Deals & Cases | 2. November 2021

Rakuten sold its minority stake in getAbstract

Rakuten Group, Inc., a global innovation company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has sold its minority stake in getAbstract AG, the global leader in compressed digital content.

Walder Wyss acted as legal advisor to Rakuten. The team included Alexandre Both (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Luc Defferrard (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Janine Corti (Counsel, Tax), Grégoire Henriod (Senior Associate, Corporate/M&A) and Lucas Nanchen (Trainee, Corporate/M&A).