Balmelli Hanslin

Partners Group acquires Empira: the advisors

Kellerhals Carrard advised Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, on acquiring Empira Group, a real estate investment platform with EUR 14 billion in asset value, advised by Bär & Karrer. The acquisition is anticipated to close in H1 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Kellerhals Carrard acts as lead counsel to Partners Group on this transaction.

The Kellerhals Carrard team

The Kellerhals Carrard team was led by partners Marco Balmelli (pictured left) and Marc Hanslin (pictured right, both corporate/M&A,) and comprised partner Armin Kühne, partner Luca Bianchi and senior associate Michael Kremer (all regulatory), attorneys at law Kevin MacCabe, Sarah Schneider, Kim Linder (all corporate/M&A), attorney at law Jeannine Recher (M&A/real estate), attorney at law Bettina Achermann (employment), attorney at law Milena Grob (data protection) as well as attorney at law Laura Manz (insurance).

Bär & Karrer’s team

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the seller, Empira. The team was led by partner Christoph Neeracher (left) and further includes partners Philippe Seiler, Luca Jagmetti and Thomas Rohde, counsel Fabienne Perlini-Frehner, associates Elisabeth Rinderknecht, Benjamin Grunwald, Romina Lauper, Lazar Lepir, Yascha Fengler and Nick Aschwanden, junior associates Kai Bajka, Björn Wegberg (all M&A), partner Susanne Schreiber, associate Fabian Capt, tax associate Ariane Menzer (all Tax), partner Daniel Flühmann, associate Christina Werren (both Regulatory), partner Christian Kunz (Data Protection) as well as partner Mani Reinert and associate Tim Meyer (both Merger Control).

paolo.cannazza@lcpublishinggroup.com

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