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 crisis communications.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the Farner group in this transaction. The team was co-led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler and included Luana Stämpfli, Benjamin Grunwald and Yascha Fengler (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Raoul Stocker, Cyrill Diefenbacher and Aron Liechti (all Tax) as well as Fabian Turtschi (Notarial Services).

For further information please contact:

Media Relations, Eric Stupp

Tel: +41 58 261 50 00

Email: [email protected]

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Zurich, 03 May 2023