(AGENPARL) – LONDON mar 28 giugno 2022

News

28 June 2022

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising ams OSRAM on the sale of its Digital Systems business unit in Europe and Asia to Inventronics, a global provider of LED drivers whose shares are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China.

The ams OSRAM business unit Digital Systems in Europe and Asia focusses on the development of power supplies with related light modules, software and connectable components for traditional and LED lighting. These are essential components for luminaires in professional lighting applications to enable smart and digitised lighting solutions.

Freshfields comprehensively advised ams OSRAM on the structuring and negotiation of the transaction and will also provide legal support for the upcoming carve-out. The advice includes German civil and corporate law as well as Chinese corporate and capital markets law matters. In addition, Freshfields is advising on intellectual property law questions as well as on tax law and regulatory aspects of the transaction.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

The Freshfields team, co-led by Partner Julia Sellmann and Principal Associate Arne Krawinkel, comprises:

Partners

Christoph H. Seibt (Co-Lead)

Philipp Dohnke (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg)

Yuxin Shen (Corporate/M&A, Beijing)

Alexander Schwahn (Tax, Hamburg)

Frank Montag (Antitrust, Brussels).

Counsel

Uwe Salaschek (Foreign Trade Law, Berlin)

Principal Associates

Juliane Diekgräf (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg)

Vanessa van Weelden, Michael Bo Jaspers (both Antitrust, Brussels)

Associates

Kristin Kapral (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg)

Zhe Wang, Yaming Wu (both Corporate/M&A, Beijing)

Tobias Franz, Andrea Strackerjan (both Tax, Hamburg)

Patrick Teubner Gomes (Antitrust, Brussels)

The law firm BonelliErede advises on Italian law.

For further information, please contact Christian Seidenabel, Head of Communications Continental Europe (T +49 69 27 30 88 12 | E http://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/news/2022/06/freshfields-advises-ams-osram-on-the-sale-of-its-digital-systems-business-unit/