Niederer Kraft & Frey is regularly involved in the largest and most complex capital market transactions in Switzerland. Representative examples include:

• Advising Qatar Holding in the landmark investment in Credit Suisse Group Tier 1 Buffer Capital Notes (CoCos) in 2011
• Advising a banking syndicate with BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank as global co-ordinators on the financing of the takeover of Sunrise by CVC through high-yield bonds and various credit facilities with a total volume of around CHF 2.3 billion. The Sunrise CVC takeover was one of the largest private equity transactions in Europe in 2010
• Advising a banking syndicate with UBS as global co-ordinator regarding the increase in capital of 1 billion CHF at OC Oerlikon with offer of subscription rights, one of the largest ECM transactions in Switzerland in 2010
• Advising the Swiss Confederation on the subscription of the UBS convertible bond and subsequent placing of UBS shares totalling CHF 7.2 billion, the largest capital market transaction in Switzerland in 2009
• Advising Givaudan AG concerning the structuring of the dividend payout via warrants, one of the first transactions of its kind over the past 10 years
• Advising Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, a leading issuer of alpine bonds, concerning the issuing of convertible bonds of Kadokawa Group Holdings Inc., one of the leading Japanese media companies, with a volume of CHF 130 million
• Counsel to the issuer or the underwriting banks in 10 out of 30 completed IPOs on SIX between 2005 and 2010