CMS Hasche Sigle advises LGC on the acquisition of AGOWA

LGC, based in Teddington, UK, and Europe’s leading provider of analytical and diagnostic services and reference standards, has acquired AGOWA, Berlin, a specialist genomics company. A team from
CMS Hasche Sigle led by Ralf Kurney, partner in the Berlin office,
advised LGC on the transaction. Details of the purchase were not disclosed.

This move both enhances LGC's capabilities in genetic analysis and also further strengthens LGC's operations in Germany. It is planned that, as part of the LGC Group, AGOWA will continue its track record of
continuous growth and will support LGC's strategy to introduce novel analytical and diagnostic services into Germany and across Europe. AGOWA offers a broad spectrum of high quality, state-of-the-art
genomic and related services and products for clients ranging from large pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies to private and public research institutions as well as medical institutions.


Advisors to LGC:

CMS Hasche Sigle, Berlin
Ralf Kurney, partner (lead partner, corporate)
Dr Gerd Leutner, partner (corporate, due diligence)
Dr Jens Moraht, partner (finance)
Martin Beckmann (corporate, IP)
Dr Olaf Langner (corporate, due diligence)
Axel Dippmann (finance)

Boehmert & Boehmert
Dr. Jan Krauß (patents), Berlin

LGC in-house:
Maxine Chow

Advisor to AGOWA:
v. Boetticher Hasse Lohmann, Berlin
Dr. Ulrich Block, LL.M. (Corporate)
Dr. Anselm Brandi-Dohrn (Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz)


Contact CMS Ha sche Sigle:

Ralf Kurney
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 20360-130
E-Mail: Ralf.Kurney@cms-hs.com

About CMS Hasche Sigle:

CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the leading German law firms with more than 420 lawyers. It covers the entire area of commercial law and provides legal advice to major German and international companies from a wide spectrum of industry. CMS Hasche Sigle operates at all the major business centres. It has offices in Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Dresden, Brussels, Belgrade, Moscow and Prague.

CMS Hasche Sigle is a partnership of lawyers and tax consultants; for register details / list of partners see www.cms-hs.com

CMS Hasche Sigle is a member of CMS, an alliance of leading European law firms. With over 575 partners, a total of 2,000 lawyers and tax consultants and around 3,800 support staff we advise our clients in 24 countries in Europe and further afield on legal and tax issues.

Local strength and legal tax advice tailored to the requirements of the market combined with a substantial amount of business and organisational integration form the basis for high-quality international legal advice.

In addition to CMS Hasche Sigle, the following firms are also members of the CMS alliance: CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy), CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain), CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France), CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (Great Britain), CMS DeBacker (Belgium), CMS Derks Star Busmann (the Netherlands), CMS von Erlach Henrici (Switzerland) and CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz (Austria). CMS has 57 offices in 24 countries in Western and Central Europe, North and South America, Asia and North Africa.

For further information on CMS Hasche Sigle see www.cms-hs.com and on the CMS alliance see www.cmslegal.com .