Baker McKenzie advised Georg Fischer (GF) in a voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Finnish piping system specialist Uponor. On 12 June 2023, GF and Uponor entered into a combination agreement. The total equity value of the tender offer is approximately EUR 2.1 billion. Founded in 1802, GF specializes on the […]
SSP Group, a renowned operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, has announced that it has acquired rights to develop the Pret A Manger (“PRET”) franchise in German-speaking Switzerland. As part of
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has acquired all the shares of Angel Japan Asset Management from its founder, Hirotaka Usami. Founded in Tokyo in 2001, Angel Japan is a Tokyo-based independent investment advisor specialised in the
As we have informed here, US private equity investor Battery Ventures has acquired Swiss-based SaaS startup Avrios International. Avrios offers a cloud-based fleet management platform, used by more than a thousand customers with around 120,000 vehicles.
GEODIS, one of the world’s leading transport and logistics companies, has acquired International Transport & Shipping. ITS is an independent Swiss freight forwarder founded in 1992 and headquartered in Reinach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
Union Investment, the international real estate company with headquarters in Hamburg, has closed the sale of its multi-tenant property «Westpark» located in Zurich-West to PSP Real Estate, a subsidiary of PSP Swiss Property, for CHF 216.5
Niederer Kraft Frey advised Nicolas Gonet and Gonet & Cie on the strategic business partnership with Arab Bank (Switzerland). As we have informed here, the new banking group will be a major actor in the
With Ziad Zarka (pictured) serving as Montfort Group’s General Counsel in Dubai, Montfort Group and the Private Office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum have announced the successful completion of their
Innovad, a provider of animal nutrition and health solutions, has acquired its Swiss competitor Herbonis and its subsidiaries in Switzerland, France and including Wyreside in the UK. The acquisition aims to strengthen Innovad’s portfolio
Schellenberg Wittmer advised on the sale of Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology, to Ripple. Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, serves hundreds of customers in over 55
