The privately controlled FISCHER Spindle Group in Switzerland, world technology leader in fuel cell compressor technology and Weichai Power, a listed 10bn Shandong company and one of the world technology leaders of hydrogen fuel cell power systems, enter into a strategic collaboration to become the global leading manufacturer in fuel cell compressors. 

he complex cross-border transaction has been structured and negotiated for about one year. Kellerhals Carrard advised FISCHER in this transaction. The KC team was led by the head of M&A practice and the firm's managing partner, Dr. Beat Brechbühl (strategy, structure, negotiations), and included Prof. Thomas Noesberger (valuation/financing), Dr. Christian Witschi (tax), Dr. Daniel Emch (merger control), Philippe Frésard and Shayan Mirabi (corporate/notary public), and, from the Shanghai office, Cheng Chen and Rachel Tao (Chinese law aspects) and Sabine Neuhaus (Chinese-Swiss transactional & execution support).

We congratulate both parties on this great milestone!

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