The Viking Cruises Group issued USD 720,000,000 Unsecured Notes. Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank und BNP Paribas acted as Joint Book-Running Managers.
Viking is the largest operator of river cruises in Europe, Russia and China for North American passengers and offers ocean, lake and river cruises worldwide.
Bratschi acted as Swiss legal advisor to Viking in this transaction. The team included Thomas Peter (lead), Barbara Jecklin and Nadine Wanner (capital markets and finance) as well as Michael A. Barrot and Kerem Altay (tax). Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted as lead counsel to the issuer.
We are pleased to announce that Philipp Stamm has been appointed as a partner of our firm in Zug, effective 1 May 2025.
The German multi-brand hotel group The Chocolate on the Pillow Group is taking over the traditional Hotel Aarauerhof in Aarau. Following the Mercure Zürich City, this will be the group’s second property in Switzerland.
HAS Healthcare Advanced Synthesis SA has acquired Chemholding due SA and its subsidiaries. The main operating company is Cerbios-Pharma SA.