Linklaters advises on USD 6 billion SEC-registered bonds issued by Novartis

Linklaters has advised the banking syndicate on an SEC-registered bond issue with a total principal amount of 6 billion US Dollars under US law. The bonds were issued by Novartis Capital Corporation and are guaranteed by Swiss-based Novartis AG. The banking syndicate consisted of BofA, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, Citigroup and Mizuho.

Linklaters has a team of experienced US lawyers in Germany with a long track record in advising on complex capital market transactions in the US market on both the corporate and banking sides.

The Linklaters team was led by Dr Marco Carbonare (Partner, Frankfurt) and Kevin Roy (Counsel, both Corporate/M&A, Berlin/Frankfurt). Other team members included Jeffrey Cohen (Partner, Capital Markets, New York), Omer Harel (Counsel, Tax, London), Alexander Auster, Alexander Gatlin and Marianna Troia (all Associates, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Erika Jensen (Associate, Tax, New York) and Akrit Anand (Associate, Capital Markets, Amsterdam).