On October 29, 2015, BlackFin Capital Partners, a French private equity firm dedicated to financial services, and the New Access Group, a leading provider of private banking software in the areas of electronic document management, banking relationship management and portfolio management, with offices in Geneva and Singapore announced that BlackFin Capital Partners has realized a significant equity investment in the New Access Group in order to support its future development.

The existing management of the New Access Group will remain in their current roles and will remain invested in the group. BlackFin Capital Partners will support the management team and use its existing commercial and financial capabilities to develop New Access organically and via add-on acquisitions.

Homburger advised BlackFin Capital Partners in its transaction with the shareholders of the New Access Group. The Homburger team was led by Frank Gerhard (partner, Corporate | M&A) and comprised associate Guy Deillon and junior associate Raphaël Fellay (both Corporate | M&A), as well as partner Jürg Frick and junior associate Julien Briguet (both Financial Services).