Bär & Karrer Advises Capvis on Purchase of Tertianum Group from Swiss Prime Site

Capvis, a leading Swiss investment firm, has agreed to acquire the Tertianum group from Swiss Prime Site AG. Tertianum is a market leader for elderly care and assisted living in Switzerland with over 80 residential and care centres as well as residences distributed throughout Switzerland.

AVELLUM advises UFUTURE on merger control clearance for partial sale of its stake in LvivTech.City

AVELLUM acted as the legal counsel to UFUTURE on obtaining a merger control clearance of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for the partial sale of its stake in LvivTech.City.

Bär & Karrer Advises BVK and UI on the Purchase and Financing of a Swiss Real Estate Portfolio

Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), Germany’s largest public pension group, acquired, through a fund managed by Universal-Investment (UI), a real estate portfolio comprising of 14 mainly commercial properties in Switzerland, partially financed by a banking syndicate. With this transaction, BVK enters the Swiss real estate market.

Bär & Karrer Advises the Managers in the Rights Offering of Kuros Biosciences

On 6 December 2019, Kuros Biosciences, a life science company focusing on the development and marketing of orthobiologics, completed a capital increase by way of a rights offering to its shareholders. 36.3% of the shareholders of Kuros Biosciences exercised their subscription rights in the rights offering. 2,818,718 of the remaining shares not subscribed were preferably …

Bär & Karrer Advises MET Group on the Sale of a 20% Stake in MET Holding

Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd, through Keppel Energy Switzerland Holding AG, an indirect wholly owned Keppel Infrastructure subsidiary to be incorporated in Switzerland, is acquiring a 20% stake in MET Holding AG, an integrated European energy company headquartered in Switzerland. In addition, the two companies will enter into a strategic partnership to jointly explore investment …

Bär & Karrer wins Mergermarket award for Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year 2019

At the Mergermarket European Awards Ceremony held in London on 4 December 2019, Bär & Karrer was recognized as “Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” for the second time in a row.

Bär & Karrer Advises Summer Capital on Strategic Partnership regarding Swiss Education Group

Summer Capital, an Asia based investment company, has entered into a strategic partnership regarding Swiss Education Group Holding AG through a sale and reinvestment transaction. Swiss Education Group Holding is the holding company of Swiss Education Group, a leading hospitality management education group that operates numerous schools in Switzerland.

Bär & Karrer Advised Verium on the Acquisition of a Significant Minority Stake in DSwiss

A group of investors represented by the multi-family office Verium AG acquired a significant minority stake in DSwiss AG, a provider of highly secure digital services.

BFH reinforces tax relief when selling owner-occupied accommodation

The BFH delivered a ruling on Sept. 3, 2019 facilitating the sale of owner-occupied accommodation that has been rented out for a short time (Az.: IX R 10/19).

GOLAW has been ranked among the TOP-10 leading law firms of Ukraine

According to the annual research program “50 leading law firms of Ukraine” in 2019, GOLAW has been recognized among the TOP-10 market leaders and ranked No. 7.