Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Weigh Legal Fights Over Bonus Clawbacks

A year ago, Credit Suisse Group AG handed its bankers about $870 million of cash bonuses with the caveat that they had to stay for three years or pay some of it back.

That second part might be trickier than the bank’s leaders hoped.

A handful of former employees based in Europe and Asia are weighing separate legal challenges to the clawbacks, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity.

They argue they had little time to agree to the terms and that a reward for past performance shouldn’t be subject to them sticking around ...