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Deirdre Ní Annracháin

Niederer Kraft Frey

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Bar Admissions:
Switzerland
New York
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
German
French
Biography

Deirdre’s practice focuses on capital markets, M&A transactions and corporate governance. She has experience working with international and Swiss companies, investment banks and private equity firms in a range of equity, debt and M&A transactions, including IPOs, rights offerings and public and private acquisitions.

Recent transactional highlights
  • R&S Group and its shareholders in its sale to VT5 Acquisition Company AG, constituting Switzerland’s first De-SPAC transaction
  • Underwriters in connection with the CHF 4 billion share capital increase by Credit Suisse Group AG
  • NEC Corporation in its CHF 2.05 billion acquisition of Avaloq Group AG
Practice areas
  • Corporate / M&A
  • Capital Markets
  • ESG
Bar admissions
  • Switzerland
  • New York
  • Ireland
Academic qualifications
  • Harvard Law School, LLM, Dean’s Scholar, 2013
  • The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin, Barrister-at-law Degree, 2012
  • University College Dublin, Masters in Common Law, 2012
  • University College Dublin, Bachelor of Arts, 2010
Address:
Zurich
Tel:+41 58 800 84 63 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.nkf.ch/lawyers/deirdre-ni-annrachain/