The Farner group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity, acquired the VIM Groupand the Kobza Media Group. The Dutch-based VIM Group is a market leader in topics such as brand change and improving brand performance. The Vienna-based Kobza Media Group operates in the fields of strategy, branding, advertising, design, digital, PR content, video production and platforms. The completion of the acquisition of the Kobza Media Group is subject to regulatory approvals.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the Farner group in these transactions. The team of Bär & Karrer was led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler and included Luana Stämpfli, Benjamin Grunwald, Yascha Fengler, Lazar Lepir (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher, Julian Hodel and Patrick Schmid (all Tax) as well as Thomas Stoltz and Fabian Turtschi (both Notarial Services).