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This year CMS Switzerland has been recommended by The Legal 500 in 21 categories in the European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) edi­tion. In addition, 6 of our lawyers are recognized individually for their expertise as "Leading Individuals" or "Next Generation Partner" in the areas of Competition, Insolvency & Corporate Recovery, Insurance, Public Law, Real Estate & Construction and TMT.

The Swiss business magazine BILANZ, the Handelszeitung, and the magazine PME have awarded the "Top Law Firms" in Switzerland for the 7th time. Out of the 31 legal areas, CMS von Erlach Partners (CMS Switzerland) was ranked as one of the top 25 law firms in Switzerland in 28 areas, which is more than any other law firm in Switzerland. This confirms our position as a leading full-service law firm in the country.

Rankings of CMS Switzerland in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Edition

Neuchâtel , 2. Dezember 2022Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, and GLOBAZ SA, a leading 1st pillar pension administration software provider, announced they will enter into a strategic cooperation around a 2nd pillar pension administration IT solution. Aon Switzerland is handing over MULTI-Pension – its 2nd pillar IT solution – to GLOBAZ. This cooperation, which takes effect on 1 January 2023, reflects the major strategic goal of the two entities to enhance and develop 1st and 2nd pillar management solutions designed to provide an overall overview of pension provisions to the insured. For Aon, a global leader for risk management and wealth solutions for businesses, this step enhances its range of digital services as part of its pension fund management operations. In this perspective, Aon and GLOBAZ will pool their competencies in order to energise digital services and, especially, MULTI-Pension, the 2nd pillar software solution, for the benefit of pension funds, the insured and companies in the Swiss pension market. A CMS Switzerland team led by Dirk Spacek advised Aon on all legal aspects of the transaction. CMS Switzer­land­Dr Dirk Spacek, Partner, TMC/IPDr Christian Gersbach, Partner, EmploymentSarah Keller, Associate, EmploymentLucien Monnerat, Trainee

For the sixth time, the leading Swiss business magazine BIL­ANZ and the newspapers Handelszeitung and Le Temps have published their rankings of the  top law firms in Switzerland. CMS von Erlach Partners (CMS Switzerland) is ranked as one of the top 25 law firms in Switzerland in a total of 28 out of 31 practice areas, which is more than any other law firm in Switzerland. This further underlines our position as a leading full-service law firm.

Rankings of CMS Switzerland in The Legal 500 EMEA 2022 edition

Talenthouse AG, a leading technology platform connecting brands and creatives globally, has been listed as an operating company on the International Reporting Standard of the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) since 29 March 2022. Over the past 15 months, Talenthouse AG has bundled four previously independent companies and brought them to the stock exchange in Zurich through a reverse merger. This is the second listing on the SIX this year (after the first list­ing on the new SPARKS segment of the SIX). Tal­ent­house AG is a technology platform company that works with the world's largest creative community with over 14 million members to produce high-quality digital content for numerous major global companies such as Netflix and Nike. Talenthouse AG, which operates the creative platforms Talenthouse, EyeEm, Ello, Zooppa and Jovoto, is pioneering the structural realignment of content production using a platform-based business model to deliver content that can keep pace with consumer demand in the digital age in terms of scale and quality. At the same time, the company offers development opportunities to creative minds. The company is domiciled in Switzerland and, in addition to its operational headquarters in London, has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Berlin, Milan and Philadelphia. The transaction was supported by an international legal team under Relationship Partner Gregor Famira of CMS Vienna. The Swiss CMS team advised the majority shareholder of Talenthouse AG (Talenthouse GmbH) as well as the chairman of the board of Talenthouse AG. The Swiss team was led by Matthias Kuert (Capital Markets) and further included Stefan Brunnschweiler (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Franziska Hammer, Florian Jung and Alexandra Stocker (all Corporate/M&A) as well as Simone Brauchbar (IP/IT), Mark Cagienard (Partner; Tax) and Jodok Wicki (Partner; Com­mer­cial/Lit­ig­a­tion).

Zurich | March 2022A team of CMS Switzerland under the lead of Stefan Brunnschweiler provided comprehensive advice to Swedish CIDAN Machinery Group on all legal aspects regarding the acquisition of Swiss long folder producer Thalmann Maschinenbau AG. CIDAN Machinery Group is a world leading, innovative supplier to the sheet metal industry. The group operates manufacturing locations in Sweden and Austria and has office locations in several European countries, the United States and China. The headquarters of the company, founded in 1907, is based in Götene, Sweden. Thalmann Maschinenbau is a world leading company in long folding technology. The company has a strong track record of bringing innovations to the market that lead to significant efficiency improvements, cost reductions and higher precision and flexibility of the folding process. The company was founded in 1948 and operates from Frauenfeld, Switzerland. With the acquisition of Thalmann Maschinenbau AG, CIDAN is adding yet another strong brand to its already strong portfolio that includes CIDAN, Forstner and nuIT. The Thalmann location in Switzerland will remain the major hub for long folder innovation and production. The 50 employees of Thalmann will be joining the CIDAN Machinery Group and remain employed at Frauenfeld. CIDAN is committed to build on the strengths of the existing team with the aim to further grow the business of long folders within the group. CMS Switzer­land­Stefan Brunnschweiler, LL.M., Lead, Managing Partner, Co-Global Head CMS Corporate/M&A GroupSamuel Felix Gang, LL.M., Associate, Corporate/M&AAndrea Relly, Senior Associate, Corporate/M&AAlexandra Stocker, Associate, Corporate/M&AMark Cagienard, LL.M., Partner, TaxDr David Schuler, LL.M., Senior Associate, TaxDr Dirk Spacek, LL.M., Partner, TMC and IPThomas Zweifel, LL.M., Senior Associate, Real EstateSarah Keller, Associate, EmploymentAline Steffen, Associate, Commercial

F24 Schweiz AG acquired SMSup Sàrl, a fast-growing business messaging startup with a focus on the French speaking Swiss market and growing presence across Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The acquisition strengthens F24’s leading market position in business messaging in Switzerland and expands the customer base significantly.  SMSup Sàrl founder Romain Bossel will continue his work and play an important role in shaping the common future.F24 is Europe’s leading Soft­ware-as-a-Ser­vice provider for incident and crisis management, emergency notification and business communications. F24 Schweiz AG provides the business messaging solution eCall. With this step customers of F24 Schweiz AG get access to further use cases especially in marketing. A team of CMS Switzerland, led by partner Stefan Brunnschweiler, advised F24 Schweiz AG on all legal matters of the transaction. CMS France provided support in relation to commercial aspects under French law. CMS Switzer­land­Stefan Brunnschweiler, Partner, Corporate / M&AFranziska Hammer, Counsel, Corporate / M&ADr Dirk Spacek, Partner, TMC / Intellectual Prop­er­tyAl­ex­an­dra Stocker, Associate, Corporate / M&ACMS FranceDenis Redon, Partner, Antitrust / Competition / TradeVincent Lorieul, Senior Associate, Antitrust / Competition / TradeMaxime Hanriot, Senior Associate, TMC

Zurich, November 2021 – A team of CMS Switzerland and Germany led by Stefan Brunnschweiler acted as Swiss legal counsel for the listed company Nano Dimension Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNDM), an industry leader in Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) / 3D-Printed Electronics (PE), and Micro Additive Manufacturing (Micro-AM), on all legal aspects regarding the acquisition of all shares in ESSEMTEC AG, a swiss stock corporation based in Aesch (Lucerne), Switzerland. Sullivan & Worcester Tel Aviv acted as Israeli counsel for Nano Dimension Ltd. ESSEMTEC's product portfolio is comprised of production equipment for placing and assembling electronic components on printed circuit boards (PCBs). They are a leader in adaptive highly flexible surface mount technology (SMT) pick-and-place equipment, sophisticated dispenser suitable for both high-speed and mi­cro-dis­pens­ing, and intelligent production material storage and logistic system. Its products are equipped with a sophisticated software package which makes extensive and efficient material management possible. CMS Switzer­land­Stefan Brunnschweiler, Managing Partner, Global Co-Head of the Corporate/M&A GroupAndrea Relly, Senior Associate, Corporate/M&AMark Cagienard, Partner, TaxThomas Zweifel, Senior Associate, Real EstateDr Dirk Spacek, Partner, IP/ITAline Steffen, Associate, IP/ITSarah Keller, Associate, EmploymentCMS GermanyHendrik Hirsch, Partner, Corporate/M&ABerrit Roth-Mingram, Senior Associate, Corporate/M&AThomas Gerdel, Partner, TaxDr Martin Friedberg, Counsel, Tax