Bär & Karrer Advised the Farner Group on the Expansion of its Agency Alliance “Team Farner” with GFD
The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, partnered withGFD Gesellschaft für Finanzkommunikation mbH to expand its agency alliance”Team Farner”.
Bär & Karrer Wins Three Awards at the Legalcommunity Awards Switzerland 2023
On 4 May 2023, Bär & Karrer was awarded “Law Firm of the Year” in the categories Banking & Finance as well as Healthcare & Life Sciences at the Legalcommunity Awards Switzerland 2023. In addition, Corrado Rampini won the award for “Lawyer of the Year – Real Estate”.
Bär & Karrer Advised the Farner Group on the Expansion of its Agency Alliance “Team Farner” with The Skills Group
The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, partnered with The Skills Group to expand its agency alliance “Team Farner”. The Vienna-based The Skills Group including its subsidiaries datenwerk and All Channels Communication Austria is a full-service PR agency with a focus on strategic consulting and positioning as well as public relations and …
Claudia Götz Staehelin and Oliver M. Brupbacher Join Bär & Karrer
Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce that Dr. Claudia Götz Staehelin and Dr. Oliver M. Brupbacher will join the firm as Partners. Claudia and Oliver will substantially reinforce the capabilities in our Basel Office and of Bär & Karrer at large. We are convinced that we will be able to significantly increase our footprint …
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Bär & Karrer Advised the Farner Group on the Expansion of its Agency Alliance “Team Farner” with SEMSEA
The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, partnered with SEMSEA to expand its agency alliance “Team Farner”. The Zurich-based SEMSEA Suchmaschinenmarketing AG specializes in online and search engine marketing.
UBS to Acquire Credit Suisse
Following discussions initiated jointly by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA and the Swiss National Bank, UBS has entered into an all-share transaction for the acquisition of 100% of Credit Suisse. Under the terms of such transaction, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 …
Bär & Karrer Advised CIMO in the Negotiations with the Swiss Confederation regarding the Use of a Reserve Power Plant
CIMO Compagnie industrielle de Monthey SA entered into an agreement with the Swiss Confederation, under which the latter may use the thermic power plant Thermatel in Monthey as strategic backup source in case of electricity shortfalls. The power plant is already available in winter 2022/23 and currently provides approx. 40 MW of power. After a …
Bär & Karrer Advised the Eastman Group on the Acquisition of Willson
The Eastman Group, an internationally operating manufacturer of musical instruments, acquired the music manufacturing business from WILLSON Band Instruments Switzerland AG. Willson is a Swiss manufacturer of handmade, high-quality musical instruments.
Bär & Karrer Advises Horn & Company on the Acquisition of GEM Consulting
Horn & Company, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, has entered into a quota purchase agreement in order to acquire GEM Consulting GmbH from its founders. This transaction enables Horn & Company – in cooperation with the founders – to expand and strengthen its management consulting services in the banking and insurance sector in …
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Bär & Karrer Advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on USD 7 Billion Take-Private Acquisition of Focus Financial Partners.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”), Stone Point Capital LLC and Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ:FOCS) (“Focus”), a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, announced on 27 February 2023 that Focus and CD&R have entered into a definitive agreement for Focus to be acquired by affiliates of CD&R in an all-cash transaction valued at …