • Dr. iur., University of Zurich, 1992
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1997

Admissions

  • Zurich Bar Association
  • Authorised Issuers' Representative, SIX Swiss Exchange

Languages

GermanEnglish