MLL Legal has successfully represented Lindt & Sprüngli against Lidl regarding the trademark protection for the “Lindt Gold Bunny”. With Judgment of 30 August 2022 the Swiss Federal Court has fully granted Lindt & Sprüngli’s injunction against Lidl and has prohibited Lidl from producing and distributing copies of the Lindt Gold Bunny. This Judgment implies […]
Xavier Schops has become new general counsel, company secretary and global head of legal, compliance and risk management at Medmix, a global leader in high-precision delivery devices. Headquartered in Baar, the company’s shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Schops is acomplished lawyer with a passion for business and substantial global experience supporting US […]
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised Porsche on its starts in trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a total market capitalization of approximately EUR 78 billion. Shares in Porsche have started trading on Frankfurt’s stock exchange on Thursday in one of the biggest public offerings in Europe. Volkswagen, one of Europe’s largest carmaker and Porsche’s owner, […]
DPE Deutsche Private Equity, a renowed growth investor in the DACH region, has successful closed the named DPE Continuation Fund I with a fund size of EUR 708 million. The transaction represents the largest German GP-led secondary in history. DPE CF I was formed with the aim to invest into Eraneos Group and valantic Group. […]
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised Ambienta, one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, on the sale of its portfolio company SF-Filter, Europe’s renowed supplier of mobile and industrial filters, to funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe. The parties have agreed to observe confidentiality regarding the financial details of the transaction. From […]
Monte Valle Partners and M3 Groupe Management have completed the acquisition of an unknown minority stake and majority stake respectively in TradeXBank from Sberbank of Russia Advestra has acted as legal counsel for Monte Valle Partners, an investment firm founded by American Stephen P. Lynch, and coordinated the legal workstream for the buyers group on […]
As we have informed last 22 September 2022 here, the Beijing company Lepu Medical Technology has successfully offered and listed its global depositary receipts (GDRs) on SIX Swiss Exchange. The GDRs were admitted to trading and listed on 21 September 2022. Credit Suisse, CITIC Securities and CICC acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners and China Galaxy International, Huatai International and Haitong International […]
Lenz & Staehelin has assisted Boss Info in securing the CMTA.Tokenized Shares certification for its shares, that are shares that have been tokenized in accordance with Swiss law and industry standards. The certification makes it possible for companies that have issued shares in the form of ledger securities pursuant to Articles 973d et seq. of the Swiss Code […]
Wenger Vieli has advised the shareholders of MENU Technologies on all Swiss legal and tax aspects in a cross-border transaction whereby MENU has become part of the NYSE listed PAR Technology Corp. group. Launched in 2014 as an innovative IT start-up in Switzerland, MENU has grown into a strong and sustainable company that enables sophisticated […]
Walder Wyss has advised UBS Switzerland as mandated lead arranger, agent and security agent and the other syndicate banks on a CHF 150m syndicated credit facility for Auto-Interleasing. Auto-Interleasing is an owner-managed family business that has specialised in leasing, mobility solutions & fleet management since 1949. The Swiss company is an expert when it comes […]
