Homburger with NZZ on sale of ZFF and Frame Cinema
Homburger advised Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) on the divestment of Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) as part of a management buyout dating July 2025.
The context
After ten years under NZZ, festival director Christian Jungen led a new group of investors to take-over ZFF. Moreover the Swiss cinema company Kinokoni acquired NZZ’s Frame Cinema – which will continue its collaboration with Zurich Film Festival.
The Homburger team
Anna Peter (pictured) led the Homburger team on the matter, working with Simone Schmid (both corporate/M&A) and Laetitia Fracheboud (tax).