6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August, 2009

Commission File Number 001-33434

CREDIT SUISSE

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

Paradeplatz 8, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Explanatory note

This Report on Form 6-K contains the exhibit set forth below.  This report on Form 6-K and such exhibit are hereby incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No. 333-158199-10 of Credit Suisse.

Exhibit 99.1: Tax Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, August 12, 2009, relating to the registrant’s Index Knock-Out Notes due February 10, 2011 Linked to a Basket Consisting of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, the KOSPI 200 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index, the Hang Seng® Index and the MSCI Singapore Index.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	CREDIT SUISSE
Date:  August 13, 2009	By:	/s/ Grace Koo
		Name:	Grace Koo
		Title:	Authorized Officer
	By:	/s/ Sharon O’Connor
		Name:	Sharon O’Connor
		Title:	Authorized Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

666 FIFTH AVENUE

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10103

August 12, 2009

Credit Suisse

11 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10010

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special tax counsel to Credit Suisse, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of pricing supplement no. J90 dated August 10, 2009 relating to Index Knock-Out Notes due February 10, 2011 Linked to a Basket Consisting of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, the KOSPI 200 Index, the MSCI Taiwan Index, the Hang Seng® Index and the MSCI Singapore Index (the “Pricing Supplement”), to the underlying supplement dated March 25, 2009 relating to Medium-Term Notes (the “Underlying Supplement”), to the product supplement dated March 25, 2009 relating to Index Knock-Out Notes Linked to the Performance of One or More Indices or Exchange Traded Funds or a Basket(the “Product Supplement”), to the prospectus supplement dated March 25, 2009 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) for the Company’s Senior Medium-Term Notes and Subordinated Medium-Term Notes relating to the prospectus dated March 25, 2009 (the “Prospectus”) contained in the Company’s Registration Statement (No. 333-158199-10) (the “Registration Statement”).  This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Section 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

In our opinion, the discussions under the heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Product Supplement and in the Pricing Supplement, subject to the conditions and limitations described therein, set forth the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable generally to holders of the securities offered pursuant to the Pricing Supplement as a result of the ownership and disposition of such securities.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Product Supplement and in the Pricing Supplement.  By such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP