NKF with Tresorit on the acquisition of its majority stake by Swiss Post

Swiss Post, the national postal service of Switzerland, has acquired a majority stake in established file sharing company Tresorit, a provider of encrypted productivity solution for secure collaboration, combining patented end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and zero-knowledge technology.

This takeover expands Swiss Post’s offering for its customers in the area of digital infrastructures and secure data transfer.

The advisors

Niederer Kraft Frey acted as Swiss counsel to Tresorit on this transaction with a team led by partner Moritz Maurer (pictured) working with associate Alexander Göbel (both m&a).

DLA Piper acted as lead counsel for Tresorit.

Tresorit has administrative headquarters in Luxembourg has offices in Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (Munich) and Hungary (Budapest), was founded in 2011 and employs around 120 people.