NKF with UniCredit on financing for voluntary public offer
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF), acting as lead counsel, advised UniCredit Bank in connection with its role as sole underwriter, arranger, bookrunner, settlement guarantee issuing bank and agent on the CHF 700 million financing for SoftwareOne Holding’s voluntary public offer, directed to all shareholders of Crayon Group Holding ASA.
Moreover, NKF represented the other members of the banking syndicate working on the deal.
The parties involved
Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange SoftwareOne Holding serves a global market with software and cloud solutions.
Crayon Group Holding is a specialist in software procurements, IT cost management, cloud services, and data and AI solutions. The company is listed on the Oslo Børs.
The teams
M&A/finance partners Adrian Koller (pictured left) and Philip Spoerlé (pictured right) led the NKF team on the matter, working alongside associate Alexander Züger, junior associate Manuel Constam (both M&A/finance) and partner Markus Kronauer (tax).
Wiersholm acted as Norwegian law counsel to UniCredit Bank. The Norwegian firm’s team included partners Atle Gabrielsen, Anne Lise Ellingsen Gryte and Audun Dahle-Nedrelid, as well as senior associate Johanna Bergum Mortensen.
