A consortium of investors, advised by Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and The Risk Management Group (RMG), has entered into a sale and leaseback transaction with the owners of Hôpital de La Tour in Meyrin. Both UBP and RMG have sourced and co-advised a consortium of institutional investors and family offices on the deal involving buildings […]
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Solenis has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Solenis will acquire Diversey in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately USD 4.6 billion. Upon completion of the merger, Diversey will become a private company. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Solenis is a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals […]
Swiss Prime Site signed an agreement to sell its Wincasa group company, its real-estate services business, to Implenia for an enterprise value of CHF 235 million. Subject to regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter and the economic interest will be transferred retrospectively as of January 1, 2023. The Swiss real-estate […]
BlackSheep MadTech Fund, managed by EUREKA! Venture SGR, the first European venture capital fund with an entrepreneurial background that invests in the marketing and advertising technology industry, has been the lead investor in the USD 5m series A investment round of Nexoya, a Swiss marketing analytics start up. The Swiss-German MadTech start-up plans to expand […]
The German Röchling Group, active worldwide in the field of plastics processing, has acquired Swiss Performance Materials Group with its subsidiary Compotech based in Weinfelden. Compotech specializes in manufacturing molded parts made from glass fiber-reinforced plastic. The products made of fiber composite materials are used throughout Europe in areas such as transport, mechanical and apparatus […]
Niederer Kraft Frey advised Allurity on the acquisition of SECURIX, which was completed in March 2023. Allurity is a group of tech-enabled cybersecurity service providers, comprised of best-in-class specialists with a common purpose to enable a safe digital world. The group offers a wide range of IT security services to protect data and identities in the […]
Huntsman Corporation closed the sale of its Textile Effects division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners, on February 28, 2023. The agreed purchase price was $593 million in cash plus assumed pension liabilities, and Huntsman expects the net after tax cash proceeds to be approximately $540 million before customary post-closing adjustments. Huntsman […]
The Lucerne company CargoRoll, a freight wagon portfolio company managed by Reichmuth & Co Investment Management, closed a EUR 135 million facilities agreement with a syndicate of renowned financial institutions led by UBS Switzerland acting as original lender, arranger, agent and security agent. Schellenberg Wittmer has acted as Swiss legal counsel to CargoRoll and Reichmuth […]
Sika has announced yesterday that it agreed to sell MBCC Group’s chemical admixtures assets in England, the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand (Disposal Perimeter) to private equity firm Cinven. The divestment of the Disposal Perimeter is part of the required remedy process for the approval of Sika’s acquisition of MBCC Group. The British […]
Medartis, a Basel-based orthopedic company specializing in head and extremity surgery, recently signed an agreement with the private founders of KeriMedical, a Geneva-based private company specializing in the development and manufacture of implants for hand and wrist surgery, to acquire an additional 18% stake for a purchase price of approximately CHF 18million. This increase of […]