The industrials sector portfolio at Linklaters represents the world’s leading industrial / manufacturing companies covering the following business sectors: Aerospace & Defence, Building Materials, Electronics, Engineering, Forestry, Paper & Packaging, Metals and Multi-industry.
Global industrial sector activity has historically been dominated by US, German and Japanese multi-nationals or conglomerates. The rise of South Korean, Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian companies in industries such as electronics, metals and engineering is a trend that looks certain to continue.
Linklaters’ global industrials team supports our clients wherever they do business, including Asia, Russia and South America. The firm’s combined excellence across the M&A corporate, finance and commercial practice areas, including tax, projects and banking is distinctive. Combined with an outstanding record of advising the world's leading industrial companies makes it a trusted adviser to many of the sector’s biggest companies.
Expert in their area of law, our sector specialists have particular insight and understanding of the multiple business segments that make up the industrials sector at Linklaters. Their commercial understanding and industry awareness bring another dimension to the legal advice they give, one that is highly valued by clients.
Contact us
To discuss legal issues with Linklaters’ global industrials team, please contact sector leaders Achim Kirchfeld or William Buckley for general industrials matters or Clodagh Hayes for Forestry, Paper and Packaging related issues.
You can find out more about Linklaters’ industrials capabilities from sector manager Eugenie Misheal on (44) 20 7456 2603.
Recent significant industrials transactions include advising:
- BAE Systems’ Eurosystems on its joint venture with Finmeccanica
- Serco on the UK Ministry of Defence’s Future Provision of Marine Services (FPMS)
- VT Group on its joint venture with BAE Systems on shipbuilding and naval support
- United Technologies Corporation on its GBP 1.6bn recommended cash offer for Kidde
- ITT Corporation on its acquisition of IMC International
- Sharp Corporation on the establishment of two joint ventures in the solar sector with Enel Green Power and STMicroelectronics, a global leader in electronics applications
- Volvo Construction Equipment on its investment in Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery
- SPX Corporation on its public offer for Swedish listed company Aktiebolaget Custos
- TDK Corporation on its takeover of Epcos, the largest takeover of a German company by a Japanese acquirer
- Manitowoc on its GBP 1bn takeover of Enodis
- Cookson Group on its recommended cash offer for Foseco
- Arcelor on the hostile offer by Mittal
- ThyssenKrupp globally on key strategic matters including the recent disposal of parts of its industrial services business
- EUR 1.2bn rights issue for CRH plc
- Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Europe's largest distributor of building materials, on its GBP 4.4bn acquisition of BPB plc
- EUR 4bn acquisition of Areva T&D by Schneider Electric and Alstom
- Nippon Paper Group on the HDK 3.6bn acquisition of a 12% stake in Chinese Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
- Sappi on the EUR 750m acquisition of the coated graphic paper business of M-real Oyj
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia on the EUR 537m acquisition of the Korean subsidiary of Norske Skog together with Shinhan Private Equity
- Mondi on its demerger from the mining company Anglo American
