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coinbase

Homburger advised Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), a leading provider of end-to-end financial infrastructure and technology for the cryptoeconomy, in its acquihire of BRD, a consumer wallet app.
Homburger acted as Swiss counsel to Coinbase. The Homburger team was led by partner Dieter Gericke and lead associate Margrit Marti (both Corporate / M&amp;A) and included partner Stefan Oesterhelt and associates Philippe Gobet and Kevin Müller (all Tax), associate Jeremy Reichlin (Employment and Executive Compensation), associates Angela Oppliger and Marco Rostetter and junior associates Magdalena Stock and Ferdinand Berthold (all Corporate / M&amp;A).

Homburger advised Coinbase in an Acquihire of BRD

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Swiss Prime Site

On December 16, 2021, Swiss Prime Site AG announced the acquisition of the Akara Group in Zug, a founder-managed real estate asset manager with around CHF 2.3 bn in assets under management.
Akara Funds AG was established in 2016 by Karl Theiler and Jonathan van Gelder and developed into a FINMA-regulated fund manager with a focus on residential and commercial real estate. The group further includes Akara Real Estate Management AG which provides development, realization, management and marketing services as well as Akara Property Development AG, which provides management services for a limited partnership for collective investment (KmGK). The Group employs around 50 real estate professionals, all of whom will be taken over. The real estate assets under management total approximately CHF 2.3 bn and consist of the «Akara Diversity PK», a real estate fund for tax-exempt pension funds, the private equity product «Akara Property Development 1 KmGK» and a development pipeline of more than CHF 240 m.
Homburger advised Swiss Prime Site in all legal matters of this transaction. The Homburger team was led by partner Daniel Hasler and included associate Angela Oppliger (both Corporate / M&amp;A), partner Jürg Frick and associate Manuel Baschung (both Financial Market Regulation), associate Gabriel Kasper (IP / IT) as well as junior associates Tobias Scheiwiler and Ferdinand Berthold (both Corporate / M&amp;A) and Pascal Theis (Financial Market Regulation).

Homburger advised Swiss Prime Site AG on the acquisition of Akara Group

Technology and Digital Economy

Coparion

On October 5, 2021, coparion GmbH &amp; Co KG, a venture capital fund specializing in technology-driven start-ups, together with Ronald Strässler, co-founder of Avaloq, and business angels Hartmut Carl, Stephan Thalmann, Sebastian Amme and Peter Kessel participated in a seed investment round of Veertly SA.
Veertly is a European platform for virtual and hybrid events and digital collaboration. The financing serves to accelerate growth by investing in the areas of sales and marketing as well as in the further development of Veertly&#8217;s product innovations.
Homburger has advised coparion GmbH &amp; Co. KG in its investment.
The Homburger team included partner Andreas Müller (Corporate / M&amp;A, Technology and Digital Economy), lead associate Timo Hasler and junior associates Ferdinand Berthold and Fabio Gasser (all Corporate / M&amp;A), and associate Philippe Baumann (IP / IT, Technology and Digital Economy).

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Homburger advised Coinbase in an Acquihire of BRD

Homburger advised Swiss Prime Site AG on the acquisition of Akara Group

Homburger advised coparion in the seed investment round of Veertly

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Ferdinand Berthold

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Homburger advised Coinbase in an Acquihire of BRD

Homburger advised Swiss Prime Site AG on the acquisition of Akara Group

Homburger advised coparion in the seed investment round of Veertly

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