30/11/2007
Ogier has advised on the listing of Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited, a Guernsey registered company, on the Swiss Stock Exchange. Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited was listed on 6 November 2007 with a market capitalisation of CHF2.196 billion (approximately US$2 billion) making it the largest listing on the Swiss Stock Exchange this year.
Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited is a leading independent global alternative investment management group whose core business is the provision of investment management services to a diversified range of funds of hedge funds. Gottex also structures and manages specialised fund of hedge fund managed accounts and provides related investment advisory services. Gottex has offices in Europe (London, Lausanne and Luxembourg), the United States (Boston and New York) and Asia (Hong Kong), and affiliated offices in South America (Montevideo) and Australia (Sydney).
An Ogier team led by Roger Le Tissier and Andy Lowe, assisted by Bryon Rees, Claudia Shan and Alexa Birt, acted as Guernsey legal advisers to Gottex, in conjunction with Simmons & Simmons (UK) and Homburger AG (Switzerland).