Bär & Karrer advised funds advised by Equistone on the acquisition of SF-Filter Group, a European market leader in the distribution of industrial and mobile filters.

Bär & Karrer acted as Lead Counsel alongside with the local counsels LATHAM &WATKINS LLP (legal in Germany and France), E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH (legal in Austria), Schindler Attorneys (legal in Austria), Wardyński & Partners (legal and tax in Poland), Flick Gocke Schaumburg (tax in Germany) as well as Aigner Buzanich (tax in Austria).

The team of Bär & Karrer was led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler and included Luca Jagmetti, Carlo Hunter, Luca Tarzia, Djawad Kleist and Marcel Lüscher (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher, Martin Leu and Anke Stumm (all Tax), Ralph Malacrida and Micha Schilling (both Financing), Laura Widmer and Manuel Schmid (both Employment), Ruth Bloch-Riemer and Marco Weiss (both Pensions), Rehana Harasgama (Data Protection), Jonas Bornhauser (IP/IT) as well as Kilian Müller (Real Estate).

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