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11 November 2009 - Sale of 10% stake in SGS SA by the von Finck family
The von Finck family has sold 40% of its shareholding in SGS SA (equaling 10% of SGS SA's share capital) to a consortium of two banks for placement of these shares in the market through an accelerated book building process. The total market value of SGS SA amounts to approx. CHF 10.2 billions.
Bär & Karrer acted as advisor to the von Finck family. The team included Cédric Chapuis, Dieter Dubs, Charlotte Wieser and Christoph O. Schmid (tax).