NKF with banking syndicate on SGS’s EUR-bond issuance
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) advised a banking syndicate consisting of UBS London Branch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Europe, HSBC Continental Europe, Crédit Industriel et Commercial, J.P. Morgan, and Société Générale, all acting as managers as SGS issued two tranches of EUR-bonds through its subsidiary SGS Nederland Holding.
Both tranches, each amounting to EUR 500 million, are guaranteed by SGS and pending admission to trading on SIX Swiss Exchange.
The NKF team
Of counsel Christoph Balsiger (pictured) led the NKF team on the matter, working with associate Reto Seiler (both banking, finance and regulatory) as well as partner Markus E. Kronauer (tax).