Niederer Kraft & Frey (NKF) advised Vantage Education Group, one of the leading private education groups in Switzerland and an investment of Invision Private Equity AG (Invision), on the acquisition of a majority stake in IST AG (IST). The acquisition closed on 10 April 2017.
Invision is a leading Swiss and German investment company focusing on small and medium-sized businesses across Europe, particularly in the DACH region. IST is a higher education institution for tourism that provides a broad range of higher education seminars.
The NKF team included Manuel Werder (lead partner, corporate/M&A), Roman Sturzenegger (senior associate, corporate) and Andrea Nordin (counsel, tax).