Lenz & Staehelin partner Roman Graf has been elected President of the Commission for Continuing Legal Education (Commission de formation permanente) of the Geneva Bar Association. The bar association serves 1900 members in 450 law firms. For more than 15 years, the Commission has been offering legal events, training and workshops for professionals. Among them, […]
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Unilabs, a renowned diagnostic services provider, and RIMED, a recognised Swiss diagnostic radiology group, announced early November a unique partnership that will enable patients and referring facilities in Switzerland to benefit even more from integrated medical diagnostics. With the acquisition of a majority stake in RIMED, Unilabs strengthens its presence in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino, […]
Orange Cyberdefense, the cybersecurity subsidiary of Orange, acquired 100% of the Swiss companies SCRT and Telsys. The two sister companies have their common headquarters in Morges, near Lausanne, and employ approximately 100 employees, experts in cybersecurity and associated services, spread also over the offices in Geneva and Berne. Established as the leader in the French-speaking […]
As we announced on February, Promedical, which was acquired earlier this year by a group of investors led by SME Equity Partners and Co-Investor Partners and acting through its parent company, has acquired Lauerz-based Nizell Medical. With this transaction the group further consolidates its position in the Swiss medical consumables market and becomes a leading […]
Forterro, a group of European ERP software and services companies, through ProConcept, has acquired the entire share capital of Clip Industrie, a Swiss-based supplier of ERP software for small to midmarket industrial product manufacturing companies in Switzerland. The acquisition brings new customers to Forterro, who already provides its software solutions to more than 10,000 companies. […]
Focus Financial Partners, an international partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, has expanded its global footprint to Switzerland with the acquisition of Octogone group. At the end of April, Focus announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition of the Octogone group of companies, a leading wealth and investment management […]
A group of investors led by SME Equity Partners and Co-Investor Partners has acquired Promedical, a Swiss supplier of medical consumables and surgery kits. The transaction allowed the family owners to successfully conclude their succession planning. The new owners aim at further developing the company at its location in Glarus into a leading, integrated solution […]
Global investment firm Carlyle has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AutoForm, the global provider of engineering software for sheet metal forming simulation and Body in White (BiW) assembly simulation, primarily used in the automotive industry, from global private equity firm Astorg and other sellers. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Switzerland, AutoForm employs […]
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 […]
Vigier Holding entered into an agreement for the sale of Creabeton Matériaux to Müller Steinag Holding. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the first semester 2021. The legal team Lenz & Staehelin acted as legal counsel to Vicat and Vigier Holding in this transaction. In particular, the firm acted with a […]
