Colosseum Dental Group, a fully owned portfolio

company of Jacobs Holding AG, has acquired 70% of OdontoSalute, an Italian

dental clinics group providing dental treatments of any kind through a national

network. Colosseum is a leading provider of private dental care in the

Scandinavian area, which is now operating in more than 150 clinics in Norway,

Sweden, UK, Switzerland, Italy and Denmark and aiming at building a leading

pan-European dentistry group. With this acquisition, Colosseum further expands

into continental Europe and becomes one of the leading dentistry clinic

operators in Italy.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal and tax advisor to

Jacobs Holding in this transaction. The Team included Susanne Schreiber, Lukas

Scherer, Ricardo Marino (all Tax) and Ivo von Büren (Financing).