Vista Klinik Holding AG, domiciled in Binningen (Switzerland), acquired AVANTI, Centro Ticinese di chirurgia ambulatoriale SA (AVANTI) on 15 July 2022 and is now present in the canton of Ticino for the first time. AVANTI, which was founded in 2007, has three operating rooms with a total area of 605 square metres, as well as a convalescence area and an ophthalmology practice specialising in retinal treatments. AVANTI performs about 5,000 ophthalmological operations annually. There will be no changes with regard to the staff, as they will continue to work for AVANTI. Furthermore, CMS advised Vista Klinik Holding AG on two other transactions in the middle of this year: The purchase of all shares in an eye centre with two associated practices in the cantons of Aargau and Zurich was successfully completed, and another eye practice in the canton of Grisons was acquired as part of an asset deal. Vista Augenpraxen & Kliniken was founded over 30 years ago and consists of a network of experienced ophthalmologists and specialists with a focus on northwestern Switzerland and the Zurich area. With the aforementioned acquisitions, the number of locations will be further increased so that the services of Vista Augenpraxen & Kliniken can now also be accessed in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. The range of services offered by Vista Augenpraxen & Kliniken includes all treatments as well as specialisations in the field of retina and cataract operations, the therapy of macular degeneration and the correction of refractive errors. In order to keep up with the international state of science, Vista Augenpraxen & Kliniken invests in forward-looking research activities, in the continuous training of all employees and in the expansion and inventory of practices and clinics.A team of CMS Switzerland, led by Stefan Brunnschweiler and Franziska Hammer, advised Vista Augenpraxen & Kliniken on all legal matters of the transactions. CMS Switzer­land­Stefan Brunnschweiler, Partner, Corporate / M&AFranziska Hammer, Counsel, Corporate / M&ASamuel Felix Gang, Associate, Corporate / M&AAnna Mast, Associate, Corporate / M&AMiryam Meile, Associate, EmploymentMarzia Schilleci, Associate, Lit­ig­a­tion­Premton Haziri, Attorney Trainee

NORRES, a portfolio company of Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund I, acquired the Baggerman Group. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The Baggerman Group, headquartered in Roermond, Netherlands, is a specialist manufacturer of industrial hoses, couplings and related parts. The company has subsidiaries in Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Romania. NORRES is one of the market-leading manufacturers of industrial plastic hoses in Europe. It has production facilities in Germany, China, the US and Italy and distribution and warehouse locations in the Czech Republic, France, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan and the UK. The company, founded in 1889, employs approximately 300 people worldwide. Since November 2018, NORRES Schlauchtechnik has been part of the portfolio of the Triton Smaller Mid-Cap Fund I advised by Triton, an investment firm that invests primarily in German-speaking countries, the Nordic countries, the Benelux region, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in the industry & technology, services, healthcare and consumer goods sectors.A team of CMS Switzerland and CMS Italy, led by Dr Daniel Jenny, advised NORRES on all Swiss and Italian law aspects of the transaction. Mayer Brown, Frankfurt, acted as lead counsel to NORRES. CMS SwitzerlandDr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate / M&ADr Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser, Counsel, IPDr Ferdinand Blezinger, Associate, Corporate / M&AKatja Bertsche, Associate, Real EstateMarzia Schilleci, Associate, EmploymentCMS ItalyDaniela Murer, Partner, Corporate / M&AElsa Mora, Counsel, Em­ploy­mentA­less­andra Cuni, Associate, Corporate / M&ANicoletta Catanzaro, Junior Associate, Corporate / M&A

Corporate Criminal Liability Commodity trader pays Sfr 94 million for lack of organisational corruption prevention. Introduction Under Swiss criminal law, criminal offences committed within a corporation...