EQT, together with its co-shareholders, has agreed to sell Open Systems to Swiss Post. Open Systems is a leading provider of network and cyber security capabilities in a single cloud-based platform known as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approval.

Bär & Karrer acts as lead counsel alongside Loyens & Loeff (Netherlands), Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Germany), Wuersch & Gering (USA), and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India).

The  Bär & Karrer team is co-led by Christoph Neeracher and Luca Jagmetti and further includes Philippe Seiler, Romina Lauper, Lazar Lepir, Sacha Kanoff, and Floris Zuur (all Corporate/M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Fabian Capt, Alessia Suter, Anke Stumm, and Ariane Menzer (all Tax), Mani Reinert and Tim Meyer (both Antitrust), Markus Schott (Regulatory), Ralph Malacrida (Financing), Jonas Bornhauser (IP/IT), Manuel Schmid (Employment), Ruth Bloch-Riemer (Pension), Rocco Rigozzi (Real Estate), as well as Rehana Harasgama (Data Protection).