Rankings of CMS Switzerland in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Edi­tion

Chambers and Partners has pub­lished its rankings of Europe's lead­ing law firms and lawyers in the Europe Guide 2023. Our firm and our lawyers are listed in both rankings for Switzerland.

Chambers and Partners has pub­lished its rankings of the world's leading law firms and lawyers in the Global Guide 2023. Our firm is again listed in both rankings for Switzerland.

The leading facility management and workplace experience company ISS has acquired Livit FM Services AG from its previous parent company Livit AG. Livit FM Services AG looks after a large proportion of Swiss Life properties in Switzerland. The company has over 670 employees. The takeover of Livit FM Services AG is a strategic acquisition that strengthens ISS Switzer­land's market position. The transaction will enable ISS to expand and develop its service delivery to the real estate industry segment. The integration of the acquired company is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2023. Livit FM Services AG will operate under the ISS brand in the future.A team of CMS led by Dr Daniel Jenny com­pre­hens­ively advised ISS on all legal matters of this trans­ac­tion.CMS Switzer­land­Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Cor­por­ate/M&ADr Ferdin­and Blezinger, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&AFlori­an Jung, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&AAl­ex­an­dra Stocker, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&AReto Hunsperger, Partner, Com­mer­cialDr Mar­jolaine Jakob, Partner, Com­mer­cial­Christina Winter, Associate, Em­ploy­men­tHelena Loretan, Associate, Real EstateMark Cagienard, Partner, Tax

Investment company GENUI and Magnolia, a leading software vendor in the global digital experience and content management markets, announced that GENUI acquired a majority stake in Magnolia and injects significant growth capital into Magno­lia.Magno­lia is an emerging vendor pioneering the vision of "composable" Digital Experience Platforms (DXPs). Magnolia already serves clients in more than 100 countries through nine regional offices and counts many global brands such as The New York Times, Sanofi, Sainsbury's, Ping An and Bechtle as its trusted customers. With the funding, the company will continue the expansion of its global sales and marketing footprint including its technology and channel partner ecosystems, accelerate product innovation and increase global market aware­ness. GENUI is a company founded by renowned en­tre­pren­eurs and investment pro­fes­sion­als who believe in "Good En­tre­pren­eur­ship". GENUI exclusively makes long-term commitments to companies with the goal of creating sustainable growth and social value. Companies are given professional governance by getting access to en­tre­pren­eurs with in­dustry-rel­ev­ant expertise and their cor­res­pond­ing networks.A global team led by Dr Daniel Jenny, CMS Switzerland, provided com­pre­hens­ive legal advice to GENUI in connection with the trans­ac­tion.CMS Switzerland Daniel Jenny, Partner, Cor­por­ate/M&ADirk Spacek, Partner, Intellectual PropertyMark Cagienard, Partner, TaxKaspar Landolt, Partner, Banking & Fin­anceAl­ex­an­dra Stocker, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&APas­cal Stocker, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&AFerdin­and Blezinger, Associate, Cor­por­ate/M&AChristina Winter, Associate, Em­ploy­ment­Patrick Neher, Attorney Trainee, Real Es­tateS­ab­rina Djordjevic, Trademark Ad­min­is­trat­or, Intellectual PropertyCMS Singa­pore­Toby Grainger, Part­ner­Leslie Tay, AssociateSam Ng, Of-Coun­sel­CMS Spain Igancio Zarzalejos, PartnerAna Vázquez Recio, As­so­ci­ateP­il­ar Becerril An­drada-Vander­wilde, TraineeCMS Czech Re­pub­licHelen Rodwell, Part­ner­Monika Hospudkova, AssociateCMS UKTom Jameson, PartnerSarah Kensell, AssociateZoe Loftus-Bell, Senior Paralegal­Fae­gre Drinker USALuc Attlan, Part­ner­Ash­lee M. Germany, As­so­ci­ate­David Kay, Senior CounselVILAF VietnamNgo Thanh Tung, PartnerEsko Cate, As­so­ci­ateN­guy­en Phoung Ngan, Counsel 

VASS, a portfolio company of private equity firm One Equity Partners, entered into a share purchase agreement, which contemplates the acquisition of One In­side.Through the partnership with One Inside VASS strengthens its expertise in Adobe technology and enters into the Swiss market. One Inside in return wins a strong European partner in order to offer di­git­al­iz­a­tion projects from strategy to execution. Together the enterprises offer their customers a com­pre­hens­ive portfolio of IT solutions on an in­ter­na­tion­al basis.One Inside was founded 1998 in Switzerland and offers IT consulting. In particular, One Inside creates ex­traordin­ary customer experiences for its clients focusing on Adobe solutions. One Inside employs more than 70 experts at 5 different locations in Switzerland, Germany and North Macedonia and offers services to a number of renowned Swiss cus­tom­ers.VASS is a leading European IT consulting enterprise with its roots in Spain, now present in 21 countries worldwide, focusing on di­git­al­iz­a­tion. Partnering with One Inside is part of VASS' com­pre­hens­ive M&A strategy to form a European champion in CX consulting. For 2022, the now extended VASS group expects sales of more than EUR 260'000'000.A CMS team led by Dr Daniel Jenny advised the shareholders of One Inside on all legal and tax matters in connection with the trans­ac­tion.CMS Switzer­land­Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate / M&AMark Cagienard, Partner, TaxDr Ferdinand Blezinger, Associate, Corporate / M&ACMS North Mace­do­niaMar­ija Filipovska, Partnerin, Corporate / M&AAleksandar Josimovski, At­tor­ney-at-law, Corporate / M&AAleksandar Kralevski, Associate, Corporate / M&AZlatko Kujundjiski, Associate, Com­pet­i­tion­CMS Ger­manyDr Chris­toph Lächler, Partner, Corporate / M&AChristina Haußmann, Senior Associate, Corporate / M&AAndreas Kazmaier, Associate, Corporate / M&A

Rankings of CMS Switzerland in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 edition

Infopro Digital, a leading European B2B group specialised in information and technology, acquires Bindexis AG from NZZ.Bindexis AG focuses on the monitoring and lead generation of construction projects. The company is headquartered in Basel.The acquisition of Bindexis AG is part of Infopro Digital's in­ter­na­tion­al­isa­tion strategy and strengthens its European leadership in monitoring and lead generation for construction projects. Infopro Digital already owns eight leading platforms across eight major European mar­kets.In­fopro Digital is present in 17 countries and employs more than 4,000 people. Infopro Digital's innovative solutions are aimed at pro­fes­sion­als in five key business sectors: construction and public sector, automotive, industry, insurance and finance, as well as retail.A team from CMS Switzerland, led by Daniel Jenny, advised Infopro Digital on all legal matters of the trans­ac­tion.CMS Switzer­land­Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate/ M&APascal Stocker, Associate, Corporate/ M&AAlexandra Stocker, Associate, Corporate/ M&ADr Dirk Spacek, Partner, IP / IT / Com­mer­cial­Chris­ti­an Gersbach, Partner, Em­ploy­ment­Tho­mas Zweifel, Associate, Real Es­tate­Patrick Neher, Trainee, Com­mer­cial­CMS Ukraine­Tetyana Dovgan, Partner, Corporate/ M&AMariana Saienko, Senior Associate, Corporate/ M&AMykola Heletiy, Senior Associate, Em­ploy­ment­Denys Hatseniuk, Lawyer, Corporate/ M&A

Chambers and Partners has pub­lished its rankings of Europe's lead­ing law firms and lawyers in the Europe Guide 2022. Our firm and our lawyers are listed in both rankings for Switzerland.

Chambers and Partners has pub­lished its rankings of the world's leading law firms and lawyers in the Global Guide 2022. Our firm is again listed in both rankings for Switzerland.

Xebia, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Waterland, entered into a share purchase agreement concerning the acquisition of SwissQ.The partnership with SwissQ will extend Xebia's geographical reach into Switzerland, while SwissQ will gain offshore and nearshore cap­ab­il­it­ies. Overall, the transaction will result in access to a combined 4'000 technical experts worldwide in the areas of data, AI, cloud, DevOps, SRE as well as software development for offering services to a joint customer base.Founded in 2006, SwissQ Consulting AG is an IT consulting and training company, which also organizes renowned technology conferences in Switzerland. SwissQ Consulting AG employs more than 120 experts at offices in Zurich and Bern and offers services to a number of renowned cus­tom­ers.Xebia is a globally leading digital full-service consulting enterprise with its head office in the Netherlands. Xebia employs more than 4'000 experts globally.A CMS team led by Dr Daniel Jenny advised the shareholders of SwissQ Consulting AG on all legal and tax matters in connection with the trans­ac­tion.CMS Switzer­land­Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate / M&AMark Cagienard, Partner, TaxChristian Gersbach, Partner, EmploymentDr Ferdinand Blezinger, Associate, Corporate / M&AFlorian Jung, Associate, Corporate / M&AJens Lehmann, Associate, TaxTarik Salkim, Attorney TraineeCMS Am­s­ter­damPi­eter van Duijven­voorde, Partner, Corporate / M&A

Thomas Reister has sold his majority stake in the emodrom Group to his co-share­hold­ers.The emodrom Group is involved in the marketing and strategic development of the Hock­en­heim­ring racing circuit in Hockenheim, Baden-Württem­berg (Germany). The emodrom Group supports the location of companies (including Porsche) on the racing circuit, establishes its own mo­bil­ity-re­lated businesses there and otherwise markets the racing circuit for events.Under the leadership of Thomas Reister, the emodrom Group has successfully emancipated the Hock­en­heim­ring from pure racing (formerly Formula 1) in the last 10 years, despite difficult starting conditions. Instead of exclusively racing, the Hock­en­heim­ring now offers a wide range of services and experiences related to mobility. A CMS team led by Dr Daniel Jenny provided com­pre­hens­ive legal advice to Thomas Reister in connection with the transaction. Team­Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate / M&AMark Cagienard, Partner, TaxDr Si­mone Brauchbar Birkhäuser, Counsel, Intellectual PropertyDr Ferdinand Blezinger, Associate, Corporate / M&AFlorian Jung, Associate, Corporate / M&ATarik Salkim, Trainee