Castik Capital entered into a share purchase agreement with Carlyle Group regarding the sale of the Acrotec Group. Acrotec Group is an independent supplier of watch components for the Swiss luxury mechanical watch market, a main player in the European MedTech components market and a supplier of high precision components for various end markets such as automotive, aerospace, aeronautics, electronics and consumer goods. The transaction is subject to antitrust approval.

Bär & Karrer acts as legal advisor to Castik Capital in this transaction. The team includes Christoph Neeracher, Philippe Seiler, Lukas Bründler, Elisabeth Rinderknecht, Li Wei Dutler and Patrick Zumsteg (all M&A), Raoul Stocker (Tax), Ralph Malacrida, Lukas Roesler and Tim Salz (all Finance), Fanny Sutter (Employment), Rocco Rigozzi (Real Estate), Mani Reinert (Competition) as well as Tobias Rebmann (IP and Competition).