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Beau Visser

Associate
Baker McKenzie Switzerland AG
Admitted as EU lawyer to Swiss courts in accordance with Art. 28 BGFA

Biography

Beau is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Zurich office and a member of the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisition practice groups. Before joining the Zurich office, she worked as an associate in the Corporate/M&A team of the Amsterdam office.

Furthermore, Beau had a secondment of six months at a global healthcare company based in Switzerland.

Practice Focus

Beau focuses her practice on capital markets transactions, including public takeovers and IPOs. She moreover advises clients in the field of private M&A, remuneration and incentive schemes, corporate governance as well as finance matters.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Represented SIX-listed Zur Rose Group on the CHF 360 million sale of its Swiss business to Medbase, a Migros subsidiary.

  • Advised KSA Group on sustainable financing by a CHF 120 million Green Bond.

  • Advised Identec Group Corporation and further shareholders of SmartLiberty SA on selling 90% of the company's shares to publicly listed German NEXUS Group

  • Advised Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. on the USD 215 million global offering of its global depositary receipts and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange

  • Advised SIX-listed Zur Rose Group AG on the issuance of CHF 95 million convertible bonds and CHF 44 million capital increase through an accelerated book building.

  • Structured the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) under Swiss law and advised VT5 Acquisition Company, the first Swiss-listed SPAC, on its initial public offering.

  • Advised Occlutech Holding AG on its SEK 450 million private placement of Swedish Depositary Receipts (SDRs).

  • Advised Cosmo Pharmaceuticals in connection with exchange offer for all publicly held registered shares of Cassiopea.

  • Represented Implantica on its cross-border IPO and listing on Nasdaq First North Premier.

  • Advised VIS Finance S.A. and ELM B.V. on establishment of their FinSA-compliant secured securities programs.

  • Advised Implantica AG, a medtech group with operations in the implantable medical device and eHealth markets, in respect of its IPO on Nasdaq First North Premier.

  • Advised SIX-listed biopharmaceuticals company Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. on the completion of its repurchase offer for existing convertible bonds due 2022 and the issuance of new convertible bonds due 2027, accompanied by the provision of a stock loan facility and a delta placement of shares.

  • Advised SIX-listed specialty pharmaceutical company Cassiopea SpA on its capital increase of 750,000 new registered shares.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Dutch Bar Association*

*Beau Visser has registered the following principal legal practice area in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister): corporate law. Based on this registration, she is required to obtain at least ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

Admissions

  • Switzerland in accordance with Art. 28 BGFA (2019)
  • Amsterdam~Netherlands (2016)

Education

  • University of Amsterdam (LLM Private/European Law, summa cum laude) (2015)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • German