Deal-Ticker: Vance Street Capital acquires Syscom Instruments

Vance Street Capital LLC ("Vance Street") has completed the acquisition of Syscom Instruments AG ("Syscom"), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality vibration and seismic monitoring equipment for civil engineering, strong motion, and safety industries. Syscom was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland.

Vance Street is a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in highly engineered solutions businesses across the industrial, medical, aerospace and defense markets.

Kellerhals Carrard acted as Swiss legal advisor to Vance Street in this transaction, alongside O'Melveny & Myers LLP. The team was led by Edgar Philippin (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included François Kaiser (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Serge Migy (Partner, Tax), Elena Burger (Associate, Corporate/M&A) and Brian Jurt (Tax Advisor).

For further details on the transaction, please see the press release.