Morimatsu Group acquires Bioengineering AG
12 September 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised the former owners on the sale of Bioengineering AG, a Swiss-based specialist in the development and production of bioreactors, especially fermenters for the pharmaceutical, biotech and novel food industries, with subsidiaries in China, Korea and the USA, to the Japanese Morimatsu Group. Morimatsu is a global, diversified provider …
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SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Holding AG successfully launches IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange with an offering of between CHF 971m and CHF 1bn
11 September 2025 SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Holding AG (“SMG”), advised by Niederer Kraft Frey as lead counsel, today announced the publication of its prospectus and the start of the book-building process, as part of its intention to conduct an IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange.
SWISSto12 acquires key assets and IP from Hanwha Phasor
8 September 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised SWISSto12 as lead counsel on the acquisition of key assets and IP from Hanwha Phasor.
SoftwareONE AG secures CHF 1.26bn debt financing
3 September 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey acting as lead counsel advised UniCredit Bank GmbH as documentation agent, UBS Switzerland AG as facility agent and the other members of an international banking syndicate on a CHF 1.26 billion financing for SoftwareONE AG.
Medermis clinics continues its growth and enters into a partnership with PLAZA Kliniken
1 September 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised medermis clinics on its strategic partnership with Mediplaza AG operating the PLAZA Kliniken.
Ardian acquires a majority stake in Dovida
25 JULY 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised Ardian as lead legal advisor on the acquisition of a majority stake in Horizon Home Care Group AG, a Swiss-based international provider of non-medical home care services operating under the brand Dovida. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for later this year.
Georg Fischer agrees to divest GF Casting Solutions
30 July 2025 Georg Fischer (GF), a Swiss industrial company listed at SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker: GF) announced today that it has signed an agreement to divest GF Casting Solutions’ automotive business to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexico-based global leader in aluminum lightweighting solutions for the automotive industry. Closing is expected to take place …
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EQT, together with ADIA and Auba, successfully complete the sale of 7.1% of Galderma’s share capital via an accelerated bookbuilding process
29 July 2025 Sunshine SwissCo GmbH (a consortium led by EQT), together with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Auba Investment Pte. Ltd., have successfully placed 17,000,000 shares in Galderma Group AG at a price of CHF 123.00 per share via an accelerated bookbuilding process. The placement raised CHF 2.1 billion in total.
Banco de Chile successfully closed the issuance of CHF 100m senior fixed-rate social notes
Niederer Kraft Frey has advised Banco de Chile as issuer in all Swiss law aspects with respect to the offering and issuance of senior fixed-rate social notes.
SPIE acquires SD Fiber
Niederer Kraft Frey advises SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, in the acquisition of SD Fiber, a specialist in the deployment of fiber optic networks to the street (FTTS), to the building (FTTB) and to the home (FTTH). SD Fiber operates in both Switzerland and Germany. …