Niederer Kraft Frey, founded in 1936, 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 EQT on the pre IPO reorganisation and subsequent listing of its portfolio company, HBX Group. The offering was priced EURO 11.50 per share, which represented an initial market capitalization of EURO 3 billion. The IPO marks the largest stock market debut in Europe for 2025 and is the first listing of a UK company in Spain since Brexit.
Another highlight of the firms recent work includes advised as lead counsel for an international banking syndicate that provided CHF 1.26 billion in debt financing to SoftwareOne AG. This financing supports SoftwareOne's acquisition of Crayon Group Holding ASA.
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
