The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, partnered with the VIM Group and the Kobza Media Group to expand its agency alliance "Team Farner". The Dutch-based VIM Group is a market leader in topics such as brand change and improving brand performance. The Vienna-based Kobza Media Group operates in the fields of strategy, branding, advertising, design, digital, PR content, video production and platforms.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the Farner group in this transaction. The team of Bär & Karrer was led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler and included Luana Stämpfli, Benjamin Grunwald, Yascha Fengler, Lazar Lepir (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher, Julian Hodel and Patrick Schmid (all Tax) as well as Thomas Stoltz and Fabian Turtschi (both Notarial Services).

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Media Relations, Eric Stupp

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Zurich, 6 January 2023