All the UBS-Credit Suisse advisors

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 confidence in the Swiss economy and banking system.  

The advisors  

For UBS: 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising UBS Group as global transaction counsel. The Freshfields team is being led by a cross-border, cross-practice team led by partners Jennifer Bethlehem and Michael Raffan, with partners Simon Orton, Julian Long, and George Swan, and senior associate Michael Black. Regulatory advice was provided by partners Cyrus Pocha and Gunnar Schuster, and senior associate Claire Harrop. Equity capital markets advice was provided by partners Christoph Gleske and Doug Smith. 

Finance advice was provided by partners Duncan Kellaway and Richard Hart. People & Reward partners Holly Insley and Dawn Heath also advised, and antitrust advice was provided by partners Rafique Bachour and Tone Oeyen. IP advice was provided by partner Richard Lister. 

UBS counsel also include Bär & Karrer and Davis Polk. The Bär & Karrerr team was led by partner Rolf Watter and includes partners Martin Anderson, Cédric Chapuis, Vera Naegeli, associates Shu Zhang and Marie-Cristine Kaptan (all corporate / m&a), partners Frédéric Bétrisey, Peter Hsu, Daniel Flühmann and associate Vera Waldburger (all regulatory), partner Mani Reinert and associate Tim Meyer (merger control), partner Susanne Schreiber, associates Martin Leu and Alessia Suter (all tax), partners Nadja Jaisli and Pascal Hachem (both litigation) as well as partner Laura Widmer (employment).

For Credit Suisse: 

Walder Wyss acts as Lead Counsel to Credit Suisse on the merger. The team is being led by Urs Schenker (Senior Counsel, Corporate/M&A) and includes David Borer (Partner, Banking & Finance), Dominik Hohler (Partner, Restructuring/M&A), Alex Nikitine (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Thiemo Sturny (Partner, Restructuring/M&A), Christian A. Schmid (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Caroline Grand (Trainee Lawyer, Corporate/M&A), Irène Suter–Sieber (Partner, Employment) and Thomas Meister (Partner, Tax).  

Homburger advised Credit Suisse on various aspects in connection with the merger. The Homburger team was led by Daniel Daeniker (Corporate / M&A), Benjamin Leisinger (Capital Markets and Financial Market Regulation) and Claude Lambert (Corporate / M&A), and included Dieter Gericke (Corporate / M&A), Flavio Romerio (Crisis Management), Hansjürg Appenzeller (Corporate / M&A), Richard Stäuber (Competition), as well as associates Alexander Wherlock, Vanessa Isler, Daniel Hulmann, Manuel Baschung and Sofiya Shavlak (all Financial Market Regulation) and Magda Aref (Corporate / M&A).  

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised Credit Suisse in connection with aspects of its proposed merger with UBS. The cross-border team included partners Craig Brod, Sebastian Sperber, David Lopez, Derek Bush, Lisa Schweitzer and Deborah North alongside counsel Sarah Lewis and Brandon Hammer and a number of associates. 

Credit Suisse counsel also include Sullivan & Cromwell