Gi Group, Italy’s largest multinational staffing company and one of Europe’s top six staffing companies, has completed the acquisition of Jobtome International, one of the world’s largest online job aggregators based in
The Swiss Insurance Association SIA represents the interests of the private insurance industry on a national and international level. The association has around 75 direct insurers and reinsurers. In order to support insurance companies in the
Medical Properties Trust, specialized for 20 years in acquiring and managing healthcare facilities, has increased its stake in Infracore SA to 70% by acquiring the 30% stake of Bâloise Group. This acquisition, which was announced on March 25, 2021,
Three new lawyers entered Wenger & Vieli in April 2021: Christian Hofstetter (pictured – left), Tatjana Merz (pictured – centre) and Una Paunovic (pictured – right). As a member of the Transactions practice group, Christian Hofstetter mainly works in
On March 23, 2021, Dufry One launched, and on March 30, 2021, successfully completed the issuance of CHF 500 million guaranteed senior convertible bonds due 2026 (the 2026 Bonds). The 2026 Bonds are conditionally convertible into ordinary shares of Dufry and are guaranteed
On April 1, 2021, Maus Frères and Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft announced the sale of all shares in Jumbo-Markt AG, a large Swiss do-it-yourself store operator, to Coop for an undisclosed consideration. Completion of the transaction is subject
BridgeBio Pharma, through its affiliate QED Therapeutics, and Helsinn Group announced a global collaboration and licensing agreement to further develop and commercialize QED Therapeutics’ FGFR1-3 inhibitor, infigratinib, in oncology and all other indications except
The first ELSA Switzerland Negotiation Competition took place on March 30, 2021. Schellenberg Wittmer partnered with ELSA Switzerland in the virtual negotiation competition. In particular, Marcel Jakob and Sophie Bastardoz judged participants arguments during the competition.
Deal & transactions
Kellerhals Carrard advised FISCHER entering into a strategic collaboration with Weichai
The privately controlled FISCHER Spindle Group in Switzerland, world technology operator in fuel cell compressor technology and Weichai Power, a listed 10bn Shandong company and one of the world technology operators of hydrogen fuel cell
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Valtech S.E. in these transactions. The team included Mariel Hoch, Fabienne Perlini, Florentin Weibel and Marlene Lienau (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Martin Leu and Kerim
