Walter Meier’s majority acquisition: the advisors
Kontivia Beteiligungen, a Zurich based long term oriented investment firm advised by Kellerhals Carrard, led a group of swiss entrepreneurial families, advised by Baker McKenzie, in the acquisition of a majority stake in Walter Meier (WMF).
Baker McKenzie’s team
M&A partners Alexander Fischer and Matthias D. Trautmann led the team, which further comprised M&A associate Kevin Ardüser, tax partner Susanne Liebel-Kotz, tax senior associate Pascale Daniela Schwizer, employment associate Andreas Becker and corporate paralegal Nusrije Islami.
Kellerhals Carrard’s team
Kellerhals Carrard acted as legal advisor to the investors and Kontivia Beteiligungen on this transaction. Partner Nicolas Mosimann (pictured above) led the team, which comprised associates Kevin MacCabe, Sebastian Müller and Jan Bläuer (all corporate/M&A) as well as tax partner Marco Sibold.
Walter Meier
WMF, founded in 1937 and located in Bassersdorf, is a system integrator for automation solutions in connection with CNC machines for customers in the watchmaking and medical technology industry as well as industrial companies in general.
Kontivia Beteiligungen
Kontivia is an investment company focusing, together with selected entrepreneurial families, in medium-sized companies within Switzerland and southern Germany.
