Shift4 to acquire Global Blue: the advisors
American payment processing company Shift4 agreed to acquire specialty payments platform Global Blue. Loyens & Loeff has been advising the buyer, while NKF represented the selling part.
The deal
Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Shift4 provides more than 200.000 costumers worldwide with secure payment processing solutions, including point-to-point encryption, tokenization, EMV technology and point-of-sale (POS).
In connection with the deal, the American company decided on the acquisition of Global Blue, a specialty payments and technology platform listed on the NYSE and incorporated in Switzerland. The closing is expected in Q3 2025. being subject to customary conditions.
The Loyens & Loeff team
Partner Marco Toni (pictured above) led the Loyens & Loeff team providing the buying part with comprehensive Swiss legal and tax counsel.
The team included associates Gilles Pitschen, Leonard Baumann, Melanie Wilhelm, and Raphaela Roth (corporate/M&A; capital markets), Lara Pafumi (employment and benefits), Fabian Sutter and Pascal Hammerer (tax), Christine Hohl (financing), and Florian Willi (regulatory; sanctions).
The NKF team
The NKF team advising Global Blue on the transaction included partners Philipp Haas, Ulysses von Salis, Philip Spoerlé and senior associate Julia Tolstova (all corporate/M&A). Associate Paloma Alcantara (competition/FDI) further contributed to the effort, as well as partner Markus Kronauer and counsel Marc Vogelsang (both tax).
