Aeris Cleantec acquired by U.S. based company iRobot. The advisors

iRobot, a developer for consumer robots, has acquired privately-held Aeris Cleantec, a fast-growing provider of premium air purifiers headquartered in Cham, Zug Switzerland. The acquisition supports iRobot’s vision of building the world’s most thoughtful robotics and developing intelligent home innovations that make life better.

With this acquisition, Aeris will be able to build the next generation of high-performance air purifiers, devices that will be integrated into iRobot`s vision of the smart home. This smart home approach enables Aeris’ air quality solutions to clean the air better due to additional spatial information. 

Aeris currently employs over 30 people, all of whom are expected to join iRobot. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The advisors

Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal advisor to iRobot in this transaction. The team was co-led by Christoph Neeracher (pictured left) and Raphael Annasohn (pictured right) and included Yves Suter, Arnold Romero, Dominique Nguyen and Laurent Lauener (all m&a), Susanne Schreiber and Elena Kumashova (both tax), David Weimann (pensions & social security), Faton Aliu (financing), Rehana Harasgama (data protection), Markus Wang and Annina Läubli (both IP), Tobias Rebmann (antitrust) as well as Laura Widmer, Fanny Sutter and Laura Rubeli (all employment).

Baker McKenzie advised Aeris Cleantech and its shareholders on this transaction. The Baker McKenzie Switzerland team was led by Alexander Fischer and Christian Rioult (both pictured above), and Steven Canner and Michelle Heisner led the US team of Baker McKenzie.