Düssel­dorf — ARQIS advi­sed Shimadzu Corpo­ra­tion on the acqui­si­tion of all shares in infra­serv Vaku­um­ser­vice GmbH, a specia­list in the main­ten­ance of turbo­mole­cu­lar pumps in Europe. infra­serv Vaku­um­ser­vice has become a wholly owned subsi­diary of Shimadzu.

With 25 employees, infra­serv Vaku­um­ser­vice gene­ra­ted net sales of 4.9 million euros in 2017. The company is based near Munich and services the vacuum systems of major semi­con­duc­tor and equip­ment manu­fac­tu­r­ers in Europe. It has high tech­ni­cal compe­tence and good rela­ti­ons with its custo­mers. Shimadzu has alre­ady outsour­ced service work for turbo­mole­cu­lar pumps to infra­serv Vakuumservice.

The acqui­si­tion is a step towards further deve­lo­ping Shimadzu’s Euro­pean turbo­mole­cu­lar pump busi­ness and streng­thening local sales acti­vi­ties and tech­ni­cal support.

Advi­sor Shimadzu: ARQIS Attor­neys at Law
ARQIS Rechts­an­wälte (Düssel­dorf): Dr. Meiko Dill­mann, Foto (Munich), Eber­hard Hafer­malz (both lead), Dr. Shigeo Yama­guchi (all Corporate/M&A), Dr. Andrea Panzer-Heemeier (Labor Law), Dr. Ulrich Lien­hard (Real Estate); Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Yohei Nagata (Corporate/M&A), Dr. Markus Schwip­per (Munich), Dr. Eva Trost, Carina Engel­hard (all Labor Law), Jenni­fer Huschauer (Real Estate)
Held Jagut­tis (Colo­gne): Public Law/Regulation

About ARQIS
ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firm opera­ting in Germany and Japan. The firm was foun­ded in 2006 at its current offices in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo. Around 45 profes­sio­nals advise dome­stic and foreign compa­nies at the highest level on the core issues of German and Japa­nese busi­ness law. The focus is on M&A, corpo­rate law, private equity, venture capi­tal, employ­ment law, private clients as well as intellec­tual property and liti­ga­tion. For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.arqis.com.