Law firm quintet powers MKS bid to boost semiconductor business

Signage is seen outside of the law firm DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

  • DLA Piper, WilmerHale, Carey Olsen represent MKS Instruments
  • Latham, Ogier advising Atotech
  • Paul Hastings tapped by $5.1 billion deal’s financers

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(Reuters) – Five law firms, including DLA Piper and Latham & Watkins, are guiding semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments Inc’s $5.1 billion deal to acquire specialty chemicals group Atotech Ltd.

Andover, Massachusetts-based MKS inked the deal, announced on Thursday, to snap up Atotech as the chip industry faces a global shortage of semiconductors that has shuttered some auto production lines and caused…

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