AS Equity Partners acquired the SPS Group from Die Schweizerische Post AG (Swiss Post). SPS is a global full-service provider of physical and digital document management and provides a comprehensive suite of Document Processing and Business Process Services. AS Equity Partners exclusively targets control investments in the lower to middle-market for software, technology, and technology enabled businesses across Europe.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to AS Equity Partners in this transaction. The team was led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler and included Thomas Rohde and Luana Stämpfli (all M&A), Ralph Malacrida, Faton Aliu and Nico Hunziker (all Financing), Markus Wang and Jonas Bornhauser (both IP/IT), Corrado Rampini and Kilian Müller (both Real estate), Daniel Flühmann and Sarah Vettiger (both Regulatory) as well as Mani Reinert (Antitrust).