Niederer Kraft Frey

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

Niederer Kraft Frey advised on the notably innovative “China Switzerland Stock Connect” deal and acted on eight of nine inaugral GDR offerings and listings on SIX Swiss Exchange with an aggregate estimated volume of $3.1 billion. The new GDR debt instruments offer an innovative combination of Swiss, Chinese, New York and English specific elements to list global depository receipts that represent their domestic shares on SIX Swiss Exchange.

Another notable example of the firms recent active work involves the firm advising UBS in connection with one of the largest deals of 2023 on the Suisse Credit acquisition and advised the Swiss Confederation on the conclusion of a Loss Protection Agreement (LPA) with UBS Group AG.

Key clients

Swiss Confederation, CLSA Limited, UBS, Kunshan Dongwei Technology Co., Ltd., Citigroup Global, Markets Europe AG, Julius Baer, Credit Suisse, Swiss Confederation, CIBC