Niederer Kraft Frey, founded in 1937, is a Zurich-based law firm with a strong reputation in domestic and international transactions across all practice areas within financial and corporate. The firm has a strong reputation advising leading international financial service institutions on highly significant mandates in the Swiss market and demonstrating clear legal expertise and innovative approaches to complex deals.
Highlights
The firm advised the banking syndicate on the initial public offering (IPO) of dermatology company Galderma. The firm played a crucial role on a USD 3.65 billion term and revolving credit facilities agreement for Galderma. The IPO was one of Europe's biggest and the largest in Switzerland since 2017.
In Capital Markets Debt, the firm served as legal counsel to Swiss Steel Holding AG in connection with its Euro 300 million capital increase and all coporate law aspects, Swiss Takeover Borad proceedings, and financing agreement renegotiations. Swiss Steel Group is one of the world’s leading providers of individual solutions in the special long steel products sector
Testimonials 2025
“Structured and responsive with
excellent deal making
skills.” - M&A
“NKF stands out for its deep and hands-on
expertise in complex M&A transactions. Their teams are always adequately (for the deal) staffed. I value their commercial, solutions-oriented approach and 27/4 availability.” - M&A
“The team of Adrian Koller and Philip
Spoerlé is
truly outstanding, absolutely creative,
super fast and always to the point, legally and commercially!” -
Restructuring
Key clients
UBS, Julius Baer, Bank of America, Société Générale, Sygnum, EQT, Goldman Sachs, Clariant, Swiss Steel, Global Blue Group, Georg Fischer, Silver Lake Partners, Bain Capital, Galderma Group, International Securities Lending Association (ISLA), The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), Deutsche Bank, Barclays
