White & Case advises Carlyle on sale of Tescan Group to Shimadzu Corporation

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Carlyle on its agreement to sell Tescan Group (“Tescan”), a leading manufacturer of electron microscopes and advanced scientific and analytical instruments, to Shimadzu Corporation, a global provider of analytical and measuring technologies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The enterprise value of the transaction amounts to $850 million.

“The deal marks a full circle for White & Case, having advised Carlyle on its acquisition of Tescan Group back in 2022, highlighting our expertise on advising on all aspects of the deal lifecycle” says Ken Barry, the partner lead and head of private equity in Europe.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Ken Barry and Mike Weir (both London) and included partners Will Lund (Abu Dhabi) and Jonathan Weinberg (Prague), Shino Asayama (Tokyo), local partner Jana Chwaszcz and tax consultant Milan Horak (both Prague) and associates Zack Trumper (Abu Dhabi and London), Justin Leung, Brendan Lian and Ross Power (all London), Gabrielle Blahoudkova and Katerina Hudeckova (both Prague) and Akira Nakazato (Tokyo).

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