Allwyn Entertainment with Cohn Robbins Holding on NYSE listing
Swiss Allwyn Entertainment (former Sazka Entertainment), a multinational lottery operator operating lotteries in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus and Italy, intends to become a publicly-listed company on the NYSE in partnership with Cohn Robbins Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), resulting in an expected total enterprise value for Allwyn Entertainment of approximately USD 9.3 billion.
The proposed transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
Lenz & Staehelin advised Allwyn Entertainment in this transaction. The team includes partners Tino Gaberthüel (corporate/m&a, pictured right) and Patrick Schleiffer (capital markets, pictured center) as well associate Alex Wille and junior associates Nicolas Lehmann and Till Haechler (all corporate/m&a).
Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal and tax advisor to Cohn Robbins Holding Corp. The team included Urs Kägi (capital markets/m&a, pictured left), Christoph Neeracher, Rebecca Schori, Stefanie Walch and Linus Zweifel (all capital markets/ m&a), Faton Aliu (financing), Markus Schott (regulatory), Laura Widmer (employment) as well as Susanne Schreiber and Elena Kumashova (both tax)
