Credit Suisse and UBS signed a merger agreement, with UBS emerging as the surviving entity. With the combined market capitalization is approximately USD 65 billion, the merger follows negotiations between the two Swiss banks, prompted by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank, and FINMA, who all requested the transaction to restore […]
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Legal advisors involved in the UBS-Credit Suisse merger: For UBS: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising UBS Group as global transaction counsel. UBS counsel also include Bär & Karrer and Davis Polk. For Credit Suisse: Walder Wyss acts as Lead Counsel to Credit Suisse on the merger. Counsel also include Homburger, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and […]
Today, VAT Group has signed a syndicated term and multicurrency revolving credit facilities agreement with a syndicate of eleven banks, led by UBS Switzerland, to replace its current agreements that are due to expire in 2023. Homburger has acted as counsel to UBS Switzerland in its capacity as arranger, coordinator, original lender and agent in […]
Walder Wyss advised UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, bookrunner and agent and a syndicate of banks as lenders on the establishment of a CHF 150m syndicated credit facilities agreement for ORIOR and Orior Management. ORIOR Group is an internationally active Swiss food and beverage group specializing in fresh convenience food, meat processing, and organic […]
Baker McKenzie advised UBS on a transnational digital securities issuance using the distributed ledger technology (DLT). The USD 50 million fixed rate digital securities were placed in Singapore and Hong Kong and issued and settled on 15 December 2022. The transaction is an issue of uncertificated securities on chain which are constituted under English and […]
Homburger has acted as counsel to UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, agent, security agent and original lender in connection with the financing of the acquisition of Studer Cables’s parent company HC Holding Epsilon by HARTING Connectivity & Cable. Studer Cables is a manufacturer of cables solutions and systems located in Switzerland. We have informed […]
As we have informed last 8 November 2022 here, UBS has launched its CHF 375 million senior unsecured digital bond. UBS, acting through its London branch, successfully completed its inaugural issuance of digital bonds, consisting of CHF 375 m 2.330 per cent. Notes due November 2025. The bonds are digital only and issued on the blockchain-based […]
Baloise and UBS strengthen the partnership within their shared ecosystem and increase their stake in homeowner platform Houzy and hold now the majority of the Swiss-based start-up. Houzy supports owners of real estate in their property-related needs. Both companies invested in Houzy at an early stage and have gathered valuable experience in their roles as […]
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised the underwriting syndicate led by Goldman Sachs International and UBS on the offering of global depositary receipts (GDR) and SIX Swiss Exchange listing of Sunwoda Electronic under the China-Switzerland Stock Connect. Sunwoda, whose A Shares are listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange, sold 28,759,000 GDRs representing five A Shares each at […]
Homburger has advised Credit Suisse and UBS Switzerland in connection with the financing of Farner Consulting in support of its international buy-&-build strategy. Farner Consulting, together with its subsidiaries Rod and DU DA, is the leading agency group for communication consulting in Switzerland. Over the past 10 years, Farner has developed into a fully integrated […]
