The German Amapharm GmbH, a global leader in vitamin gummies, has acquired its long-standing bulk supplier, F. Hunziker + Co AG, from the founding family. F. Hunziker + Co, headquartered in Dietikon, Switzerland, is a traditional family business specializing in the production of food products such as gummies and hard candies, some of which include medicinal components.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Amapharm in this transaction. The team was co-led by Raphael Annasohn (M&A) and Cyrill Diefenbacher (Tax) and included Julian Lindt, Luana Stämpfli and Leander Knapp (all M&A), Alessia Suter and Timon Hufschmid (both Tax), Rocco Rigozzi (Real Estate), Sandra Schaffner (Employment), Jonas Bornhauser (IP/IT), Ruth Bloch-Riemer and Marco Weiss (Social Security), Martin Werner (Competition) and Micha Schilling (Finance) and Rehana Harasgama (Data Protection).