Latham & Watkins Advises Amphenol Corporation in US$10.5 Billion Acquisition of CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions Business

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) announced a definitive agreement to acquire CommScope’s (NASDAQ: COMM) connectivity and cable solutions business for US$10.5 billion in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The transaction expands Amphenol’s interconnect product capabilities in the fast-growing IT datacom market, particularly adding fiber optic interconnect products for artificial intelligence and other data center applications, and further diversifies Amphenol’s broad portfolio of fiber optic and other interconnect product solutions in the communications networks and industrial markets.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Amphenol Corporation in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York/Orange County partner Charles Ruck, New York partner Andrew Elken, and Orange County partner Brian Umanoff, with associates Tiana Baghdikian, Amy Lutfi, Ashley Campfield, Patrick O'Neal, Kirstin Chubb, and Owen Brody. Advice was also provided on finance matters by Chicago partner Cindy Caillavet Sinclair, with associates J.T. Parisi and Andrew Miller; on capital markets matters by Boston/New York partner Wesley Holmes and Washington, D.C./New York partner Chuck Cassidy, with special legal consultant Maria Concepcion Olivera and associate Brooke Padgett; on intellectual property, technology, and separation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associates Ryan Clore, Kellye Quirk, Tyra Richmond, Daniel Donovan, and Azam Chaudry; on tax matters by Los Angeles partner Pardis Zomorodi and Los Angeles counsel William Kessler; on US antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise and Washington, D.C. counsel Francesca Pisano, with associates Doug Tifft and Sabine Dahi; on ex-US antitrust matters by Frankfurt/Düsseldorf partner Max Hauser and Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto, with associates Laura Lange, Sebastian van Helden, and Simon Maturana; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Bay Area partner Heather Deixler and London counsel Danielle van der Merwe, with associates Zac Alpert, Sarah Zahedi, and Kate Burrell; on US compensation and benefits matters by Boston partner Josh Friedman, with associates Kevin Matheny and Imara Joroff; on UK compensation and benefits matters by London counsel Shaun Thompson, with associates Joseph Goddard and Harriet Gray; on labor and employment matters by Chicago counsel Laura Waller; on litigation matters by New York partner Jeff Hammel; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler, with associate Sarah Jeon; on environmental matters by Orange County partner Christopher Norton, with associate Kevin Homrighausen; on trade controls matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Joelle Hageboutros; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Drew Levin and San Diego/Los Angeles counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Enrique Covarrubias.