Niederer Kraft Frey advised the shareholders of responsAbility Investments AG, a leader in impact investing focusing on private debt and private equity across emerging markets, to complete successfully the transaction of the sale of all outstanding shares in responsAbility Investments AG to M&G PLC. A pioneer in the impact investing space, responsAbility has more recently focused on companies with business models tied to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. responsAbility currently has approximately USD 3.7 billion of assets under management (as at year end 2021). The transaction was completed on 2 May 2022.
The NKF Team was led by M&A partners Andreas Casutt and Manuel Werder working with associates Binderiya Gan-Ayush, Corinne Russi and junior associate Yannik Bleiker (all M&A), partner Nicolas Birkäuser (IP/Antitrust), senior associate Florian Louis Steiner (Regulatory) as well as partner Daniela Schmucki (Tax).