Switzerland

Omnidocs Group ApS (Denmark), a portfolio company of Main Capital Partners and a provider of document creation software, has acquired all shares in officeatworkAG. officeatwork AG is a provider of document creation solutions. Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Omnidocs Group ApS (Main Capital Partners) in this transaction. The team was led by Raphael Annasohn and included Julian Lindt and Katarina Skoric (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Martin Leu, Alessia Suter and Christina Fricker (all Tax), Faton Aliu and Jorgos Boulamatsis (both Financing), Laura Widmer, Sandra Schaffner and Manuel Schmid (all Employment), Markus Wang and Christine Schweikard (both IP), Christian Kunz and Katharina Cardon (both Data Protection), Rocco Rigozzi and Corina Moschen (both Real Estate) and Julia Eiholzer (Notarial Services).

On December 21, 2025, Windward Bio Group AG, a Swiss-based private, clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to improving outcomes for people living with advanced immunological diseases, announced a licensing agreement between its affiliate, LE2025 Therapeutics AG, and Qyuns Therapeutics Co., Ltd. for the development and commercialization of WIN027 (also known as QX027N), a potential best-in-disease, long-acting bispecific antibody targeting TSLP and IL-13. Under the terms of the agreement, Windward Bio will gain exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize WIN027 outside of China, for a total of up to USD 700 m in upfront and equity consideration and development and commercial milestones, as well as tiered royalties. The Homburger team advising Windward Bio includes Andreas Müller, Margrit Marti, Timo Hasler and Lucas Forrer (all Healthcare / Life Sciences and Corporate / M&A), Stefan Oesterhelt and Juliette Buob (both Tax) and other subject matter specialists.     Contact Gloria Pünchera / Marketing / [email protected]  

22 December 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey acted as Swiss legal counsel to Antin Infrastructure Partners on its agreement to acquire NorthC Datacentres from DWS and other shareholders, a data centre platform with substantial operations in Switzerland, advising on all Swiss-related aspects of the transaction. Antin has a long track record of investing in and scaling critical digital infrastructure platforms across Europe, targeting investments in the energy and environment, digital, transport and social infrastructure sectors. Based in Amsterdam, NorthC operates 25 colocation data centres across major metropolitan areas in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. NorthC has more than 140 MW of secured gross grid capacity from existing and greenfield sites to support future growth, and serves more than 1,600 customers, including cloud and IT service providers, carriers, public sector organisations, financial institutions, industry, transport, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. The NKF team was led by Transactions/M&A partner Philipp Candreia, working with partner Andreas F. Vögeli (Real Estate), senior associate Samuel Hochstrasser, associate Pascal Hodel and junior associate Sandja Kozina (all Corporate/M&A), senior associate Annina Fey and associate Yannik Bleiker (both Real Estate), as well as associate Luisa Egli (Data Protection). NKF advised alongside international counsel Clifford Chance.

19 December 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey has acted as lead counsel to the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) on the acquisition of BASF’s global optical brightening business by ICIG’s care chemicals platform Catexel. The transaction comprises the international operations of the business, including the production of optical brightening agents at the Monthey site in Switzerland with approximately 80 employees, and represents a further strategic investment by ICIG in the specialty chemicals sector. Catexel is the care chemicals platform of ICIG and focuses on high-quality specialty chemicals for laundry and home care, personal care, and industrial applications. The company is a global leader in detergent ingredients, operating production sites in Germany, the United States and the Netherlands. Catexel develops, manufactures and markets specialty chemicals for a broad range of applications and is an integral part of the ICIG group. The NKF team was led by Corporate/M&A partner Philippe Weber and senior associate Samuel Hochstrasser, working with partner Fabiano Menghini (Real Estate), associate Stephanie Huchler (Employment) and junior associate Sandja Kozina (Corporate/M&A).