Porsche Automobil Holding SE has participated in the second round of ABB E-mobility Holding pre-IPO private placement in the amount of CHF 325 million. Porsche SE, a holding company with investments in the areas of mobility and industrial technology as well as a core shareholder in Volkswagen and Porsche, has invested a double-digit million euro […]
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German businessman and tech entrepreneur Hakan Koç and former telecoms executive and private equity investor Pyrros Koussios have completed their acquisition of Truphone, the first global mobile operator. They are buying the assets and subsidiaries of Truphone Limited, following the completion of the company’s restructuring and regulatory clearance and approvals. With coverage in over 200 […]
Vertical farming startup YASAI received an undisclosed amount from the Bell Food Group in a convertible loan round. The Zurich based startup is also welcoming the Group’s CEO, Lorenz Wyss, to its board of directors, along with Theo Stolze of the Stolze Group. The Bell Food Group has made the investment via the Eisberg food […]
Swiss proptech Properti has successfully completed its Pre-Series A financing round. The startup received a total of CHF three million. This brings the company’s total capital raised in the past 12 months to over CHF 10 million. Postfinance Ventures leads the round as a new investor, and existing investors Migros and Serpentine Ventures participate again. […]
Swiss Life Holding successfully placed three tranches of senior bonds totalling CHF 600 million on 11 January 2023, comprising a tranche of CHF 200 million with maturity in 2026 and a 2.04% coupon, a tranche of CHF 200 million with maturity in 2028 and a 2.2588% coupon and a tranche of CHF 200 million with […]
Boris Räber joins Advokatur am Rosenberg from Walder Wyss, where he becomes a partner. He has many years of experience in national and international m&a transactions as well as private equity and venture capital transactions. As an experienced corporate lawyer, Boris Räber regularly advises start-ups and investors on financings (equity and debt), participation plans, exits […]
The first edition of “Mergers & Acquisitions” co-edited by Florian S. Jörg (partner at Bratschi, pictured left), Urs Gnos (partner at Walder Wyss, pictured center) and Schellenberg Wittmer corporate/m&a partner Lorenzo Olgiati (pictured right) has just been published by Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag. This new handbook offers on 1300 pages a comprehensive practice-oriented coverage of the […]
Walder Wyss has successfully represented an Armenian construction company in an ICC arbitration seated in Zurich under the ICC Rules against a globally leading general contractor. The law firm brought a multi-million claim on behalf of their client against the general contractor relating to unpaid invoices and lost profit following the termination of the contract […]
Transports publics fribourgeois Trafic (TPF TRAFIC) has closed the financing of the acquisition of train carriages. The financing was made through a CHF 32 million private placement. Walder Wyss has advised TPF on the financing. The team included partner Alexandre Both (corporate/m&a, pictured left) and partner Fabienne Limacher (tax, pictured right).
TX Group and its subsidiary Goldbach have signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Clear Channel Holding Switzerland, a driver for innovation in the Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising business, from Clear Channel International Limited. Goldbach Group is already active in the Out-of-Home advertising business through its majority stake in Neo Advertising. The acquisition of Clear […]
