Gleiss Lutz has advised TRUMPF SE + Co. KG (TRUMPF) on the sale of its Photonic Components business unit by way of several partial disposals. Most of the assets in Ulm and Eindhoven, the Netherlands, including a large part of the VCSEL production, were acquired by an U.S. buyer, while other business activities in the Photonic Components division went to an acquirer in Taiwan and another U.S. acquirer.
TRUMPF, headquartered in Ditzingen, Germany, is one of the world’s leading companies for machine tools, lasers, and electronics for industrial applications. In the 2024/25 financial year, the company generated sales of EUR 4.3 billion with around 18,000 employees. With the sale, TRUMPF is continuing the Group's strategy of focusing more strongly on its core industrial business.
At TRUMPF, the following team advised in-house: Dr. Sven Weber (Head of Corporate & New Business Divisions) and Florian Holtkamp (Legal Counsel).
The following Gleiss Lutz team, led by Dr. Adrian Bingel (Partner, Corporate, Stuttgart), Dr. Fabian Mumme (M&A, Düsseldorf) and Dr. Rut Steinhauser (Partner, Labor Law, Berlin), advised TRUMPF:
Dr. Markus Martin (Counsel, Stuttgart), Julia Hartmann (Düsseldorf, both M&A), Angela Tschech, Leon Werlitz (both Employment, both Berlin), Dr. Jacob von Andreae (Partner), Dr. Lars Kindler, Aylin Hoffs (both Counsel, all Düsseldorf, Public Law/Foreign Investment Control), Dr. Alexander Molle (Partner, Berlin), Christian Eulenpesch (Counsel, Stuttgart, both IP/Tech), Dr. Matthias Tresselt (Partner, Restructuring), Dr. Philipp Pichler (Counsel), Dr. Timmy Ebert (both Antitrust Law, all Stuttgart), Simon Wegmann (Data Protection, Berlin).
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