On February 3, 2015, Oerlikon announced that it has successfully closed the sale of its Advanced Technologies Segment to the Swiss-based company, Evatec AG. VISCHER acted as Oerlikon's Lead and Swiss Counsel. The VISCHER Team, led by partner Felix W. Egli, included Thomas Krizaj (M&A), Manuel Ulrich (M&A), Sebastian Huber (M&A), Klaus Neff (Merger Control) and Christoph Niederer (Tax).