Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of 42matters on the acquisition by Similarweb

Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of 42matters, a leading provider of analytics and insights for mobile apps, on all legal and tax aspects of the acquisition by Similarweb. The strategic partnership promises significant synergies in the field of digital intelligence and app analytics. The acquisition will combine 42matters' expertise in analysing app data with Similarweb's offering, enabling both companies to deliver comprehensive digital insights.

42matters, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is a leading provider of mobile app intelligence, enabling the world's leading companies to gain comprehensive insight into data and app market intelligence to optimise their digital strategies through cutting-edge machine learning algorithms.

Similarweb is a global leader in web analytics, data mining and business intelligence.

Through the collaboration, 42matters and Similarweb aim to provide their customers with increased value through access to an expanded Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) catalogue, namely 12 app store platforms, over 2.1 million publishers and 20 million apps.

The team was led by Beat Speck (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Dominik Rietiker (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Barbara Brauchli Rohrer (Partner, Tax), Jonas Bühlmann (Senior Associate, Tax), Claudia Keller (Partner, Data Protection/IP), Sabine Taxer (Senior Associate, Labour Law), Nathalie Germann (Associate, Labour Law) and Niccolò Della Corte (Junior Lawyer).