Advestra advises BNP Paribas and the banking syndicate on the placement of EUR 1.5bn bonds of Roche

Roche suc­cess­fully placed two tranches of guar­an­teed bonds in the aggreg­ate amount of EUR 1.5 bn. The bonds were issued by Roche Fin­ance Europe B.V. and guar­an­teed by Roche Hold­ing AG. The first tranche was issued in the aggreg­ate prin­cip­al amount of EUR 650,000,000, has a coupon of 3.227% and is due in 2030. The aggreg­ate prin­cip­al amount of the second tranche amounts to EUR 850,000,000, has a coupon of 3.564% with a matur­ity date in 2044.

Advestra acted as Swiss leg­al coun­sel to the man­agers. The team included Annette Weber and Valérie Bayard (all Cap­it­al Mar­kets) as well as Céline Mar­tin (Tax).