Public exchange offer by Vontobel for Micro Value AG

SWX-listed Vontobel Holding AG (parent company of the Swiss banking group) acquired the Zurich-based investment company Micro Value AG in a public exchange offer. The shareholders of Micro Value AG were offered participations in the newly established, Luxemburg-based MIV Global Medtech Fund. The transaction closed on March 11, 2008.

Vontobel was advised by Lenz & Staehelin whose team was led by Hans-Jakob Diem. He was assisted by Sandra Zweifel and Luca Bozzo.