Bär & Karrer Advised Energy Infrastructure Partners on the Joint Venture with Electra

Energy Infrastructure Partners has signed an agreement to partner with Electra SAS, the first French pure player in the electric vehicle infrastructure industry. Energy Infrastructure Partners is a portfolio manager for an investment group of Swiss pension funds focused on Swiss energy infrastructure within the Credit Suisse Investment Foundation. Energy Infrastructure Partners will manage a 49.9% share of the joint venture with EUR 200 million in initial capital to be injected by 2026. The joint venture's goal is to expand Electra's installed base of charging sites in the Swiss and Austrian markets.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Energy Infrastructure Partners. The team included Ralph Malacrida, Thomas Rohde, Faton Aliu, Janine Wüst, Colin Giezendanner, Dominique Simmen and Alessandro Samà (all M&A/Corporate), Markus Wang and Christine Schweikard (both IP/IT), Mani Reinert and Tim Meyer (both Competition), Corrado Rampini (Real Estate), Cyrill Diefenbacher, Matthias Bizzarro, Patrick Schmid and Marko Calusic (all Tax), Thomas Stoltz, Fabian Turtschi, Özden Omürcan, Debora Meier, Philippe Schmid and Lyanne Elsener (all Notarial Services).