Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (OM:ERIC B) agreed to acquire antenna and filters business from KATHREIN SE on February 25, 2019. The acquisition is an asset deal where certain assets and liabilities are acquired by Ericsson at closing. The acquisition will include Kathrein’s antenna and filter business for mobile networks and will add around 4,000 highly-skilled professionals in R&D, production, and sales based in more than 20 locations, including Germany, Romania, the U.S., Mexico and China. The business generated a revenue of €270 million in 2018. The closing of the acquisition is subject to customary conditions and approvals from relevant regulatory authorities. As of July 15, 2019, The transaction is subject to European commission approval with a provisional deadline of August 20, 2019. As of August 21, 2019, the transaction is approved by European Commission. The transaction is expected to close in third quarter of 2019. Henning Block of Rothschild GmbH acted as financial advisor to Kathrein. Christian Pleister, Holger Ebersberger, Martin Geipel, Benjamin Jahn, Torsten Kraul, Marlies Raschke, Hans-Christoph Schimmelpfennig, Bärbel Sachs, Kathrin Westermann, Sebastian Wündisch, Christian Pleister, Holger Ebersberger, Martin Geipel, Benjamin Jahn, Torsten Kraul, Marlies Raschke, Hans-Christoph Schimmelpfennig, Bärbel Sachs, Kathrin Westermann, Sebastian Wündisch, Theresa Arand, Grit Dapke, Stefanie Heinemann, Fabian Hubener, Friedrich von Ketteler, Francesc Lloveras, Kenny Koa, Maximilian Kummer, Robert Marx, Luiza Saito Sampaio, Enno Stange, Franziska Nebollieff, Manuel White, Gabriel Popa, Adrian Georgescu-Banc, Radoslaw Biedecki and Mateusz Slodczyk of Noerr LLP acted as legal advisor to KATHREIN SE. Hans-Joachim Ziems and Elmar Geissinger of Ziems & Partner acted as financial advisor to KATHREIN SE. Stephan Kolmann and Birgit Kurz of BBL Bernsau Brockdorff acted as legal advisor to KATHREIN SE. Peter Hoegen of Allen & Overy acted as legal advisor in the financing of the transaction. Tim Weber of Gleiss Lutz acted as real estate advisor to KATHREIN SE. Christian Sistermann and David Beutel of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as legal advisor to KATHREIN shareholder. Noerr coordinated the foreign counsel Basham, Ringe y Correa, Zhong Lun, Pryor Cashman LLP, Jeantet Associés, Motta Fernandes Rocha, Addleshaw Goddard, Khaitan & Co., Legance Avvocati, Anorco, Pestalozzi, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Kim & Chang and Afridi & Angell. Bredin Prat & Associes, Jun He Law Offices, Madalina Neagu, Alexandra Munteanu and Maximilian Lang of Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA, Galicia Abogados, S.C, Wuersch & Gering LLP and Andreas Hoger, Emanuel Strehle, Johannes Tieves, Jan D. Bonhage, Christian Hoefs, Matthias Scheifele, Daniel Kress, Thorsten Mäger, Susan Kempe-Mueller, Gunther Wagner, Patrick Wilkening, Christian Winkler, Till Wansleben, Adrian Cavin, Nikita Gontschar, Radmila Petrovic, Loretta Lang, Fabian Kunkel, Bernd Paul Delahaye, Tom Pleiner, Susanne Walzer, Luca Weskott, Thomas Hardaker, Lukas Böttcher, Sebastian Siller, Dominik Stolz, Tobias Schwab, Anja Balitzki, Markus Reps, Deniz Tschammler and Erasmus Hoffmann of Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB acted as legal advisors to Ericsson. Karl Hepp de Sevelinges, Yvon Dréano, Ruben Koslar, Nicolas Marti, Laetitia Ternisien, Frédéric Sardain and Sophie Boinnot of Jeantet & Associés acted as legal advisors to KATHREIN SE. Nidal Karaman, Martin Zankl and Claudia Kendlbach of Eisenberger & Herzog Rechtsanwalts GmbH acted as legal advisors to KATHREIN SE. Peter Hoegen of Allen & Overy acted as legal advisor to KATHREIN SE.