NKF with SoftBank on ABB’s robotics business acquisition
Niederer Kraft Frey (NKF) advised SoftBank Group Corp in its agreement with electrification and automation specialist ABB to acquire the latter’s robotics business, valued at USD 5.375 billion.
Closing is planned for mid-to-late 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals across the European Union, China, and the United States, as well as the satisfaction of other customary conditions.
The NKF team
Corporate/M&A partner Philippe Weber (pictured left) and senior associate Samuel Hochstrasser (pictured right) led the NKF team on the matter, working alongside partner Thomas Brönnimann, senior associate Alicja Bartosik and junior associate Sandja Kozina (all corporate M&A), partner Janine Reudt-Demont and associate Luisa Egli (compliance/IT/data protection), partner Andras Gurovits and associate Boris Catzefis (both IT/technology), partner Simon Bühler and associate Antonio Gramunt (both regulatory) and associate Lukas Poschung (commercial).
UK & International advisory
A Morrison Foerster team led by Ken Siegel, Tokyo office managing partner and head of the Tokyo M&A team, the firm’s global co-chair of M&A Gary Brown, corporate partner Stuart Alford and of counsel Luke Rowland served as UK and international counsel to Soft-Bank.
