BianchiSchwald: Stadler acquires BÄR Bahnsicherung and the BBR Group 

In the field of signalling technology and digitalisation, Stadler has acquired BÄR Bahnsicherung and the BBR Group (consisting of BBR Verkehrstechnik, Germany, and its group companies), thereby consistently expanding Stadler’s in-house expertise in these future-oriented areas. Stadler will concentrate the entire signalling portfolio in a newly created division with more than 500 employees. 

BianchiSchwald acted as lead counsel to Stadler in this transaction with a team consisting of Thomas Schmid (Partner, Corporate and m&a, pictured left), Stefan Scherrer (partner, corporate and m&a, pictured right), Stipe Jozic (senior associate, corporate and m&a), Andreas Suter (senior associate, corporate and m&a) and Joel Tinguely (junior associate, corporate and m&a).