Get to know Philippe Borens
Philippe Borens is a partner in our Banking and Finance Group in Zurich. His main areas of practice are banking and finance law, equity and debt capital markets, investment law, and the regulation of financial intermediaries and financial services in general.
An authorized representative at the SIX Swiss Exchange, he advises Swiss and international banks, brokers, fund and asset managers, investment advisors, insurance companies, and corporate clients in all types of finance transactions, including syndicated loans, acquisition finance, LBOs, rights issues, bonds and notes issues, securitizations, collective investment schemes, hedge funds, derivatives and structured products, cross-border offerings, and OTC-transactions, as well as on securities listings and regulatory issues.
After his graduation summa cum laude from the University of Basel, Philippe Borens completed a masters program in European economic law (LL.M.) at the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium) and obtained a doctorate in law in 1999. He was admitted to the bar in Switzerland in 1997 before joining our firm in 1999 and becoming a partner in 2004. In 2002, he was a foreign associate with an international law firm in London.
Philippe Borens has authored and co-authored various publications in the field of Swiss securities law and competition law. He is also a lecturer at the University of Zurich, as well as a member of the Zurich Bar Association and the International Bar Association.