Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd‘s banking, finance and regulatory practice is a strong choice for Swiss and international banks, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and corporates. The team is regularly instructed by major international clients looking to enter the Swiss market. Practice head Sandro Abegglen is deeply involved in the group's financial services regulatory work. Marco Häusermann is relied on for his experience handling high-value international credit financing transactions. Debt finance lawyer Philip Spoerlé and Adrian Koller, who maintains a broad financing practice, also come highly recommended.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Philip Spoerlé and Adrian Koller are dedicated partners who strive for excellence. Their responsiveness and availability are incomparable. In a transaction, they become real sparring partners to their clients.’
- ‘The team is highly competent and hard-working at all levels of seniority. Very proactive, creative and ready to go the extra mile for their clients. Ability to create rapport with our counterparties, which is key in negotiations.’
- ‘Philip Spoerlé is a great partner who is willing to go the extra mile and takes a very proactive approach. He is also willing to be pedagogical with parties who have less deal experience and will take the time to bring everyone up to speed, especially first-time borrowers. A trusted adviser I would recommend to any professional in the transactional banking space.’
- ‘Compared to other firms, NKF stands out for its seamless collaboration across departments and jurisdictions, which ensures consistent, high-quality legal advice.’
- ‘NKF stands out for its exceptional legal expertise, responsiveness and client-focused approach. They consistently deliver clear, practical, and solution-oriented advice, even on highly complex legal matters. In particular, we would like to highlight Bertrand Schott, whose deep regulatory knowledge, strategic thinking make him a highly trusted advisor.’
- ‘Philip Spoerlé is a very pragmatic, approachable and exceptional practitioner.’
Key clients
- UBS Switzerland AG
- Sygnum
- HSBC Bank Switzerland
- Alpiq Holding AG
- Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
- Maguar
- UniCredit Bank GmbH
- Gategroup
- Deutsche Bank
- Zürcher Kantonalbank
- VARTA AG
- Luzerner Kantonalbank
Work highlights
Advised the arrangers on a multi-billion dollar financing for Sandoz AG.
Advised Alpiq Holding AG on a revolving credit facilities agreement with an international syndicate of banks as lenders, and a revolving loan facility agreement with a syndicate of Swiss banks as lenders.
Acted as lead counsel to a banking syndicate led by Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. as documentation coordinator and arranger, with UBS Switzerland AG as agent, for a €550m bridge loan credit facility.
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Practice head
Sandro Abegglen
Other key lawyers
Marco Häusermann; Philip Spoerlé; Adrian Koller; Bertrand Schott