01.06.2022 / Deals & Cases
Deal: Wenger Vieli advises TOFWERK on its strategic partnership with Bruker
Thun-based TOFWERK has concluded a strategic partnership with Bruker Corporation for applied and industrial analytical solutions, in conjunction with a Bruker minority investment in TOFWERK.
The NASDAQ-listed US tech company Bruker Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of high-performance scientific instruments and analytical and diagnostic solutions. TOFWERK designs, manufactures, and optimizes high performance mass spectrometers for new applications to support researchers and industrial customers around the world.
The partnership provides a basis for technology collaborations to advance instrument capabilities and for the development of novel analytical applications where high speed and ultra-sensitivity matter. TOFWERK further expects to better serve its customers through Bruker’s global commercial and service channels and accelerate the penetration of selected market segments.
We acted as Swiss legal and tax advisor to TOFWERK.
Our team was led by Beat Speck (Partner, M&A / Corporate) and included Barbara Brauchli Rohrer (Partner, Tax), Anna Tomaschek (Associate, M&A / Corporate), Dominik Rietiker (Associate, M&A / Corporate), Philipp Baumann (Associate, M&A / Corporate), Claudia Keller (Counsel, IP/IT), Patric Eggler (Counsel, Tax), Jonas Bühlmann (Senior Associate, Tax), Remo Kündig (Associate, Tax), Mark P. Stocker (Associate, Employment Law), Bianca Schweikart (Junior Lawyer) and Flavio Bolli (Junior Lawyer).