White Peaks acquires pom+ Group: the advisors
Swiss mid-markets specialist White Peaks completed the acquisition of pom+ Group from its current management team. In connection with the deal, Bär & Karrer advised White Peaks, while Baker McKenzie Switzerland, with support from Baker McKenzie Germany, advised the shareholders and management team of pom+Group.
Pursuant to the deal, all pom+ partners remain invested in pom+Group and continue to lead the group’s management. Moreover, founder Peter Staub will retain his position as chairman of the board.
pom+ Group
Headquartered in Zurich, pom+Group is a consulting and tech-enabled service provider of digitalisation and sustainability solutions for the real estate sector in Switzerland. Originally a spinoff of ETH Zurich, the company provides services in construction, facility, property, portfolio and asset management.
The Bär & Karrer team
Christoph Neeracher (pictured above – left) and Philippe Seiler (pictured above – right) lead the Bär & Karrer team on the matter, working alongside Thomas Rohde, Patrick Zumsteg, Lazar Lepir, Björn Wegberg and Silvio Halter (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Anke Stumm, Fabian Capt, Pascal Altherr (all tax), Markus Wang (IP), Christian Kunz, Katharina Schreiber (both data protection), Rocco Rigozzi, Corina Moschen (both real estate) as well as Thomas Stoltz, Özden Omürcan and Daniela Guggenbühl (all notary).
The Baker McKenzie team
M&A Partners Alexander Fischer (pictured left) and Alexander Blaeser (pictured right) led the Baker McKenzie team on the matter. The Baker McKenzie Switzerland lineup further included partners Markus Wolf (banking & finance), Susanne Liebel-Kotz (tax), and Christoph Stutz (employment & competition), associates Kevin Ardüser (M&A), Vinzenz Sutter (M&A), and Nadine Charrière (IP), as well as trainee lawyer Elena Mani.
Partners Thomas Gierath (tax, Munich) and Jon Marcus Meese (corporate & commercial, Munich), counsel Eva Kriechbaumer (M&A, Munich), and associate Denise Tayler (corporate & commercial, Frankfurt), contributed to the team effort from Baker McKenzie Germany.
