Latham & Watkins Advises SPIE on Acquisition of ROFA

Latham & Watkins LLP has advised SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, on the signing of an agreement to acquire ROFA Industrial Automation AG. ROFA is a leading industrial services provider with more than 1,200 employees, and 2025 revenue of approximately €430 million. With the acquisition, SPIE strengthens its service offering in industrial automation, conveyor systems, and intralogistics. Closing of the transaction is expected in the second quarter of 2026 and is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.

The Latham team was led by Düsseldorf corporate partners Ingo Strauss and Lucas Schweitzer and counsel Katharina Intfeld, with associates Alexander Belk, Jan Gocha, Johannes Groß, Soja Hensch, Sara Collorio, Camille N'Diaye-Muller, Michelle Kim, and Vincent Jiang. Advice was also provided on IP matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Müller, with associates Johannes Huschka and Karolin Borcherding; on real estate matters by counsel Sven Nickel; on tax matters by Hamburg partner Tobias Klass, with associate Johannes Lieb; on employment matters by counsel Florian Dehmel, with associates Julian Traub and Jennifer Graham; on antitrust matters by Düsseldorf partner Tilman Kuhn, with associate Laura Lange; on regulatory matters by Frankfurt partner Joachim Grittmann, with associate Maxim Glusdak; on data law matters by associates Clemens Ganz and Cenk Nickel; and on banking and private credit matters by associate Caroline Bugiel.