Daniel Haeberli

Daniel Haeberli is a partner in Homburger’s Banking & Finance as well as Capital Markets teams and he is the co-head of Homburger’s TechGroup.

His main focus is advising on complex financing structures, restructurings and special situations. Daniel acts as advisor to lenders, borrowers and sponsors on high profile financing transactions. His practice includes syndicated debt financing, acquisition and leveraged financing as well as bond offerings. Daniel also advices financial institutions on structuring, documentation and distribution of retail investment products.

• Advised AMAG Leasing on the renewal of its CHF 1.5 bn Auto Covered Bond Programme and the highly successful CHF 175 m and CHF 135 m 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 275 m 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 525 m in committed debt facilities and a further EUR 200 m 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 200 bn. Switzerland is the world’s largest market for structured products products and its turnover exceeded CHF 200 bn in 2023.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory

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

• Swiss Bar Association
• Zurich Bar Association

• Switzerland
• Zurich