Hamburg — DLA Piper has advi­sed Germany-based multi­na­tio­nal TRUMPF Group on the acqui­si­tion of the global busi­ness of Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions.

TRUMPF is one of the world’s leading compa­nies for machine tools, lasers and elec­tro­nics for indus­trial appli­ca­ti­ons. In fiscal 2019/20, the company gene­ra­ted sales of 3.5 billion euros with around 14,300 employees.

Lantek is a leading global provi­der of soft­ware systems and solu­ti­ons for compa­nies in the sheet metal working sector, and is repre­sen­ted in 14 countries.

The inter­na­tio­nal DLA Piper team on this tran­sac­tion was led jointly by part­ner Teresa Zueco (Corpo­rate, Madrid) and the German Coun­try Mana­ging Part­ner Dr. Benja­min Para­mes­wa­ran, Photo (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg) — who is also DLA Piper’s global Client Rela­ti­onship Part­ner for the TRUMPF Group — supported by a core team consis­ting of Corpo­rate Asso­cia­tes Héctor Gómez, Alejan­dra Casta­ñeda and Carlos Fuerte (all Madrid). DLA Piper’s cross-border team also included colle­agues from more than ten juris­dic­tions, inclu­ding the UK, the US, France, Germany and China.

TRUMPF was advi­sed in-house by Dewi Kusuma (in-house counsel).

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