Niederer Kraft & Frey advised Knorr-Bremse AG, the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, which is based in Munich and employs more than 24,000 people worldwide, in the acquisition of Selectron Systems AG, Lyss. Through this acquisition, Knorr-Bremse is expanding its portfolio to include components and solutions for the automation of rail vehicles. The acquisition successfully closed on 24 February 2015.

The NKF team consisted of Philippe Weber, Manuel Werder (lead partners, corporate, M&A), Andrea Nordin (counsel, tax), Gian-Andrea Caprez (Senior Associate, M&A), Alexander Schütz and Samuel Hochstrasser.