Antitrust Merger Control & Foreign Direct Investment

• HID Global in the sale of its Citizen Identity Solutions business to Toppan;
• HID Global in its acquisition of 3millID and Third Millennium to complement its market-leading physical access control portfolio of readers and credentials;
• Guess? in its agreement with WHP Global to acquire New York-based fashion brand rag & bone, the first acquisition in Guess?’ 40+ year history;
• Coherent in relation to an aggregate US$1 billion investment by Denso and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in its silicon carbide business, a leading supplier of one of the key components for electric vehicles;
• Samsung Display in its US$218 million acquisition of OLED microdisplay technology leader, eMagin Corporation;
• Hydro in its €285 million acquisition of Alumetal to create the leading integrated aluminium recycler in Europe;
• Strava in its acquisition of advanced 3D mapping platform FATMAP;
• Semtech in its US$1.2 billion acquisition of IoT solutions provider Sierra Wireless;
• DL Chemical in its US$2.5 billion acquisition of specialty chemical manufacturer Kraton;
• IAA in its £225 million acquisition of Synetiq, a leading integrated salvage and vehicle dismantling company in the United Kingdom;

• Hydro in the €1.4 billion sale of its Hydro Rolling business, one of the largest global manufacturers of aluminum rolled products, to KPS Capital Partners;

Other Antitrust

• Various matters for AMD, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company, and Garrett Motion;