Bär & Karrer Advises EQT on the Sale of Open Systems

EQT, together with its co-shareholders, has agreed to sell Open Systems to Swiss Post. Open Systems is a leading provider of network and cyber security capabilities in a single cloud-based platform known as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approval.

Bär & Karrer acts as lead counsel alongside Loyens & Loeff (Netherlands), Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Germany), Wuersch & Gering (USA), and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (India).

The Bär & Karrer team is co-led by Christoph Neeracher and Luca Jagmetti and further includes Philippe Seiler, Romina Lauper, Lazar Lepir, Sacha Kanoff, and Floris Zuur (all Corporate/M&A), Susanne Schreiber, Fabian Capt, Alessia Suter, Anke Stumm, and Ariane Menzer (all Tax), Mani Reinert and Tim Meyer (both Antitrust), Markus Schott (Regulatory), Ralph Malacrida (Financing), Markus Wang and Jonas Bornhauser (both IP/IT), Manuel Schmid (Employment), Ruth Bloch-Riemer (Pension), Rocco Rigozzi (Real Estate), as well as Rehana Harasgama (Data Protection).