On 27 January 2022, Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB), 74.9%-majority shareholder of Bank Linth LLB, has published the pre-announcement for a public tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Bank Linth. LLB will offer Bank Linth
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA approved the application of Grimaldi & Partners regarding its authorisation as portfolio manager under the Financial Institutions Act (FINIA) three weeks after filing with FINMA. Pestalozzi advised the
Forestay Capital, managed by Forestay Capital Management Limited, the closed-end tech fund launched in 2018 by B-FLEXION (previously Waypoint) and the management have sold their equity stake in BlueBotics, a navigation technology company based in St-Sulpice (
F24 Schweiz is strengthening its market position in business communications in Switzerland with the acquisition of SMSup, a fast-growing Swiss business communications startup with a focus on the French-speaking market and a growing Presence in
MLL has announced the promotion of four of its lawyers, Louisa Galbraith, Marco S. Meier, David Peter and Andrea Trost, as senior associates. Louisa Galbraith is a member of the firm’s IP team
Octium Group successfully completed the acquisition of Credit Suisse Life & Pensions, a Credit Suisse subsidiary that focuses primarily on German and Italian insurance clients with offices in Vaduz and Milan, after having obtained regulatory
Bratschi, led by partner Martin Moser (pictured), has acted as legal counsel to Cremo, a Swiss company manufacturing and marketing dairy products, in its acquisition of Innoprax and the associated Lattesso brand. Since 2013, Lattesso has
Bruker, a NASDAQ-listed technology company in the analytical instrumentation sector, has acquired Prolab. Prolab, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Reinach, specialises in high-precision low-flow liquid chromatography technology. In this context, the company focuses primarily on
Global technology company ABB has appointed Andrea Antonelli (pictured) as general counsel and member of the executive committee, as of March 1, 2022. He will succeed Maria Varsellona, who will, as previously announced, leave the company to
European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, an innovation fund owned by the European Commission, established to make direct investments (between EUR 500,000 and 15,000,000) in European start-up companies and SMEs, made investments in six innovative start-ups in Switzerland.
