6 February 2014 – Salamanca Group bought out Investec Trust from Investec Bank Plc. The business, which has currently over £4.5 billion in assets under administration, will be run as a stand-alone Trust & Fiduciary business unit of Salamanca Group employing around 100 people of over 20 nationalities across offices in Jersey, Switzerland, South Africa and Mauritius.

Walder Wyss AG has acted as Swiss legal advisor to Salamanca Group. The team was led by Urs P. Gnos (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and further included Ueli Sommer (Partner, Employment), Dominik Hohler (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Gian Brändli (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Christoph Stutz (Associate, Employment) and Manuel B. Mühlestein (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A).