Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 200 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug, Basel and St. Moritz. Our core business is advising our clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. Our clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world. Most of our work has an international component. We have broad experience handling cross-border proceedings and transactions. Our extensive network consists of correspondent law firms which are all market leaders in their jurisdictions. Bär & Karrer was repeatedly awarded Switzerland Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.
On 9 February 2026, dsm-firmenich, innovators in nutrition, health and beauty, it has entered into an agreement with CVC, a leading global private markets manager, to divest its Animal Nutrition & Health (“ANH”)...
Switzerland
On 9 February 2026, dsm-firmenich, innovators in nutrition,
health and beauty, it has entered into an agreement with CVC, a
leading global private markets manager, to divest its Animal
Nutrition & Health ("ANH") business for an enterprise
value of about EUR 2.2 billion, which includes an earnout of up to
EUR 0.5 billion. dsm-firmenich will retain a 20% equity stake in
the divested ANH companies, in partnership with CVC.
Bär & Karrer acts as local counsel on Swiss law aspects
to dsm-firmenich in connection with this transaction. The team was
led by Urs Kägi and included Matthias Tanner, Shu Zhang,
Marie-Cristine Kaptan, Urs Stürmer, Florian Schweighofer,
Ann-Kathrin Bühler (all M&A/Corporate & Commercial),
Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher, Donjeta Beka (all Tax),
Mani Reinert (Competition) Markus Wang (IP), Markus Schott
(Regulatory), Laura Widmer, Nicola Schön, Marc Paronitti,
Luljeta Morina (Employment), Corrado Rampini, Rocco Rigozzi, Corina
Moschen, Patrick Neher (Real Estate), as well as Thomas Stoltz,
Julia Eiholzer (Notarial Services).
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Bär & Karrer is a leading Swiss law firm with more than 200 lawyers in Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Zug, Basel and St. Moritz. Our core business is advising our clients on innovative and complex transactions and representing them in litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings. Our clients range from multinational corporations to private individuals in Switzerland and around the world. Most of our work has an international component. We have broad experience handling cross-border proceedings and transactions. Our extensive network consists of correspondent law firms which are all market leaders in their jurisdictions. Bär & Karrer was repeatedly awarded Switzerland Law Firm of the Year by the most important international legal ranking agencies in recent years.
