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. …
Helsana acquires Adcubum
15 July 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised Helsana Group as legal advisor on the acquisition of Adcubum AG. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for later this year.
Affidea completes investment in b-rayZ
11 July 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised Affidea on its investment in b-rayZ as part of a new financing round.
GF closes divestment of GF Machining Solutions
1 July 2025 On 30 June 2025, GF completed the divestment of its GF Machining Solutions division to United Grinding Group. The successful closing of this divestment transaction marks an important milestone in GF’s transformation journey to become the global leader in Flow Solutions. The transaction increases GF’s strategic flexibility to pursue further growth and …
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EFG Bank AG successfully closes the issuance of CHF 125m senior unsecured bonds
27 June 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey has advised Swiss global private banking group EFG International with respect to EFG Bank’s offering and issuance of CHF 125 million senior unsecured bonds.
gategroup secures EUR 675m and USD 500m term loans and CHF 300m revolving credit facility
20 June 2025 Niederer Kraft Frey advised gategroup Holding AG and its affiliates on the securing of a new EUR 675 million term loan, a USD 500 million term loan and a multicurrency revolving credit facility in an amount of CHF 300 million financing.