{"id":56340,"date":"2026-05-19T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=56340"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:10:44","slug":"homburger-advised-landisgyr-on-the-divestment-of-its-emea-business-to-aurelius","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/homburger-advised-landisgyr-on-the-divestment-of-its-emea-business-to-aurelius\/","title":{"rendered":"Homburger advised Landis+Gyr on the divestment of its EMEA business to AURELIUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On April 8, 2026, Landis+Gyr Group AG, a global energy technology leader driving intelligent innovation across the grid, announced the successful completion of the divestiture of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business to AURELIUS, a global private equity investor.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The transaction, which was announced in September 2025, has closed with economic effect as of March 31, 2026, following the satisfaction of customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions. As a result of the transaction, AURELIUS has acquired Landis+Gyr\u2019s EMEA operations, encompassing the full metering portfolio for residential electricity, ICG electricity, gas, thermal and water, as well as the related integrated software and services solutions, together with five production sites and approximately 2,800 employees across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Homburger team is led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate \/ M&amp;A) and includes Anna Peter, Patrick Schmidt, Nicola Togni, Luc Huber and Fabia Starkermann (all Corporate \/ M&amp;A), Gregor B\u00fchler, Philippe Baumann and Joel Fink (all IP \/ IT), Reto Heuberger, Philippe Weber and Juliette Buob (all Tax), Peter M\u00fcller (Pension), Richard St\u00e4uber (Competition), as well as J\u00fcrg Frick and Stefan Bindschedler (both Financing).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<br \/>\n<\/strong>Johanna Schmid \/ Marketing \/ <a href=\"mailto:marketing@homburger.ch\">marketing@homburger.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-56340","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/56340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}