
Jan Lusti
Biography
Jan Lusti is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and a member of the Corporate Finance Practice Group. He graduated from the University of St. Gallen. Subsequently, he worked as a trainee lawyer for Baker McKenzie Zurich. He was admitted to the bar in 2021 and rejoined the Firm the same year.
Practice Focus
Jan Lusti focuses on advising domestic and international clients in the areas of corporate transactions, corporate finance, capital markets as well as general corporate, commercial and contract law.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised SIX-listed DocMorris on its CHF 208 million rights offering.
- Advised BX-listed Ultima Capital on contribution in kind of CHF 530 million real estate assets against issuance of new shares, including a complex restructuring of the capital and shareholder structure and takeover clearance, and its second contribution in kind of Nammos Mykonos valued at CHF 120 million.
- Advised Privatbank IHAG on the sale of its business to Bank Vontobel.
- Advised VT5 Acquisition Company AG, the first SIX-listed Swiss special purpose acquisition company, on the acquisition and public listing of R&S Group on SIX Swiss Exchange, including all aspects of its De-SPAC transaction, namely the acquisition, the capital raising, the repurchase and the debt financing.
- Advised Schaffner Holding AG on the public tender offer for all of its publicly held shares by TE Connectivity.
- Advised Luzerner Kantonalbank AG as arranger, agent, security agent and lender, and other Swiss and Liechtenstein banks as lender in connection with their EUR 150 million financing of GarLa AcquiCo AG and its subsidiaries.
- Advised UBS on its landmark USD 50 million offering of digital securities (tokenized notes).
- Acted for the issuer, underwriters or depositary bank in each of the four inaugural global depositary receipts (GDR) listings on SIX Swiss Exchange under China-Switzerland Stock Connect, consisting of the offerings by Gem Co., Gotion High-tech Co., Keda Industrial Group Co. and Ningbo Shanshan Co. with total proceeds of over USD 1.5 billion.
- Advised Energy Infrastructure Partners AG co-founders and managing partners on acquisition of Credit Suisse AG's remaining 30% stake in the company.
- Advised Feintool on its CHF 202 million rights offering.
Admissions
- Switzerland (2021)
Education
- University of St. Gallen (M.A. HSG in Law and Economics) (2017)
- University of St. Gallen (B.A. HSG in Law and Economics) (2015)
Languages
- English
- German
Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.