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Bullion International Group has acquired a majority stake in SOLIT Group AG, a leading provider of precious metals and alternative investment solutions. Completion of the transaction is subject to the required antitrust approvals. Bär & Karrer acts as legal advisor to the owners of SOLIT Group AG. The team is co-led by Christoph Neeracher and Luca Jagmetti and includes Yascha Fengler and Leo Schall (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber and Lesia Tüchthuisen (both Tax), Markus Wang (IP), Daniel Flühmann (Regulatory), as well as Mani Reinert and Martin Werner (both Competition).   For further information please contact: Media Relations, Eric Stupp Tel: +41 58 261 50 00 Email: [email protected] Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 200 lawyers, providing customized legal advice in complex transactions and litigation. Clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and abroad. Bär & Karrer is present with offices in all main language regions in Switzerland and operates globally via an international network of leading law firms. For further information please visit baerkarrer.ch.

On February 2, 2026, OC Oerlikon announced that it has completed the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter at an enterprise value of CHF 850 m with an earn-out of up to CHF 100 m. With the closing of this transaction, Oerlikon becomes a pure-play surface technology company, serving a broad base of customers in demanding industries – from automotive, aerospace and energy to luxury, medical, defense and semiconductors – with a toolbox of high-tech surface technologies. The Homburger team was led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate / M&A) and included Anna Peter, Nicola Togni, Matthias Müller, Alessandro Samà and Fabio Gasser (all Corporate / M&A), Dieter Grünblatt (Tax), Richard Stäuber and Nicolas Stocker (both Competition), Lorenzo Togni (Capital Markets) as well as Jürg Frick (Financing).

Homburger successfully represented U.S. artistic gymnast Jordan Chiles in proceedings before the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in connection with the 2024 Olympic Games. On January 23, 2026, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld a request for revision filed on behalf of Ms. Chiles and set aside a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) award that had deprived her of the Olympic bronze medal in the women’s gymnastics floor exercise final. Ms. Chiles had initially been awarded the bronze medal after her coach’s inquiry resulted in an increase to her final score. A CAS panel subsequently ruled, however, that the inquiry had been submitted four seconds after the applicable one-minute time limit and was therefore invalid. In September 2024, Homburger filed both a request for revision and an appeal with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court on behalf of Ms. Chiles. In the revision proceedings, Ms. Chiles relied on newly emerged video evidence demonstrating that the inquiry had in fact been submitted within the prescribed time limit. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court granted the request for revision, set aside the CAS award and remitted the matter to the arbitral tribunal. In doing so, it gave particular weight to the extreme time pressure to which Ms. Chiles had been subjected as a result of a gross notification error by the CAS. The belated notification left her with only hours before the issuance of the award to appoint counsel, review the case file, develop a defense strategy, draft a written submission and prepare for a hearing. «The Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s decision underscores the importance of standing firm when fairness is at stake,» the Homburger team representing Ms. Chiles said. The decision constitutes a landmark ruling in several respects, including regarding the requirements for the revision of an arbitral award under the recently revised Swiss arbitration legislation, as well as the conduct of hyper-expedited arbitration proceedings more generally. The Homburger team advising Ms. Chiles was led by Gabrielle Nater-Bass and included Stefanie Pfisterer, Richard G. Allemann and Frédéric Fitzi (all Arbitration, Litigation). Homburger acted as co-counsel together with international counsel Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.  

Niederer Kraft Frey advised medermis clinics on its acquisition of Dermazentrum Schaffhausen AG. medermis clinics is a leading provider of dermatological, phlebological and aesthetic healthcare services, operating 73 locations in Germany and Switzerland, with more than 1’500 employees including 300 physicians. Dermazentrum Schaffhausen AG is an established dermatology practice offering a broad range of medical dermatology services. This acquisition marks a strategic step in expanding medermis clinics’ presence in the Schaffhausen region. The NKF team was co-led by partner Moritz Maurer and senior associate Samuel Hochstrasser (both Corporate/M&A), working with partner Janine Reudt-Demont (Healthcare/Regulatory), senior associate Alexander Göbel, associates Alexandra Neuenschwander, Sabrina Gysi and Kevin Melchior Ebener (all Corporate/M&A) and associate Yannik Bleiker (Real Estate).