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Homburger advised The SPAR Group Ltd on the sale of its Swiss retail and wholesale business to Tannenwald Holding AG

On September 8, 2025, The SPAR Group Ltd entered into an agreement to sell its entire shareholding in SPAR Holding AG including its Swiss business operations (SPAR Switzerland) to Tannenwald Holding AG. The sale has been completed with immediate effect. SPAR Switzerland operates approximately 358 stores and owns 11 cash &amp; carry outlets and one distribution centre in Switzerland, all under several formats including SPAR, SPAR Express, EUROSPAR, Maxi and TopCC.
The transaction reflects an equity value of CHF 46.5 m and includes potential earn-out payments of up to CHF 30 m due at the end of FY27 based on certain EBITDA milestones.
The Homburger team was led by Frank Gerhard and comprised Patrick Schmidt, Carlo Sulser, Florian Bruggisser, Jannis Zafeirakos and Leon Indov (all Corporate / M&amp;A), Richard Stäuber, Andreas Burger and Kristina Martinovic (all Competition), Stefan Oesterhelt, Reto Heuberger, Juliette Buob and Philippe Weber (all Tax), Stefan Bindschedler (Financing and Investment Products) as well as Luca Dal Molin and Noëmie Beck-Schär (both IP / IT) and Jeremy Reichlin (Employment).

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Homburger advised Altri on strategic acquisition of majority stake in AeoniQ

Homburger acted as Swiss counsel to Altri, SGPS, S.A. (Altri), a leading Portuguese producer of sustainable cellulosic pulp, in connection with its strategic acquisition of a majority stake in AeoniQ Holding AG (AeoniQ), a Swiss-based cleantech spin-off of HeiQ Materials AG. The transaction will support the industrial scaling of AeoniQ, a climate-positive, biodegradable cellulosic filament yarn engineered to replace polyester and nylon.
The Homburger team was led by Daniel Hasler and included Estelle Piccard, Nicola Togni, Florian Bruggisser and Yannick Reber (all Corporate / M&amp;A) as well as Joel Fink (IP / IT).

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On December 18, 2024, Novo Nordisk announced that it has successfully completed its USD 11 bn acquisition of three manufacturing sites from Novo Holdings A/S. The completion follows the finalization of Novo Holdings&#8250; acquisition of Catalent, Inc., a global contract development and manufacturing organization. The three acquired sites are specialized in the sterile filling of drugs and are located in Anagni (Italy), Brussels (Belgium) and Bloomington IN (USA).
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. Its purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon its heritage in diabetes.
Catalent is a global contract development and manufacturing organization headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey. The company has over 50 global sites and employs more than 18,000 people.
A Homburger team comprising Andreas Müller, Anna Peter, Simone Schmid, Bianca Nedwed, Florian Bruggisser and Maria Braun (all Corporate / M&amp;A), Allegra Arnold, Meret Horisberger and Harun Cetin (all Regulatory), Jeremy Reichlin (Employment) as well as Reto Heuberger, Juliette Buob and Philipp Stiegeler (all Tax) advised Novo Nordisk on the transaction.

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Homburger advised The SPAR Group Ltd on the sale of its Swiss retail and wholesale business to Tannenwald Holding AG

Homburger advised Altri on strategic acquisition of majority stake in AeoniQ

Homburger advises on Novo Nordisk / Novo Holdings / Catalent transaction

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Homburger advised The SPAR Group Ltd on the sale of its Swiss retail and wholesale business to Tannenwald Holding AG

Homburger advised Altri on strategic acquisition of majority stake in AeoniQ

Homburger advises on Novo Nordisk / Novo Holdings / Catalent transaction

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