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03 Mar 2026

Latham & Watkins Advises SPIE on Acquisition of ROFA Industrial Automation AG

"Latham & Watkins advised SPIE on its agreement to acquire ROFA Industrial Automation AG, a leading industrial services provider with more than 1,200 employees and approximate 2025 revenue of €430 million, a deal that will strengthen SPIE’s industrial automation, conveyor systems and intralogistics capabilities. Closing is expected in Q2 2026 and remains subject to antitrust approval. The Latham team was led by Düsseldorf partners Ingo Strauss and Lucas Schweitzer and counsel Katharina Intfeld, supported by a multidisciplinary team covering IP, real estate, tax, employment, antitrust, regulatory, data law and financing."

Latham & Watkins advised SPIE (the buyer) in the agreement to acquire ROFA Industrial Automation AG. The transaction concerns SPIE’s signing of an agreement to acquire ROFA, a leading industrial services provider with more than 1,200 employees and approximately €430 million in 2025 revenue. The acquisition strengthens SPIE’s industrial automation, conveyor systems, and intralogistics capabilities. Closing is expected in Q2 2026 and is subject to antitrust approval. Lawyers who participated (seniority and practice area as stated in the press release): - Ingo Strauss — Düsseldorf corporate partner (deal lead) - Lucas Schweitzer — Düsseldorf corporate partner (deal lead) - Katharina Intfeld — counsel (corporate) - Alexander Belk — associate (corporate) - Jan Gocha — associate (corporate) - Johannes Groß — associate (corporate) - Soja Hensch — associate (corporate) - Sara Collorio — associate (corporate) - Camille N'Diaye-Muller — associate (corporate) - Michelle Kim — associate (corporate) - Vincent Jiang — associate (corporate) - Susan Kempe‑Müller — Frankfurt partner (IP) - Johannes Huschka — associate (IP) - Karolin Borcherding — associate (IP) - Sven Nickel — counsel (real estate) - Tobias Klass — Hamburg partner (tax) - Johannes Lieb — associate (tax) - Florian Dehmel — counsel (employment) - Julian Traub — associate (employment) - Jennifer Graham — associate (employment) - Tilman Kuhn — Düsseldorf partner (antitrust) - Laura Lange — associate (antitrust) - Joachim Grittmann — Frankfurt partner (regulatory) - Maxim Glusdak — associate (regulatory) - Clemens Ganz — associate (data law) - Cenk Nickel — associate (data law) - Caroline Bugiel — associate (banking and private credit)
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