TripAdvisor, Inc., the world's largest travel site operator, has acquired Swiss domiciled HouseTrip AG. HouseTrip operates one of the largest holiday rental websites in the world.

Bär & Karrer acted as international legal advisor to TripAdvisor in the transaction. The team included Mariel Hoch, Daniel Raun, Sora Meyer and Manuel Baumberger (all M&A), Markus Wang, Jonas Bornhauser and Raphael Nusser (IP/data protection), Thomas Rohde (restructuring), Susanne Schreiber (tax) as well as Peter Hsu and Daniel Flühmann (financial regulation).