Jérôme-Edouard de Vergnies (pictured) has joined Borel & Barbey as an associate. Jérôme-Edouard de Vergnies’ career path De Vergnies specialises in business law with a focus on corporate, commercial, and contractual
Walder Wyss acted as a legal advisor to SIX, which introduced the new ‘SIX 1.5 °C Climate Equity’ flag to help investors identify companies whose existing business models and future plans are aligned with limiting global
Baker McKenzie advised Swisscanto Anlagestiftung, represented by Zürcher Kantonalbank Asset Management, on its acquisition of the local supply center “Neumarkt 4” from Baloise Versicherung. Located in the heart of the city of St. Gallen, the
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Schellenberg Wittmer with Decarbonization Partners on Neustark funding round
Schellenberg Wittmer advised Decarbonization Partners (a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek) in the USD 69 million growth equity funding round of the Swiss-based carbon removal provider Neustark. Decarbonization Partners acted as lead investor in the growth
Walder Wyss advised Flowit, a Swiss startup working on changing traditional approaches to personnel development with its AI-based “digital coach”, on the successful completion of its first and oversubscribed CHF 4 million seed funding round which
Convenience House, advised by Walder Wyss, has successfully secured the franchising rights from Subway to manage and develop all Subway point of sales in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. About the agreement Subway as franchisor and SUB
Bär & Karrer advised L’Oréal on its acquisition of a 10% stake in Galderma Group, from Sunshine SwissCo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Auba Investment (a consortium led by EQT). Homburger acted as
Niederer Kraft Frey (“NKF”) advised the shareholders of Swiss Bankers Prepaid Services on the sale of 100 percent of Swiss Bankers’ share capital to the Hypothekarbank Lenzburg. The transaction is subject to the issuance of all
Pollen Street Capital – advised by Homburger – has acquired Etops Group, further consolidating the European wealthtech market by adding to its existing investments in niiio Finance Group, fundsaccess, MiFID-Recorder, and FundHero. As part of the transaction,
Niederer Kraft Frey (“NKF”) advised Transgourmet on the acquisition of Saviva. Transgourmet, a subsidiary of the Coop Group, is active in the cash & carry and wholesale supplies market in Germany, Poland, Romania, Spain, France,
