On February 2, 2016, EQT and Kuoni Group announced that they entered into a transaction agreement pursuant to which an affiliate of EQT will launch an all-cash tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. The tender offer will be made at CHF 370 per share, valuing the company at approx. CHF 1.5 bn. The offer is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in Q2 or Q3 2016.
Kuoni was advised by Homburger AG in all aspects of this transaction. Partners Daniel Daeniker and Daniel Hasler led the Homburger team and advised Kuoni together with associates Valentin Jentsch and Camille Auberson, junior associates Lara Alec and Simone Schmid, paralegal Susanne Dünschede (all Corporate | M&A) as well as partner Marcel Dietrich and associate Richard Stäuber (both Competition | Regulatory).