Highland Europe has announced a €1 billion fund to further support growth-stage consumer internet and software companies with roots in Europe. The firm has raised its fifth fund to help Europe’s most ambitious entrepreneurs scale globally. Highland Europe has raised a total of €2.75 billion and has invested in companies such as Adjust, AMCS, Camunda, […]
Horn & Company, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, has entered into a quota purchase agreement in order to acquire GEM Consulting from its founders. This transaction enables Horn & Company – in cooperation with the founders – to expand and strengthen its management consulting services in the banking and insurance sector in Switzerland […]
Migros-Group invests in the Swiss start-up Revendo, the Swiss market leader in the field of upcycling electronic devices. Sparrow Ventures, Venture Builder and growth capital investor of the Migros Group, is investing in the Swiss start-up. The young company has succeeded in building up a flourishing business and has positioned itself as the number one […]
Helsinn Group, a fully integrated, global biopharma company with a track record of over forty years of commercial execution and a strong focus in oncology and rare diseases, has closed a financing agreement with Oberland Capital Management. The funding will allow the company to expand the portfolio of late- and commercial-stage oncology and rare disease products. […]
As we have informed here, Invision, a renowned investment company focusing on succession solutions and growth financing for medium-sized companies in German-speaking countries, has launched and successfully closed Invision Logistics LP, a CHF 145m continuation fund for the further development of Schneider Group, an internationally oriented medium-sized forwarding company with more than 800 employees at […]
The Swiss-based integrated European energy company MET Group has formed a Swiss joint venture company Keppel MET Renewables with Keppel Infrastructure Holdings to pursue renewable energy opportunities in Western Europe. Keppel Infrastructure Holding is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation, a Singapore flagship multinational company providing solutions for sustainable urbanization The Swiss JV between KI and […]
Baker McKenzie has advised Cicor on the exercise of its option to reopen its issuance of mandatory convertible bonds due 2027 in an amount corresponding to CHF 40,188,000 and to sell those bonds to One Equity Partners. The mandatory convertible bonds of Cicor, convertible into shares at the conversion price of CHF 47.50, were initially […]
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised GENFIT, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, on the acquisition of Versantis. GENFIT is a pioneer in liver disease research and development, publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and on compartment B of Euronext’s regulated market in Paris. The acquisted Versantis is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused […]
Solenis has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kolb Distribution‘s paper process chemicals business, a unit of KLK Kolb Group. The deal includes a long-term supply agreement, in which the KLK Kolb Group will manufacture paper process chemicals exclusively for Solenis. The acquisition will expand Solenis’ product offering and provide long-term supply agreement for […]
Fidinam & Partners and Studio Quadranti-Molteni have collaborated with the management of Chaberton Partners on the addition of Olivier Lemaitre to the Board of Directors. By joining the Board of Directors, Lemaitre brings to the group his expertise in HR business services. He will lead the expansion of the firm in France, Germany as well […]
