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Vision Group AG acquires Urbach Optik AG: Urbach Law advises Urbach Optik AG and majority shareholders

Urbach Optik AG, Swiss company based in Dübendorf, one of the largest online retailers for contact lenses in Europe is sold to Vision Group AG

By Simon Urbach, Zurich

Jan 05 2021

<p><span style="background-color: var(--color-main-background) ;">On December 30, 2020, <a href="https://www.urbachoptik.com" target="">Urbach Optik AG</a>, a Swiss-based leading pan-European provider of all brands of contact lenses, announced that Vision Group AG has completed the acquisition of <a href="https://www.urbachoptik.com" target="">Urbach Optik AG</a>. As part of the transaction, which was signed on October 6, 2020, Vision Group AG acquired all outstanding shares from existing shareholders, which include founders <a href="https://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/berufung/index.php/34124/im-alter-zwischen-50-und-80-ist-das-potenzial-am-groessten/" target="">Jacqueline Urbach</a> and Steven Urbach, as well as other investors.</span><br></p><p><span>Urbach Law acted as transaction and M&amp;A counsel for <a href="https://www.urbachoptik.com" target="">Urbach Optik AG</a> and the majority shareholders. The Urbach Law team was led by partner <a href="https://simon-urbach.onelta.com" target="">Simon Urbach</a> and included associates <a href="https://amelie-hoffmann.onelta.com" target="">Amelie Hoffmann</a> and <a href="https://rezeda-maritz.onelta.com" target="">Rezeda Maritz</a>.</span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.urbachoptik.com" target="">Urbach Optik AG</a> was founded in 2004. It quickly developed into one of the most successful online providers of contact lenses in Europe, including the brands <a href="https://www.discountlens.ch/en" target="">www.discountlens.ch</a>, <a href="https://www.mclinsen.ch" target="">www.mclinsen.ch</a> and <a href="https://www.mrlens.ch" target="">www.mrlens.ch</a>.</span></p><p><span>Since it</span>​<span>s foundation, <a href="https://www.urbachoptik.com" target="">Urbach Optik AG</a> has been shaped by contact lens pioneer <a href="https://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/berufung/index.php/34124/im-alter-zwischen-50-und-80-ist-das-potenzial-am-groessten/" target="">Jacqueline Urbach</a>, who developed soft and colored contact lenses in the USA in the 1960s. As of 2015, management was transferred to Andreas Hungerbühler.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>The buyer, Vision Group AG, also holds 100% of LENSVISION AG in its portfolio, which also offers a wide range of contact lenses at <a href="https://www.lensvision.ch/" target="">www.lensvision.ch</a>.</span></p>
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