Bär & Karrer Advised Combell on the Acquisition of Switchplus
Combell acquired switchplus, a company for internet presence and domain names, from SWITCH.
Bär & Karrer Advised UBS and Mirabaud on the Placement of Shares of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holdin
Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG (Santhera) placed 3,133,334 new shares at an offer price of CHF 7.50 per share. The shares were placed by way of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure in a public offering in Switzerland, in private placements outside of the United States and Switzerland and in private placements within the United States to qualified …
Bär & Karrer Advised Maxwell Technologies, Inc. on the Sale of Maxwell Technologies SA
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. sold its subsidiary Maxwell Technologies SA to Renaissance, a Swiss investment foundation for pension funds. Maxwell Technologies SA is a world leader in the manufacturing of high voltage capacitors used to ensure safety and reliability of electrical infrastructure and other applications such as transportation, distribution and metering of high voltage energy. Bär …
Changes to Swiss debt enforcement and bankruptcy law effective January 2019
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Bär & Karrer Advises Otto Group on the Sale of Zahnärztekasse
EOS Group, which is part of Otto Group, has entered into an agreement on the sale of Health AG and Zahnärztekasse AG to BAWAG Group. Health and Zahnärz-tekasse are two leading dental factoring market players in Germany and Switzer-land. Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal advisor to Otto Group in this transaction. The team …
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Cowen Acquires Quarton Group
Cowen Inc., a NASDAQ listed, diversified financial services firm, agreed to acquire the Quarton group, a global financial advisor serving the middle market. Closing is expected in early 2019.
Bär & Karrer Advises the Banking Syndicate in the Rights Offering of ARYZTA
On 19 November 2018, ARYZTA, a global food business with a leadership position in speciality bakery, completed a capital increase by way of a rights offering structured as a volume underwriting in the amount of approximately CHF 900 million. 97.4% of the shareholders of ARYZTA exercised their subscription rights in the rights offering. The new …
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Bär & Karrer Advises the Sellers on the Sale of Briner Winterthur
The owners of Briner AG Winterthur sold the company. Briner is a leading family-owned trading and service company operating in the fields of construction services, steel services, supply systems and building services as well as heating and energy systems.
Bär & Karrer Advised GfK on the Sale of Four Divisions
GfK has sold four global divisions (Customer Experience, Experience Innovation, Health and Public Affairs) to Ipsos. The sale included GfK's respective businesses in 25 countries.
Derivatives Trading under FMIA: Reporting Obligations
On 14 September 2018, the Federal Council extended the transition period for the reporting of derivative transactions by small non-financial counterparties (NFC-) until 1 January 2024 under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA). The amendment to the Financial Market…