MKS Instruments to acquire Atotech Limited for USD 5.1 billion. The advisors
MKS Instruments will acquire Atotech Limited for a purchase price of USD 5.1 billion in cash and stock. Subject to regulatory approval, closing is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021.
The advisors
Walder Wyss acts as legal counsel to MKS Instruments on the Swiss aspects of this transaction. Walder Wyss team is led by Boris Räber (managing associate, corporate/m&a, pictured left) and Dominik Hohler (partner, corporate/m&a, pictured right) and includes Maurus Winzap (Partner, Tax), Janine Corti (counsel, tax) and Lucas Nanchen (trainee lawyer, corporate/m&a).
DLA Piper, led by Tim Lake and Jonathan Earle in the UK and Jonathan Klein in the US, acts as lead counsel on the transaction for MKS Instruments.
MKS Instruments is a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity. Atotech is a supplier of specialty chemical processes and equipment for the printed circuit board, chip carrier and semiconductor industries, as well as decorative and functional surface finishing. Atotech operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 4,000 people.
