Thomas Brönnimann

FEMSA and Valora join forces - Agreement on the acquisition of Valora Holding AG by FEMSA

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) headquartered in Monterrey (Mexico) and listed on the Mexican and New York stock exchanges, and Valora Holding AG (“Valora”; SIX: VALN), one of the leading foodvenience platforms with convenience stores and food service operations in Switzerland,

VectivBio announces closing of USD 54m aggregate financing

NKF acted as Swiss counsel to SVB Securities, Piper Sandler and LifeSci Capital in the public offering.

Partners Group co-leads fundraising round of CHF 600m in Climeworks

Niederer Kraft Frey advised leading global private markets firm Partners Group on its investment in Climeworks, a Switzerland-based designer, developer, and operator of carbon dioxide Direct Air Capture plants, as co-lead in a CHF 600 million fundraising round together with GIC.

SFS Group joins forces with Hoffmann SE

Niederer Kraft Frey is acting as Swiss counsel to SFS Group on the planned acquisition of Hoffmann SE. On 22 December 2021, SIX listed SFS Group has announced the entry into an agreement to join forces with and acquire 100 per cent of Hoffmann SE.

PolyPeptide Group AG successfully opens Swiss IPO Season 2021 with an up to CHF 848m offering

PolyPeptide Group AG, advised by Niederer Kraft Frey as lead counsel, today commenced trading on SIX Swiss Exchange. This represents the first traditional IPO in Switzerland since late 2019.

VectivBio has its IPO on Nasdaq

Niederer Kraft Frey advised the banking syndicate, led by BofA Securities, SVB Leerink and Credit Suisse, in connection with the initial public offering of VectivBio Holding AG and the listing of its shares on Nasdaq.

Swiss Steel Holding successfully completes contested CHF 247m capital increase

Following the successful completion of the CHF 247 million capital increase of Swiss Steel Holding AG the newly issued shares started trading on SIX Swiss Exchange today.

Dufry AG launches at-market rights offering targeting gross proceeds of approx. CHF 700m

Today, Dufry AG launched its rights offering following the receipt of shareholder approval for the ordinary capital increase at its extraordinary general meeting held on 6 October 2020.

EFG International enters an agreement to transfer its Ticino-based retail business to BancaStato

Niederer Kraft Frey is acting as counsel to EFG International in the transfer of its Ticino-based retail business lines, with around CHF 1.2 billion of client assets, to Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino (BancaStato). The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.

ASSA ABLOY announces sale of CEDES in Switzerland to capiton AG

Niederer Kraft Frey is acting as counsel to ASSA ABLOY in the sale of its sensor technology business CEDES in Switzerland to capiton AG. ASSA ABLOY announced signing of the sale agreement on 7 September 2020.

Dufry AG to acquire all remaining equity interest in Hudson Ltd.

On 19 August 2020, Dufry announced that it had signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Dufry would acquire all the remaining equity interest in Hudson, that it does not already own, for USD 7.70 in cash per Hudson Class A share.

Ina Invest completes rights offering and listing of shares on SIX Swiss Exchange

At Implenia’s annual general meeting in March 2020, Implenia’s shareholders resolved to spin-off a part of Implenia’s development portfolio to create Ina Invest and subsequently distribute as a dividend in kind the shares of Ina Invest to Implenia shareholders.

RSBG SE successfully places 5,500,000 in shares of Stadler Rail AG

On 26 May 2020, RSBG SE, the industrial investment company of RAG-Stiftung, successfully placed 5,500,000 shares of Stadler Rail.