Bär & Karrer advises on the sale of Romer’s Hausbäckerei
IDAK Food Group has acquired the majority stake in the family business Romer’s Hausbäckerei. The bakery company, that employs around 350 people and is headquartered in Benken, is a leading manufacturer of frozen bakery and pastry products and the largest privately held B2B frozen bakery products company in Switzerland.
With the takeover of Romer’s Hausbäckerei, the food holding company IDAK creates a new, third business segment.
Bär & Karrer has acted as legal advisor to the Romer family in this transaction. The team was co-led by partner Christoph Neeracher (pictured left) and associate Elisabeth Rinderknecht (pictured right) and included Luca Jagmetti, Thomas Rohde, Li Wei Dutler, Patrick Zumsteg, Nick Aschwanden, Leander Knapp and Frantisek Draslar (all corporate/m&a), Lukas Roesler (financing), Susanne Schreiber, Anke Stumm and Aron Liechti (all tax), Tim Meyer (antitrust), Rocco Rigozzi (real estate) and Laura Widmer (employment).
Niederer Kraft Frey advised IDAK Food Group. The NKF team was led by corporate/M&A partner Manuel Werder (pictured bottom), working with associates Binderiya Gan-Ayush and Naomi Loretz (both Corporate/M&A), partner Adrian Koller and associate Selim Lötscher (both M&A/Finance), partner Thomas Graf (Tax), partner Nicolas Birkhäuser (Antitrust/Competition), senior associate Livia Keller and associate Daniela Lötscher (both Employment), senior associate Oliver Zbinden (Real Estate), counsel Janine Reudt-Demont (Regulatory), and junior associates Niklaus Hatz, Marco Sidler and Tristan Bohn (all Corporate/M&A).
