SPIE acquires SD Fiber

Niederer Kraft Frey advises SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, in the acquisition of SD Fiber, a specialist in the deployment of fiber optic networks to the street (FTTS), to the building (FTTB) and to the home (FTTH). SD Fiber operates in both Switzerland and Germany. With the completion of the transaction, SPIE acquired 96% of the shares of SD Fiber. The remaining shares are retained by the current management team.

The NKF team was led by Corporate/M&A partner Manuel Werder, working with associates Naomi Loretz, Nadine Wanner, Melchior Ebener, Lukas Poschung (all Corporate/M&A), Yannik Bleiker, Julia Pugliese (both Real Estate) and Luisa Egli (Employment), partner Janine Reudt-Demont (Data Protection), associate Boris Catzeflis (Data Protection), partner Nicolas Birkhäuser (Competition), counsel Marc Vogelsang (Tax) as well as junior associate Lukas Christen (Corporate/M&A).