Unigestion sales PE business to Sagard: the advisors
Unigestion completed the sale of the entire share capital of Unigestion Private Equity Holding – the head holding of Unigestion’s private equity business – to the Canadian alternative asset management group Sagard.
In connection with the deal, Lenz & Staehelin advised Unigestion, while Shellenberg Wittmer represented Sagard.
The context
The deal stems from a reorganization of the Unigestion group around two head holdings, Unigestion Private Equity Holding private equity activities and Unigestion Holding One for all the other business operations.
The Lenz & Staehelin team
Shelby du Pasquier (banking and finance, pictured above – left) and David Ledermann (corporate and M&A, pictured above – right) led the Lenz & Staehelin team on the matter, working alongside Isy Isaac Sakkal (banking and finance) and Alex Coulaud (corporate and M&A).
The Schellenberg Wittmer team
The Schellenberg Wittmer team working on the matter included partner Jean Jacques Ah Choon (pictured), counsel Philippe Nicod, associate Leila Ena (all corporate), partner Grégoire Tribolet, associate Elizaveta Chpakovskaia (both regulatory), partner David Mamane, counsel Amalie Wijesundera (both merger control) partner Vincent Carron and associate Diego Segantini (both employment).
