POELLATH advises SIKORA AG on the sale to Dover Corporation

Munich/ Bremen — The US indus­trial group Dover Corpo­ra­tion (“Dover”) has acqui­red SIKORA AG
(“SIKORA”), a leading provi­der of measu­ring and control tech­no­lo­gies. Upon comple­tion of the tran­sac­tion, SIKORA will be inte­gra­ted into Dover’s MAAG Group opera­ting unit within the Pumps & Process Solu­ti­ons segment. The acqui­si­tion of SIKORA is in line with Dover’s stra­tegy to acquire syner­ge­tic, growth and margin-enhan­cing compa­nies within its core busi­nesses. POELLATH advi­sed SIKORA on the legal and tax aspects of the sale. 

Bremen-based SIKORA AG is a leading provi­der of precis­ion measu­ring, inspec­tion and control solu­ti­ons for produc­tion proces­ses in the wire and cable, hose, tube, sheet, fiber­glass and plas­tics indus­tries. The company’s solu­ti­ons enable its custo­mers to ensure the highest quality and longe­vity of their end products while incre­asing cost effi­ci­ency, process opti­miza­tion and compli­ance for quality assu­rance. With the global shift to elec­tri­cal tech­no­lo­gies, the company is beco­ming incre­asingly important — espe­ci­ally in fast-growing areas such as
data centers. SIKORA employs more than 25,000 people and has recor­ded orga­nic growth in the double-digit percen­tage range over the past three years. 

Dover is a globally active, diver­si­fied indus­trial group with around 24,000 employees. The company offers inno­va­tive machi­nes, compon­ents, consu­ma­bles, soft­ware solu­ti­ons and services in five busi­ness areas, inclu­ding Clean Energy & Fueling and Climate & Sustaina­bi­lity Technologies. 

Consul­tant SIKORA AG: POELLATH 

Otto Haber­stock, M.C.J. (NYU) (Part­ner, Lead, M&A/PE, Munich)
Dr. Barbara Koch-Schulte (Part­ner, M&A/PE, Munich)
Dr. Michael Best (Part­ner, Tax, Munich)
Dr. Nico Fischer (Part­ner, Tax, Munich)
Timo Winkel­mann, LL.M. (Part­ner, Real Estate Tran­sac­tions, Berlin)
Gerald Herr­mann (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Tax, Munich)
Dr. David Hötzel, LL.M. (San Diego) (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Tax, Berlin)
Dr. Andreas Reuther (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Employ­ment Law, Munich)
Daniel Wied­mann, LL.M. (NYU) (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Anti­trust, Frank­furt aM)
Dr. Puya Rezai Hariri, LL.M. (Coun­sel, Real Estate Tran­sac­tions, Berlin)
Daniel Zhu (Coun­sel, M&A/PE, Munich)
Dr. Klara Bothe, LL.M. (Senior Asso­ciate, Real Estate Tran­sac­tions, Berlin)
Marina Hennings, LL.M. (Senior Asso­ciate, Real Estate Tran­sac­tions, Berlin)
Ange­lina Seel­bach, LL.M. (Colum­bia) (Senior Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich)
Daniel Hoppen (Senior Asso­ciate, Anti­trust, Frank­furt aM)
Moritz Löff­ler, LL.M. (Senior Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich)
Jannis Lührs (Senior Asso­ciate, Tax, Munich)
Corne­lius L. Roth (Senior Asso­ciate, Tax, Munich)
Floren­tine Wagner (Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich)
Rudolf Kanter (Asso­ciate, Tax, Munich)
Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Link (Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich) 

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