As part of a strategic partnership, Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. acquires a majority stake in the family holding owning Gonet & Cie SA, in Geneva, creating a banking group with CHF 10 billion in assets under management and offering a wide range of innovative products and services unique in private banking. Each bank will remain independent, keeping its name and banking license.

Naxicap Partners, a Lyon (F)-based private equity house, has become the majority shareholder, alongside founder Dr. Dominique Fournier and key managers, of 3R – Réseau Radiologique Romand, Switzerland’s leading network of medical imaging centers, headquartered in Sion (VS) and totaling 12 sites over 4 states.

Foncia Domicim, the leading real estate services company in French-speaking Switzerland and a Swiss subsidiary of Foncia Group, enters the Geneva market by taking over the Brolliet SA management company, which has been in family hands for four generations. With 135 employees, offices in Carouge, Nyon and Lausanne, and a very diversified clientele, Brolliet, a long-standing player, ideally complements the buyer.

As part of its build-up strategy, the Acrotec Group, in Develier, an independent leader in the production of micromechanical components for luxury watch movements, acquired STS Saulcy Traitement de Surface SA, Le Sentier and La-Chaux-de-Fonds. This acquisition allows Acrotec to extend its know-how to the electroplating sector.

ITX, Geneva (GE), is the leading provider of intra-group international mobility management services, offering optimal solutions to international groups. To support their company's strong growth, ITX's management has turned to the European private equity fund Milestone Capital, based in London.

The Dental Center group is one of the main Swiss dental clinic chains and the only player present in both French-speaking and German-speaking Switzerland. The group was sold to zahnarztzentrum.ch AG, the Swiss market leader and previously active only in German-speaking Switzerland.

Solvalor fund management SA, in Lausanne, is the management company of the direct real estate investment trust Solvalor 61, listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX and with more than CHF 700 million in net assets. The shareholders sold the fund management company to Realstone Holding SA, based in Lausanne.