The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, partnered with the German agencies komm.passion and Kirchhoff Consult to expand its agency alliance "Team Farner". The komm.passion specializes in the interface between creative agency and management consultancy. The Hamburg-based Kirchhoff Consult offers financial and corporate communications services with a focus on capital markets, reporting, investor/public relations, IPO advisory and sustainability.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the Farner group in these transactions. The team of Bär & Karrer was led by Christoph Neeracher, Philippe Seiler, Raphael Annasohn and included Arnold Romero, Benjamin Grunwald, Yascha Fengler and Lazar Lepir (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher and Julian Hodel (all Tax/Structuring), Micha Schilling (Finance) as well as Thomas Stoltz and Fabian Turtschi (both Notarial Services).

Zurich, Switzerland, 9 February 2023

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