Sovereign Capital Partners, the UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has backed the management buy-out of ACOLIN, a leading provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services, with offices in Zurich, Geneva, London, Frankfurt and Belgrade, among others. Sovereign’s support is an important step towards ACOLIN becoming a leading one-stop-shop service provider along the entire investment funds distribution value chain.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Sovereign Capital Partners in this transaction. The team included Martin Anderson, Arnaud Philippe, Diana Bellido Gomes and Manoé Ruchat (all M&A) and Christoph Suter (Tax).