UBS-Credit Suisse Deal Aided by Four of Biggest US Law Firms

UBS Group AG purchased embattled rival Credit Suisse Group AG for $3.2 billion with the help of four of the biggest law firms in the US.

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer took the lead for UBS in the deal Sunday, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Sullivan & Cromwell advised Credit Suisse, along with Swiss law firm Homburger, according to the law firms.

Cleary partners Craig Brod, Sebastian Sperber, David Lopez, Derek Bush, Lisa Schweitzer, and Deborah North led the firm’s work. Cleary counsels Sarah Lewis and Brandon Hammer, and associates Lauren Semrad, Mohamed Taha, Julia ...