Deutsche Börse AG acquires a majority stake in Crypto Finance AG, a financial group under consolidated FINMA supervision that offers trading, storage, and investment in digital assets to institutional and professional clients.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Deutsche Börse Group on this transaction. The team included Mariel Hoch, Marlene Lienau, Fabienne Perlini-Frehner and Jasmin Bächtold (all M&A), Daniel Flühmann and Sarah Vettiger (both Banking & Finance), Mani Reinert (Antitrust), Tobias Rebmann (IP/IT and Antitrust), Laura Widmer and Laura Rubeli (both Employment) as well as Susanne Schreiber and David Weimann (both Tax).