Tags : Ralph Kaufmann

Banking & Finance

Beqom secures USD300m strategic investment from Sumeru. The advisors

beqom, a company sponsored inter alia by Goldman Sachs and Eurazeo, receives a USD300 million investment by Sumeru Equity Partners and co-investors. Majority of the investment will fuel additional growth in product innovation to better support Compensation and HCM leaders worldwide. beqom specialises in cloud-based compensation management software; its platform is used to streamline compensation […]

Deal & transactions

Lenz & Staehelin and Bär & Karrer in the sale

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 (VD), to Zapi group, an Italian manufacturer of electronic components for electric and hybrid vehicles. BlueBotics is a 2001 […]

Deal & transactions

Lenz & Staehelin: The shareholders of BlueBotics sell equity to

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 (VD), to Zapi group, an Italian manufacturer of electronic components for electric and hybrid vehicles.   BlueBotics is a 2001 […]

Deal & transactions

Octium Group closes acquisition of Credit Suisse Life & Pension

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 approvals, thus strengthening its European footprint.  Lenz & Staehelin advised Octium Group in this transaction. The team was led by […]

Capital Markets

La Vaudoise Group acquires 20% in SEG Suisse Estate Group

La Vaudoise Group, through its subsidiary Vaudoise Asset Management, acquires a strategic stake of 20% in the holding company SEG Suisse Estate Group, listed on the Berne Stock Exchange. The main shareholders of SEG keep collectively the majority of the shares. Founded in 2016 and based in Zug, SEG Suisse Estate Group’s main subsidiary Procimmo, […]

Deal & transactions

WuXi acquires manufacturing facility in Couvet, Switzerland. The advisors

WuXi STA, a subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing capability and technology platform company, whose shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, completed the acquisition of a tablet & capsule manufacturing and packaging facility in Couvet, Switzerland, from Bristol Myers Squibb.   The advisors Lenz […]

Deal & transactions

Lenz & Staehelin: Octium Group to acquire Credit Suisse Life

Octium Group, a cross border insurance group specializing in the design, structuring and distribution of unit-linked life insurance products, has entered into an agreement to acquire Credit Suisse Life & Pensions, a Credit Suisse subsidiary that focuses primarily on German and Italian insurance clients with offices in Vaduz and Milan.   Lenz & Staehelin advises […]

Deal & transactions

Lenz & Staehelin acts as Swiss legal advisor to WuXi

The team is led by partner Andreas Rötheli (co-head Corporate and M&A - pictured) and includes associates Ralph Kaufmann and Roman Graf (Corporate M&A), Cécile Vulliemin (Real Estate), Sevan Antreasyan (IP, Regulatory & Life Sciences), Sandrine Kreiner, Prisca Cattaneo and Bertrand Donzé (all Employment), and Benoît Biedermann (Tax). DLA Piper Hong Kong and New York acts as lead counsel to WuXi STA in this transaction.