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Homburger advised OC Oerlikon on the completion of the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter

On February 2, 2026, OC Oerlikon announced that it has completed the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter at an enterprise value of CHF 850 m with an earn-out of up to CHF 100 m. With the closing of this transaction, Oerlikon becomes a pure-play surface technology company, serving a broad base of customers in demanding industries – from automotive, aerospace and energy to luxury, medical, defense and semiconductors – with a toolbox of high-tech surface technologies.
The Homburger team was led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate / M&amp;A) and included Anna Peter, Nicola Togni, Matthias Müller, Alessandro Samà and Fabio Gasser (all Corporate / M&amp;A), Dieter Grünblatt (Tax), Richard Stäuber and Nicolas Stocker (both Competition), Lorenzo Togni (Capital Markets) as well as Jürg Frick (Financing).

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Homburger advised Fastned B.V. on a green loan credit facility of initial EUR 100 m in committed capital with an additional EUR 100 m option

Homburger acted as Swiss counsel to Fastned Tico Holding I B.V., a direct subsidiary of Fastned B.V., in its capacity as borrower in connection with a Dutch law-governed EUR 100 m committed senior multicurrency term facility agreement with an additional EUR 100 m option with a European lending syndicate consisting of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank N.V., Invest-NL Capital N.V. and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. Fastned B.V. is a Europe-wide operator of electric fast-charging stations and listed at Euronext Amsterdam.
The Homburger team was led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate / M&amp;A) and included Jürg Frick (Financing), Jonas Stähli and Matthias Müller (both Corporate / M&amp;A), Stefan Oesterhelt, Reto Heuberger and Laetitia Fracheboud (all Tax) as well as Gregor Bühler (IP/IT).

On May 6, 2025, Samaplast AG, a privately held Swiss company, announced that 100% of its shares had been acquired by a group of investors led by Philipp Looser. Samaplast is a leading specialist in the field of plastics processing for medical technology and industry.
The Homburger team advising the selling shareholders was led by Daniel Häusermann (Corporate / M&amp;A) and included Matthias Müller (Corporate / M&amp;A), Allegra Arnold (Competition), Philippe Weber (Tax) and Leon Indov (Corporate / M&amp;A). Marcel Dietrich acted as senior relationship partner.

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Homburger advised OC Oerlikon on the completion of the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter

Homburger advised Fastned B.V. on a green loan credit facility of initial EUR 100 m in committed capital with an additional EUR 100 m option

Homburger advised the selling shareholders on the sale of 100% of Samaplast AG to a group of investors led by Philipp Looser

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Homburger advised OC Oerlikon on the completion of the divestment of its Barmag textile machinery business for manmade fibers to Rieter

Homburger advised Fastned B.V. on a green loan credit facility of initial EUR 100 m in committed capital with an additional EUR 100 m option

Homburger advised the selling shareholders on the sale of 100% of Samaplast AG to a group of investors led by Philipp Looser

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