CMS advises US technology company Bruker on the agreement to acquire Chemspeed
Bruker Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed US tech company, entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Chemspeed Technologies AG, a Swiss provider of vendor-agnostic automated laboratory R&D and QC workflow solutions. Chemspeed is focused on modular automation and robotics solutions for chemical research, pharma drug formulation, materials research for cleantech and consumer applications.
The Chemspeed acquisition accelerates Bruker’s entry into lab automation, digitalisation and scientific software solutions. Chemspeed offers modular automation to enhance productivity in R&D and QC departments to achieve more in less time and without additional staff. Chemspeed complements Bruker’s vendor-agnostic platform SciY™ for software automation and digital transformation of R&D labs in the life science, biopharma and cleantech industries.
An international CMS team headed by Stefan Brunnschweiler and Andrea Relly (Switzerland), in collaboration with the US law firm Nixon Peabody LLP advised Bruker on all legal aspects of the transaction.
CMS Switzerland
- Stefan Brunnschweiler, Lead Partner, Corporate / M&A
- Andrea Relly, Counsel, Corporate / M&A
- Samuel Gang, Senior Associate, Corporate / M&A
- Anna Mast, Associate, Corporate / M&A
- Marquard Christen, Partner, Competition and Compliance
- Julia Haas, Senior Associate, Competition and Compliance
- Bernhard Lötscher, Partner, Compliance
- Sophie Weber, Associate, Compliance
- Dr Dirk Spacek, Partner, Intellectual Property
- Dr Simone Brauchbar-Birkhäuser, Partner, Intellectual Property
- Olivia Zingg, Associate, Intellectual Property
- Mark Cagienard, Partner, Tax
- Jens Lehmann, Senior Associate, Tax
- Miryam Meile, Senior Associate, Employment
- Sibylle Schnyder, Partner, Real Estate
- Reto Hunsperger, Partner, Commercial
- Alexander Salamon, Attorney Trainee, Corporate / M&A
- Sophia Rovelli, Attorney Trainee, Corporate / M&A
- Elisabeth Suter, Attorney Trainee, Compliance
CMS Belgium
- Kai Neuhaus, Partner, Brussel, Competition
- David Rappenglück, Associate, Brussel, Competition
CMS UK
- Russel Hoare, Partner, London, Competition
- Claire Barraclough, Associate, Competition
