European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, an innovation fund owned by the European Commission, established to make direct investments (between EUR 500,000 and 15,000,000) in European start-up companies and SMEs, made investments in six innovative start-ups in Switzerland. Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to EIC Fund in these transactions. The team was led […]
A group of investors led by SME Equity Partners and Co-Investor Partners has acquired Promedical, a Swiss supplier of medical consumables and surgery kits. The transaction allowed the family owners to successfully conclude their succession
The shareholders of Rehold have entered into a share purchase agreement for the sale of Rehold and its operating subsidiary Gebrüder Renggli to TT Medic. Gebrüder Renggli is a supplier of thermoplastic products
Swiss group Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), a worldwide provider of cabling and connectivity solutions for high-end communication networks, has completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Tecnosteel, European manufacturers of racks
Spanish start-up Playtomic, a sports booking platform and SaaS for sport venues, has acquired all shares in GotCourts, a swiss stock corporation based in Zurich, Switzerland. GotCourts is a social network for racket sports players
Baker McKenzie advised South Pole Holding on successfully completing their purchase of 100% of the shares in Carbonsinkgroup. Carbonsink operates a consulting business providing net-zero decarbonisation and climate risk management strategies for companies. It was founded
Jakob Müller Holding, a Swiss OEM for the textile industry, has sold TexTrace to Avery Dennison Corporation. TexTrace is a technology developer specialising in bespoke woven and knitted RFID products integrated into garments. The
Pestalozzi advised private equity firm Susquehanna Private Capital on its investment in Spherix Global Insights, a pharmaceutical market insights firm. Pestalozzi advised Susquehanna with respect to all Swiss legal and tax aspects of this transaction.
responsAbility Investments, specialists in impact investing focusing on private debt and private equity across emerging markets, on the sale of a majority stake of responsAbility Investments to M&G PLC. responsAbility has more recently
ZF Friedrichshafen, a global technology company in powertrain and suspension engineering as well as active and passive safety technology, enters into an asset deal for the acquisition of the specialized adhesive films technology for side
