On 23 June 2016, Cembra Money Bank AG (Cembra) closed its fourth auto lease securitisation transaction involving the issue by Swiss Auto Lease 2016-1 GmbH (the Issuer) of CHF 200,000,000 0.22 per cent. Asset-Backed Class A Notes due 2026 and CHF 22,600,000 0.40 per cent. Asset-Backed Class B Notes due 2026 to the Swiss capital market.

The Notes issued are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and are backed by a portfolio of auto lease assets originated by Cembra and transferred to the Issuer.

Walder Wyss advised Cembra also on this fourth transaction on the overall structuring and all Swiss legal tax and VAT aspects of the transaction.

The Walder Wyss team included Lukas Wyss (partner, finance), Johannes A. Bürgi (partner, finance), Thomas Meister (partner, tax), Thomas Müller (partner, finance), Jan Ole Luuk (counsel, VAT), Julia Lehner (associate, finance) and David Henseler (trainee, finance).