Migros has announced a series of steps in its plan to bundle its supermarket business into a centrally managed stand-alone company, Migros Supermarkt. This business represented CHF 12 billion in revenues by 2022. Migros Supermarkt is scheduled to start operations on 1 January 2024. Migros is a cooperative union active in the retail sector and […]
As we have informed here, Komgo, the trade finance blockchain company, successfully closed a strategic equity investment by Banco Santander. With this investment, Santander becomes a shareholder of Komgo alongside other major corporate and financial
As part of a strategic reorganization, the American cotton manufacturer U.S. Cotton has sold the Flawil-based producer of absorbent cotton and other products, FLAWA Consumer, to members of its management. Homburger advised U.S.
After some 18 years of successful activity under the name “Swisscanto”, the Swisscanto Collective Foundation and the Swisscanto Supra Collective Foundation decide to make their independence more visible again. To this end, the two pension funds
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised bNovate Technologies as Swiss counsel on its CHF 12 million Series C financing round led by Emerald Technology Ventures, followed by existing shareholders. The funding will accelerate bNovate’s global expansion
Fahrzeug-Werke LUEG, one of the largest distribution and service partners of Daimler in Germany, has acquired the remaining stake in LUEG’s Swiss operations from Mercedes-Benz Automobil (MERBAG). Fahrzeug-Werke LUEG is one of the largest
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking has made a strategic equity investment into commodity trade finance platform Komgo, to accelerate the digital transformation of its trade and working capital products. Santander becomes a Komgo shareholder alongside
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Geneva based Thematica in obtaining its FINMA license as manager of collective assets with the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Founded in 2006, Thematica specializes in tailored investment solutions for professional clients
Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding has announced the grant of an exclusive North America license for the commercialization of vamorolone to Catalyst Pharmaceuticals for a total consideration of up to USD 231 million
Wenger Vieli has advised Almer, an Augmented Reality start-up for industrial applications, on all legal aspects of its seed financing round. Almer is an Augmented Reality start-up in the industrial sector. The start-up provides remote
