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NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

Borel & Barbey actively engages with legal developments by regularly contributing to specialised literature, participating in conferences, and being involved in the academic world.
This section provides you with an overview of the Firm’s latest news, including our publications, the conferences and talks we have participated in, recent cases we have handled, as well as the awards and distinctions we have received. You will also find important announcements and legislative developments that are shaping our legal environment.

Borel & Barbey advised BPM on a significant senior secured financing

15 April 2025
Borel & Barbey has advised French group BPM, a major player in the automotive distribution sector, on securing significant senior secured facilities granted by a syndicate of Swiss banks, aimed...

Borel & Barbey advised BPM on the acquisition of Groupe Leuba

10 April 2025
Borel & Barbey has advised BPM, a leading French automotive distribution group, in connection with its acquisition of Groupe Leuba SA, one of the principal Mercedes-Benz distributors in the French-speaking...

Luca Bozzo is appointed Managing Partner of Borel & Barbey

7 January 2025
We are pleased to announce that Luca Bozzo has joined the Managing Partners team of our Firm, effective 1 January 2025. This new step as Managing Partner marks the natural...

Art Lending – Up to USD 60mio Facility Agreement

27 August 2024
Borel & Barbey acted as counsel to the borrower in connection with a facility agreement of up to USD 60mio, secured by a significant private art collection. The team was...

+20M financing for a Swiss hotel

28 February 2024
The investment firm Maya Private Capital Investments SA (formerly known as Maya Global Markets SA) has just completed a senior secured financing exceeding CHF 20 million for a Swiss hotel...

Fideuram and Man Group become partners in Asteria

21 November 2023
Italian bank Fideuram – Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking (Fideuram) has completed the sale of a 51% participation in Asteria Investment Managers (Asteria), a Geneva-based impact investing asset manager, to Man...

Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking sells a majority stake in Asteria Investment Managers to Man Group

17 October 2023
Italian bank Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking and global investment management company Man Group have entered into an agreement for the acquisition by Man Group of a majority stake in...

New acquisition for Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA, which focuses on a modern and sustainable development of industrial real estate

26 September 2023
Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA has strengthened its strategic position in western Switzerland by acquiring a 20,000m² plot of land in Prangins (VD) from the Novartis Group. Borel & Barbey...

m3 GROUPE transfers its holding in GPA Guardian Protection SA

12 September 2023
m3 GROUPE has recently transferred its holding in the Swiss private security company, GPA Guardian Protection SA, to a major Swiss industrial and financial group. Borel & Barbey advised m3...

BPM Group is expanding into the Swiss market

16 May 2023
The French automobile group BPM Group is expanding its activity into the Swiss market and acquires four dealerships in the cantons of Vaud and Valais. Borel & Barbey advised BPM Group on the implementation of the group in Switzerland and as buy-side counsel of these four acquisitions.

Heidi Pay AG closes a new financing round

19 October 2022
Heidi Pay AG closed a new financing round alongside the launch of its Buy Now Pay Later enabler solution in Italy for Compass Banca S.p.A. - Gruppo Mediobanca, the consumer credit arm of Mediobanca. Borel & Barbey advised Heidi Pay AG for this financing round. The team was led by Luca Bozzo and Alexandre Gallopin.

Article in Bilan Magazine: “Selling your SME without a family buyer”

13 June 2022
Luca Bozzo was interviewed for Bilan Magazine about “entrepreneurship by acquisition” which consists in bringing together an external buyer and a high potential SME with the support of co-investors.For more information,...

Alpian SA obtained its banking license and closed its Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million

13 June 2022
Alpian SA (www.alpian.com) obtained its banking license and successfully closed a Series B+ financing round raising CHF 19 million. Alpian SA is a company incubated by REYL Intesa Sanpaolo. The...

Launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities (CH) SA”

10 March 2022
Borel & Barbey advised Swissroc Investment on the legal aspects of the launch of the investment vehicle “Swissroc Industrial Opportunities” in the context of the acquisition of an industrial and...