BZ Bank Aktiengesellschaft, through its acquisition company LEMRO AG,

purchased the United Grinding Group from Körber Beteiligungen GmbH. The United

Grinding Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of precision grinding

machines.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to BZ Bank. The team included

Ralph Malacrida and Micha Schilling (both M&A and Finance), Faton Aliu and

Annina Hammer (both M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Matthias Bizzarro, Cyrill

Diefenbacher, Hanna Jost, Michael Schneider and Caroline Ruggli (all Tax),

Jonas Bornhauser (IP), Mani Reinert and Marius Vischer (both Competition) as

well as Michael Rohrer (Notary).