Bär & Karrer Advises Hg on its Investment in F24 AG
Hg acquires a majority stake in F24 AG, a leading European SaaS provider of emergency notification, crisis & incident management und critical communications.
Bär & Karrer Advised Swiss Re on the Update of its USD 10 Billion Debt Issuance Programme
The Swiss Re group has recently updated its USD 10 billion Debt Issuance Programme, and thereunder has issued (i) EUR 800 million Guaranteed Subordinated Fixed Rate Reset Step-Up Callable Notes with a scheduled maturity in 2052 and (ii) SGD 350 million Guaranteed Subordinated Fixed Rate Reset Callable Notes with a scheduled maturity in 2035.
Bär & Karrer Advised Goldman Sachs and UBS on the Placement of new Convertible Bonds
On 28 July 2020, Basilea Pharmaceutica completed the offering of approximately CHF 97 million 3.25% convertible bonds due 2027 to finance the repurchase of a part of Basilea’s existing convertible bonds due 2022. With the repurchase of part of its existing bonds financed by newly issued bonds, Basilea was able to extend its debt maturity …
Bär & Karrer Advised Credit Suisse and Zürcher Kantonalbank on Meyer Burger Technology’s Rights
On 29 July 2020, Meyer Burger Technology AG completed a capital increase comprising a rights offering to its shareholders and a private placement to selected investors, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately CHF 165 million. Meyer Burger intends to use the proceeds to finance the strategic transformation from a supplier of photovoltaic production equipment to …
Bär & Karrer Advised on Polyphor’s up to CHF 19.3 Million Equity-Linked Financing
Polyphor AG announced that it has entered into an equity-linked financing arrangement with the French company IRIS to raise a gross amount of up to CHF 19.3 million over a period of two years. Under the innovative financing instrument, IRIS will receive Polyphor shares to be created from the company’s conditional capital based on an …
Continue reading “Bär & Karrer Advised on Polyphor’s up to CHF 19.3 Million Equity-Linked Financing”
Bär & Karrer Advises freenet in Connection with the Obligation to Sell its 24,42% Interest in Sunrise Communications Group in the Context of the Tender Offer Launched by Liberty Global
Bär & Karrer Advises freenet in Connection with the Obligation to Sell its 24,42% Interest in Sunrise Communications Group in the Context of the Tender Offer Launched by Liberty Global
Bär & Karrer Advises SIG Combibloc Group on its EUR 1.85 Billion Refinancing
SIG Combibloc PurchaseCo S.à r.l., a subsidiary of SIG Combibloc Group, has issued EUR 450 million Senior Unsecured 1.875% Notes due 2023, as well as and EUR 550 million Senior Unsecured Notes 2.125% due 2025. Certain subsidiaries of SIG Combibloc Group have also entered into new sustainability-linked EUR 850 million loan facilities. The net proceeds …
Continue reading “Bär & Karrer Advises SIG Combibloc Group on its EUR 1.85 Billion Refinancing”
Bär & Karrer Advises Tineo on the Acquisition of netrics
Tineo, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, has acquired netrics. netrics is a Swiss based cloud pioneer and managed services provider. The Tineo Group and netrics form a new cloud and ICT service provider in Switzerland. netrics brings to the joint portfolio specialist expertise in digitalization using the public cloud, as well as modern …
Continue reading “Bär & Karrer Advises Tineo on the Acquisition of netrics”
Bär & Karrer Successfully Represented UEFA before the Supreme Federal Court
Bär & Karrer successfully represented the UEFA before the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the club KS Skënderbeu. The Swiss Federal Tribunal confirmed an important CAS decision within the ambit of the fight against game tampering. The club received a 10 year suspension in 2018 from all UEFA club competitions and was fined for EUR 1 …
Continue reading “Bär & Karrer Successfully Represented UEFA before the Supreme Federal Court”
Bär & Karrer boosts its Tax Practice with Raoul Stocker as Partner
Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce that it further strengthens the firm with the arrival of Raoul Stocker, who has rejoined Bär & Karrer as partner of 1 June 2020.