Homburger advised Temenos on its public offer for Fidessa

On February 21, 2018, Swiss banking software company TEMENOS Group AG in Geneva (SIX: TEMN) (Temenos) announced that it had agreed to acquire London-listed financial trading systems firm Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) (Fidessa) for GBP 1.4 bn by way of a cash offer to be implemented through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. On April 20, 2018, after Ion Investment Group Limited had offered GBP 1.5 bn for Fidessa, Temenos announced that it would not increase its offer and would terminate the deal with Fidessa.

Homburger advised Temenos on all Swiss law aspects of the transaction as well as its financing and refinancing. The Homburger team was led by partner Dieter Gericke (Corporate / M&A) and comprised partners Jürg Frick, Benjamin Leisinger (both Banking and Finance) and Reto Heuberger (Tax), as well as associates Marie Jenny, Daniel Häusermann and Nina Hagmann (all Corporate / M&A), and paralegals Sandra Marti and Maureen Grossmann (both Corporate / M&A). Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Temenos on all UK law aspects of the transaction.