Schellenberg Wittmer advised German retailer Obi on the takeover its Swiss store line-up from former franchise partner Migros. Following the transaction, Obi Group takes over the entire Swiss store fleet, previously contracted-out to franchise partner Migros, with the further addition of a new Obi-labeled location in Ticino. Globally active in the mass distribution of bricolage […]
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Procimmo on its license as a fund management company (FMC). Procimmo already has a license as manager of collective assets (MCA). With the license as FMC, Procimmo will be able to do
Advestra advised Liberta Partner, a Munich-based multi-family office, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Avenir Group, a human resource management company headquartered in Switzerland, advised by Vischer. Furthermore, Baker McKenzie advised Migros Bank
Wenger Vieli advised Inyova, a digital impact investing platform, in obtaining its asset management license (AML) from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and with its financing round with Abendrot, a sustainable pensions solutions
Pestalozzi advised Aksia, an alternative assets specialist advising institutional investors, on the establishment of a legal entity in Switzerland. The firm successfully supported the client on the Finma authorization as a representation
MME has supported Linea Association in its establishment as an independent Swiss non-profit organization based in Zug. Linea’s task will be growing and governing the association’s open-source zkEVM Layer-2 technology. The objective is
Netrics, a portfolio company of funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital and one of the largest Swiss providers of cloud and modern workspace solutions, has entered into a partnership with Solify, a company specialising in Azure-centric
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) served as legal counsel to Mikron Switzerland in the acquisition of all intellectual property rights held by LYSR Sàrl. Mikron, a leader in high-performance production systems for the manufacturing of
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Schellenberg Wittmer: three new partners and a new counsel
Schellenberg Wittmer has further strengthened its team with the appointment of three new partners and a new counsel. On 1 September 2024, Dr Stéphanie Chuffart-Finsterwald joined the firm as a partner in Geneva. She will lead
Lenz & Staehelin advised ZENDRA, the company whose photovoltaic sub-construction will be used in the alpine solar project “SedrunSolar”, on the protection and commercialization of its intellectual property rights and know-how to its product. Such
