Daniel Haeberli

Daniel Haeberli is a banking and finance as well as a capital markets specialist. He focuses in particular on leveraged and acquisition finance, syndicated debt and structured financing. Daniel has a special focus on securitized structured products and has also become an expert on tokenization of securities and crypto assets matters.

• Advised AMAG Leasing on the renewal of its CHF 1.5 bn Auto Covered Bond Programme and the highly successful CHF 175m and CHF 135m Auto Covered Bond Issuances thereunder. The Auto Covered Bonds are indirectly backed by a portfolio of lease assets originated by AMAG Leasing. The Auto Covered Bond Programme is the first corporate Covered Bond Programme in Switzerland and also the first Covered Bond Programme backed by auto lease receivables in the world. It offers much greater issuance flexibility at lesser cost than an ABS. The Auto Covered Bond Programme has been established under Swiss law and combines elements of established ABS structures and Mortgage Covered Bond Programmes in a novel and innovative way.
• Advising AtlasEdge on milestone sustainability-linked EUR 275m loan facilities. The innovative finance package which is a distinctive blend of standard digital infrastructure and LBO cash flow-based financing terms, consists of EUR 525m in committed debt facilities and a further EUR 200m of uncommitted accordion. The financing also includes sustainability-linked targets focused on efficiency and renewable energy usage. This aligns AtlasEdge's mission to build a truly sustainable digital society.
• Advising Julius Bär in connection with the implementation of its ESG investment framework in respect of structured products/ derivatives.
• Advising the cmta (the Swiss Capital Markets and Technology Association) working group "Tokenized Structured Products" and Targens, a Swiss FinTech start-up, on Swiss legal and regulatory aspects in connection with a smart contract for a "delivery versus payment" solution (DLT2Pay) to settle trades in tokenized securities.
• Advising the Swiss Structured Products Association SSPA, the Swiss industry association. Switzerland being the world’s largest market for structured products/securitized derivatives, as director "Legal&Regulations" on all legal and regulatory developments, representing the association in expert groups and engaging with the regulatory authority Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. Also advising the SSPA in connection with the preparation and publication of self-regulations on sustainable structured products with an investment volume of around CHF 200bn. Switzerland is the world’s largest market for structured products products and its turnover exceeded CHF 200bn in 2023.
• Advising Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank Julius Bär, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Banque Pictet, Union Bancaire Privée, Bank J. Safra Sarasin on all Swiss regulatory and securities law aspects relating to the structuring, offering and distribution of structured products in Switzerland.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: High yield
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Structured finance/securitisation

• Accounting
• Automotive
• Banking
• Financial services
• Investment management
• Oil and gas

• At all Swiss courts

• lic. iur., University of Zurich, (1996)
• LL.M in Corporate Law, New York University, (2001)